ASIA–PACIFIC FORESTRY COMMISSION

THE FUTURE OF FORESTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: OUTLOOK FOR 2020

16–18 October 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Edited by
Robin N. Leslie


RAP PUBLICATION 2009/03

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific





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ISBN 978-92-5-106205-0





Cover design: Chanida Chavanich

Photo credits: Session plates, Masakazu Kashio

Additional editing inputs provided by: Chris Brown, Patrick B. Durst, CTS Nair, Janice Naewboonnien and Jeremy Broadhead

For copies please write to:
Patrick B. Durst
Senior Forestry Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
39 Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
E-mail: Patrick.Durst@fao.org


Printed and published in Bangkok, Thailand



Abstract

The “Future of Forests” conference, convened in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 16 to 18 October 2007, was an important effort to understand the views of a wide spectrum of stakeholders on how forestry in Asia and the Pacific will unfold in the future in view of larger societal changes. A comprehensive set of forestry and related topics was addressed, including sessions describing land-use dynamics and underlying forestry trends, key drivers of change in forestry, shifts in forest policies and institutions, efforts to balance social, environmental and economic functions of forestry, globalization and national outlooks, and civil society and private sector perspectives on forestry. All of these were drawn together to help describe potential futures for forests in the region and to chart prospective ways forward.