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NAFRI research Brief – Negotiating the Forest-Fallow Interface: Benzoin Tree in the Multifunctional Landscapes of Lao PDR

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Title of document: NAFRI research Brief - Negotiating the Forest-Fallow Interface: Benzoin Tree in the Multifunctional Landscapes of Lao PDR

Authors/editor: TABI

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Ministry/Government Agency/Organization: NAFRI, TABI

Year of publication: 2019

Geographic focus: Lao PDR

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Summary:

Research Brief No. 001/2019:

  • Upland agriculture systems are under threat from competing land uses and development priorities that seek to intensify agricultural land uses while promoting strict forest conservation, leading to shortened fallow systems and a large-scale shift toward commodity crop production
  • Better alternatives are needed for the development of Lao PDR’s uplands—alternatives that build on traditional management regimes, local agrobiodiversity and traditional knowledge systems rather than replace them, recognizing multiple uses of landscape systems and their substantial potential to contribute to sustainable socioeconomic development.
  • Multifunctional landscapes depend on a complex mixture of croplands, forest, fallows and the diversity of endemic species used by local communities. Long-fallow rotational systems are a key element in these complex uplands, enhancing and supporting ecosystems services and the sustainability of upland systems
  • Benzoin tree is exemplary of similar local species adapted to long-rotational cultivation systems and an integral part of upland diversity. Benzoin depends on long-fallowing and enhances economic returns from upland systems.
  • Despite strong market demand and rising prices, Benzoin production has decreased dramatically in recent years due to shortening rotations and loss of available land due to forest conservation measures and the rapid expansion of commercial crops.
  • Analysis indicates that for economic returns and production per unit of land and labour, benzoin production compares favourably with typical cash crop alternatives such as maize, while also delivering co-benefits for sustainability.
  • Benzoin production represents an agro-forestry system with high sustainability. Benzoin should be regarded as an agricultural product, rather than a natural product with regard to quota systems and taxation.

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