Yeon Su Kim

What Makes Community Forest Management Successful: A Meta-Study From Community Forests Throughout the World

ABSTRACT Thirty-one articles on community forestry, encompassing 69 case studies worldwide, were reviewed for systematic data synthesis and hypothesis testing. The meta-study identifies 43 independent variables ranging from internal attributes of the community and resources to external factors. Variables with significant influence on the success of community forestry are tenure security, clear ownership, congruence between biophysical and socioeconomic boundaries of the resources, effective enforcement of rules and regulations, monitoring, sanctioning, strong leadership with capable local organization, expectation of benefits, common interests among community members, and local authority. These variables illustrate community–forest relationships, community ability to organize and continue collective activities, and protection of benefits, rights, and responsibilities in common resource management.

The impact of forests and forest management on neighboring property values

Previous hedonic studies have shown the positive contribution of forests to neighboring property values. However, they failed to address the differences in the economic contribution resulting from the changes in forest management practices. This study estimates the contribution of forests and forest management to property values around McDonald-Dunn Research Forest near Corvallis, OR. We investigated the economic effects of proximity to the forest, different forest conditions, and management schemes to neighboring property values using a geographic information system. Proximity to the forest has a positive contribution to property values; this relationship is even stronger for houses closer to the forest. Forest attributes also affect property values. The sales price is lower for property from which clear-cut sites are visible at the time of purchase if all other characteristics of the house are identical.

Promises and perils of decentralized forest governance: the case of Indonesia’s Forest Management Units in Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)

Indonesias forest management unit (Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan or KPH) system can be a promising mechanism for balancing international and national interests for global carbon mitigation initiatives with local interests in project implementation. We discuss the potential role of the KPH system in implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) projects and improving decentralized forest governance. Substantial financial gains from international initiatives like REDD+ and others can provide appropriate motivation for the central government to ensure successful decentralization of forest management. Development and implementation of REDD+ activities can also support the KPHs in performing their basic functions: conducting forest inventory, developing and implementing forest management plans, and strengthening communication and coordination with local communities. However, engaging indigenous peoples and local communities, which is a legal mandate for the system, will require building some measure of democratic process that can hold the KPHs accountable to local people.

Shifting Baseline Syndrome as a Barrier to Ecological Restoration in the American Southwest

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A Response to Bradshaw's Commentary Article: On Definitions of “Success” and Contingencies Affecting Success in Community Forestry

5,000 for 20 ha—services that had been provided for free by the beaver colony before they moved on. Beavers were extirpated from Ohio by 1830 (Chapman 1949) but have been making a comeback during the last few decades. In some parts of the country, beavers have been reintroduced and have provided rapid improvements in hydrology, riparian vegetation, and wildlife habitat (e.g., Albert and Trimble 2000). In restored ephemeral wetlands similar to the Shaker Trace Wetlands, beavers can play a keystone role by cutting down woody vegetation and digging canals that hold water for longer periods into the dry season, and by churning the soil, exposing seeds buried deeper in the soil seed bank. Beavers could be encouraged to remain in such wetlands by scooping out some deeper pools. This would benefit aquatic organisms by holding more water longer into the drought period, and it might enable beavers to remain in the wetlands. Other parts of the wetlands could still be allowed to dry up during drought periods, discouraging the establishment of fish that could prey on amphibian larvae. Desirable larger trees in the wetland area can be protected from beavers by wrapping aluminum, chicken wire, or steel screen around the trunks up to a height of 80 cm (Albert and Trimble 2000).

Branding K-REDD+ and its implications for South Korea's middle power diplomacy

Society & Natural Resources An International Journal Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713667234 A Response to Bradshaws Commentary Article: On Definitions of “Success” and Contingencies Affecting Success in Community Forestry Adcharaporn Pagdee a; Yeon-Su Kim b; P. J. Daugherty c a Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand b School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA c Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, Orgeon, USA

The impact of forest density on property values

ABSTRACT The need for new and stronger middle power diplomacy is growing as global challenges are increasingly governed by various horizontal inter- and trans-national networks. Climate change is one of the most complex and urgent global challenges that require collective action, and it is an issue for which more middle power leadership is greatly needed. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has been successful in becoming a primary actor in green growth governance, and its success has been attributed to its strategic middlepowermanship, integrating both material and ideational contents. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in tropical developing countries has been lauded as an immediate and effective solution to mitigate climate change. ROKs unique history of forest transition before rapid economic growth highlights the fact that improving forest management is possible even with imperfect governance, rapid population growth, and low economic development. The lessons learned from ROKs forest transition can be developed as a distinct contribution to the international effort to address forest-related impacts on climate change, and offer an important opportunity for ROK to play a constructive role and achieve enhanced stature within the international community.