·       The Royal Government should recognize that the concession system is not working and that the Government does not have the capacity to ensure that concessionaires follow the rules. Instead of continuing to fund efforts to reform the concession system, donors should help the Government find a way out of it, in particular to fund efforts to increase communities' role in managing forests and to support the management of new protected areas. 

Not included.

·       To the extent that the current concession system continues, the development of sustainable management plans, including ESIAs, has to be made transparent and stakeholder participation needs to be increased to fulfill the legal requirements. 

Included in the text. No specific mention in the Action Plan matrix.

·       The Royal Government should finalize the official declaration of the Central Cardamom Mountains as a protected area by Royal Decree and pursue World Natural Heritage Site listing. Donors should provide support to management of the protected area.

Not included, though the ending of some forest concessions in the Cardamoms is mentioned.

·       The Government should impose a ban on land concessions in forest areas, and existing contracts should be cancelled. 

Not included.

·       A greater effort should be made to stop anarchic logging and communities should be empowered to play a greater role in helping with this.

Included, though the role of communities is not mentioned. 

·       An appeal from the highest level should be made to stop all clearing of land (with the exception of traditional swidden ) and a rational policy for granting social concessions for non-forested lands should be developed.

Not included.

·       The system of fees and permits on NTFPs should be revised within the context of the existing law, and efforts made to help market those NTFPs (such as resin) which can be harvested without negatively impacting on the forest. 

Included in the text, but not in the Action Plan matrix.

·       Constraints in the draft Forestry Law which hamper the development of the Sub-Decree on Community Forestry should be removed. The internal review of the Sub-Decree within the Department of Forestry and Wildlife and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, should continue in the spirit of transparency and consultation in which the sub-decree was drafted, recognizing that the draft of 8 February, 2002 reflects the interests of a wide range of stakeholders. At the same time, outstanding weaknesses in the Sub-Decree mentioned [in the NGO Statement to the CG  meeting] should be addressed. Both pieces of legislation should be passed as soon as possible.

Not included.  

However, the section on Ethnic Minorities suggests that the Sub-Decree on Community Forestry should be completed by “early 2004.”

·       The international donor community should provide greater support to efforts to increase transparency within the forestry sector.

Not included.