Pandemic Corona Virus and Policy of Forest Resources Conservation

Abstract

These brief highlights some of the identified and perceived impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on developmentaspects interconnected with the forest sector, with a particular emphasis on the impacts on the productionand trade of forest workers. It proposes a series of recommendations as a basis for policy development inthe aftermath of the crisis, and highlights potential opportunities to leverage the progress achieved so far,to ensure that decades of advances are not reversed. Forest products, including non-wood forest productscontinue to support livelihoods throughout the crisis while delivering essential items, such as hygiene andsanitary products, biomass for heating, ethanol forsanitizer, respirator paper and packaging for parcels.Forest preservation is currently a concern of many countries, including Indonesia, Basic policies are neededso that the problem of forest destruction can be overcome. Furthermore, in order to achieve the objectivesof forestry policy, there are several conditions after pandemic Covid 19 outbreaks, one of which is that theremust be an active involvement in conserving forest resources.