Sloan and Sayer (2015) noted that in Southeast Asia planted forests contribute around 49 percent of total wood production. However, underlying benefits of plantations in terms of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services are usually far fewer than those provided by primary forests and plantation species often have a much lower timber value than native forest species. Their main purposes were initially to address deforestation, these measures are now acting as a positive driver because they are addressing weaknesses in forest legislation and law enforcement in the GMS.