Political transition and emergent forest-conservation issues in Myanmar

Political transition and emergent forest-conservation issues in Myanmar

© 2017 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1999. - 31(2017), 6 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 1257-1270
1. Verfasser: Prescott, Graham W (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Sutherland, William J, Aguirre, Daniel, Baird, Matthew, Bowman, Vicky, Brunner, Jake, Connette, Grant M, Cosier, Martin, Dapice, David, De Alban, Jose Don T, Diment, Alex, Fogerite, Julia, Fox, Jefferson, Hlaing, Win, Htun, Saw, Hurd, Jack, LaJeunesse Connette, Katherine, Lasmana, Felicia, Lim, Cheng Ling, Lynam, Antony, Maung, Aye Chan, McCarron, Benjamin, McCarthy, John F, McShea, William J, Momberg, Frank, Mon, Myat Su, Myint, Than, Oberndorf, Robert, Oo, Thaung Naing, Phelps, Jacob, Rao, Madhu, Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich, Speechly, Hugh, Springate-Baginski, Oliver, Steinmetz, Robert, Talbott, Kirk, Than, Maung Maung, Thaung, Tint Lwin, Thawng, Salai Cung Lian, Thein, Kyaw Min, Thein, Shwe, Tizard, Robert, Whitten, Tony, Williams, Guy, Wilson, Trevor, Woods, Kevin, Ziegler, Alan D, Zrust, Michal, Webb, Edward L
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Review agricultura agriculture civil war escaneo del horizonte establecimiento de prioridades forestry gobernanza governance mehr... guerra civil horizon scan infraestructura infrastructure land tenure priority setting silvicultura tenencia
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© 2017 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.
Political and economic transitions have had substantial impacts on forest conservation. Where transitions are underway or anticipated, historical precedent and methods for systematically assessing future trends should be used to anticipate likely threats to forest conservation and design appropriate and prescient policy measures to counteract them. Myanmar is transitioning from an authoritarian, centralized state with a highly regulated economy to a more decentralized and economically liberal democracy and is working to end a long-running civil war. With these transitions in mind, we used a horizon-scanning approach to assess the 40 emerging issues most affecting Myanmar's forests, including internal conflict, land-tenure insecurity, large-scale agricultural development, demise of state timber enterprises, shortfalls in government revenue and capacity, and opening of new deforestation frontiers with new roads, mines, and hydroelectric dams. Averting these threats will require, for example, overhauling governance models, building capacity, improving infrastructure- and energy-project planning, and reforming land-tenure and environmental-protection laws. Although challenges to conservation in Myanmar are daunting, the political transition offers an opportunity for conservationists and researchers to help shape a future that enhances Myanmar's social, economic, and environmental potential while learning and applying lessons from other countries. Our approach and results are relevant to other countries undergoing similar transitions
Beschreibung:Date Completed 21.03.2018
Date Revised 21.03.2018
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1523-1739
DOI:10.1111/cobi.13021