STATE OF THE WORLD's FORESTs 2003 Recent trends in fiscal policies in the forest sector in africa A s interest in sustainable forest It concludes by suggesting how fiscal policies in anagement has grown, so ha as the the sector might be improved and offers importance of finding ways to finance it. Indeed, comments on the broader debate on financing one of the main points of agreement at various sustainable forest management. international meetings on forestry has been the need for support for it(UN, 2000). Little progress PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON FORESTRY has been observed, however, and considerable Public expenditure on forestry is likely to be the differences of opinion remain as to how funding driving force for implementing sustainable forest can management in Africa. Although public funding The present chapter is based on 32 countr supports the management of protected areas and reports on forest finance produced by African a few small production forests, most public national experts between 2000 and 2002, with the expenditure is used to monitor and control assistance of a joint European Commission/FAo private sector operations. It is in this latter project on sustainable forest management in regard that an increase is particularly nee Africa(FAO, 2001, 2002a)(see Box for list of forest management is to improve on the if countries covered ). It presents recent trends in continent public expenditure on forestry and revenue Public expenditure on forestry usually comes collection from the sector, and then describes from two main sources: domestic financing, some recent innovations in related fiscal policies. including government revenue from taxes and Countries covered in the fao study on forest finance in Africa Guinea Burkina Faso Central African Republic South africa Chad Madagascar Sudan amoros Togo Cote d lvoire Mali Uganda Democratic Republic of the Congo Mauritius United Republic of Tanzania Gambia Niger Zimbabwe Ghana2003 FORESTS S’WORLD THE OF STATE 108 in trends Recent the in policies fiscal Africa in sector forest forest sustainable in interest As the has so, grown has management ,Indeed. it finance to ways finding of importance various at agreement of points main the of one the been has forestry on meetings international progress Little). 2000, UN (it for support for need considerable and, however, observed been has funding how to as remain opinion of differences .obtained be can forestry for country 32 on based is chapter present The African by produced finance forest on reports the with, 2002 and 2000 between experts national FAO/Commission European joint a of assistance in management forest sustainable on project of list for Box see) (2002a, 2001, FAO (Africa in trends recent presents It). covered countries revenue and forestry on expenditure public describes then and, sector the from collection .policies fiscal related in innovations recent some Benin Faso Burkina Burundi Republic African Central Chad Comoros Ivoire’d Côte Congo the of Republic Democratic Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Africa in finance forest on study FAO the in covered Countries Guinea Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Namibia Niger Nigeria Senegal Seychelles Leone Sierra Africa South Sudan Togo Uganda Tanzania of Republic United Zambia Zimbabwe in policies fiscal how suggesting by concludes It offers and improved be might sector the financing on debate broader the on comments .management forest sustainable FORESTRY ON EXPENDITURE PUBLIC the be to likely is forestry on expenditure Public forest sustainable implementing for force driving funding public Although. Africa in management and areas protected of management the supports public most, forests production small few a control and monitor to used is expenditure latter this in is It. operations sector private if needed particularly is increase an that regard the on improve to is management forest .continent comes usually forestry on expenditure Public ,financing domestic: sources main two from and taxes from revenue government including