Hawai`i Tropical Forest Recovery Act
Concepts, Recommendations and Action Items

 

GUIDING CONCEPT 4

INCENTIVES
Develop an aggressive incentive system to help manage, protect, and use Hawaii's forests. If private landowners cannot see a long-term, consistent policy, they are unlikely to invest any resources in forest recovery. Review federal, state, and local statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements that affect Hawaii's public and private forests and make recommendations that will increase incentives and remove disincentives regarding forest management.

 

RECOMMENDATION 12: Amend Hawaii's tree farm law to acknowledge the right to harvest a forest resource created by private investment and landowners who have agreed to practice responsible forestry, based on an approved management plan.

 

SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS:

1. Develop guidelines to implement the provisions of the tree farm law amendment (SB 2956) passed 4/29/94 the right to harvest a forest resource created by private investment and landowners who have agreed to practice responsible forestry based on an approved management plan.
2. Establish and implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) guidelines to reflect current professional, environmental, and management objectives, and use these guidelines where appropriate under the state's amended tree farm law.

 

RECOMMENDATION 13: County governments should develop a fair and equitable property tax assessment for forest lands that recognizes the economic potential and other public benefits from expansion and enhanced management of Hawaii's forests.

 

SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS:

1. Work with individual counties to develop a fair and equitable property tax assessment for forest lands that recognizes their potential economic and other public benefits.

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• Concept 1: Working Relationships
• Concept 2: Traditional and Community Use
• Concept 3: Stewardship of the Forest
• Concept 4: Incentives
• Concept 5: Training and Education
• Concept 6: Research and Demonstration
• Concept 7: Planning, Inventories and Monitoring
• Concept 8: Economic Development
• Concept 9: Innovative Funding

 

 

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