Promoting Economic Trees to Support Carbon Neutrality
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Thailand has set a target to increase the area under economic forests by approximately 16 million rai by 2037 to support carbon neutrality. Several factors determine a successful completion of this goal, including national policies and strategies, growth of the wood industry, an expansion of the carbon credit trading market within the forestry sector, and the promotion of sustainable agriculture in the agricultural sector. However, several key challenges need to be addressed, including issues related to legal and comprehensive management, efficiency of mechanisms in financial, fiscal, and markets, availability of land suitable for economic tree planting, as well as technology, innovation, and forestry standards. Thus, key approaches to successfully promote economic trees should include defining provincial areas for economic tree planting, promoting the formation of large–scale economic tree planting groups, developing financial, fiscal, and market mechanisms, applying principles of "market–driven, innovation–enhanced," enacting comprehensive legislation to promote economic trees outside forested areas, and establishing a national policy to promote economic trees.
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ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ขอรับรองว่า ต้นฉบับที่เสนอมานี้ยังไม่เคยได้รับการตีพิมพ์และไม่ได้อยู่ในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาตีพิมพ์ลงในวารสารหรือสิ่งตีพิมพ์อื่นใด ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยอมรับหลักเกณฑ์และเงื่อนไขการพิจารณาต้นฉบับ ทั้งยินยอมให้กองบรรณาธิการมีสิทธิ์พิจารณาและตรวจแก้ต้นฉบับได้ตามที่เห็นสมควร พร้อมนี้ขอมอบลิขสิทธิ์ผลงานที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ให้แก่วารสารวนศาสตร์ คณะวนศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ กรณีมีการฟ้องร้องเรื่องการละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์เกี่ยวกับภาพ กราฟ ข้อความส่วนใดส่วนหนึ่ง หรือ ข้อคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในผลงาน ให้เป็นความรับผิดชอบของข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) แต่เพียงฝ่ายเดียว และหากข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ประสงค์ถอนบทความในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาของทางวารสาร ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยินดีรับผิดชอบค่าใช้จ่ายทั้งหมดที่เกิดขึ้นในกระบวนการพิจารณาบทความนั้น”
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