It is a country case study for Thailand from the publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific “What does it take? The role of incentives in forest plantation development in Asia and the Pacific.” The principal objectives of the study were to: • Document plantation development in the Asia-Pacific region; • Analyse past and current experiences in providing direct and indirect incentives for tree planting; • Assess the broader socio-economic and political conditions that encourage investments in forest plantations; and • Provide recommendations for enhancing the involvement of the private sector in plantation development.

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