Case Studies in South and East Asia: Forest Ownership, Forest Resource Tenure and Sustainable Forest Management

This case study on trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements in Thailand was undertaken for FAO as a component of a regional study. A major goal of the study is to achieve a better understanding of the roles that forest ownership, tenure and management play in poverty alleviation. The study aims to identify the necessary policy, institutional, operational and resource conditions that contribute to a better understanding and implementation of forest management, which may lead to poverty mitigation. It also examines forest resource tenure arrangements and forest land uses, and how these affect the forestry-related programmes implemented by government agencies and other organizations in Thailand.