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The international forest regime is characterized by a large number of actors, policy instruments and institutions. Increasingly, forests are being dealt with outside the traditional forest sector and by non-state actors (as exemplified by forest certification). Furthermore, a comprehensive body of knowledge exists in political science about international regimes and global environmental governance. However, no comprehensive scientific assessment has yet been carried out about the international forest regime. Based on the assignment given by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, the GFEP assessment on the International Forest Regime aims to fill this gap. More specifically, the assessment aims to contribute to the international forest deliberations and international forest-related processes such as the ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (January 2011), the tenth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (October 2010), and the discussion on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD); the improvement of coordination among political actors, policy instruments and institutions; the International Year of Forests 2011 by raising awareness about the role of international instruments and institutions
2010 •
Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat
International Forest Policy – the instruments, agreements and processes that shape it2007 •
Authors: Constance L. McDermott, Aran O’Carroll and Peter Wood This report, commissioned by the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), seeks to provide a systematic assessment of how the world’s multi-lateral instruments, processes and agreements address the major environmental, social and economic benefits that forests provide. In so doing, it aims to improve transparency and promote better coordination among existing international forest-related efforts. This research builds upon a wealth of literature on international forest governance, including other comparative studies of forest-related multi-lateral environmental agreements. The unique contribution of this work is its detailed, systematic and comprehensive identification of specific substantive areas of overlap, duplication, contradictions and/or policy gaps, using a framework based on commonly accepted themes and associated criteria of sustainable forest management.
2002 •
While several important multilateral environmental agreements have been reached on a number of global environmental issues during the past decade, the creation of any international agreement on sustainable forest management remains problematic. Nevertheless, many discussions have been held, and it appears that some progress is being made. This report covers the highest profile initiative at the international level on this topic. The United Nations Forums on Forests (UNFF) was established in ,**+ based on Resolution /,***/-/ of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The main purpose of the UNFF is to facilitate the implementation of the proposed actions arising from its predecessors, the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IPF/IFF), by enhancing the coordination of relevant international instruments relating to sustainable forest management and monitoring of progress of their implementation at all levels. The first substantive meeti...
2007 •
Sustainability
International Forest Governance and Policy: Institutional Architecture and Pathways of Influence in Global SustainabilityThis paper reviews the design of the international forest governance and policy, and analyses its impacts in addressing deforestation and forest degradation as global sustainability issues. Informed by literatures on international relations, regulatory governance of global commodity production, and international pathways of domestic influence, key arrangements are aggregated into six types, and mapped in terms of their main aims, instruments, and implementation mechanisms. Key analytical dimensions, such as the actors involved (state–private–mixed), the character of legal authority (legally binding–non-legally binding), and the geopolitical scope (global–transnational) helped to identify the potential and limitations of arrangements. They were assessed and compared in terms of their main pathways of influence such as international hard-law rules, cross-sectoral policy integration, non-legally binding norms and discourses, global market mechanisms, and direct access through capacity ...
International forest governance has developed and evolved as concern for sustaining forests grew beyond the local level, culminating thus far in numerous institutions at the global level, each of which claims some mandate over various aspects of forest or forest-related policy. This situation can be understood as a result of the evolution of conceptualisations of what sustaining all forest values entails, which itself is the result, at least in part, of both shifting international interests and the relative dominance of various forest values in the different institutions. This chapter explores conceptualisations of forest sustainability as manifested in some of the key global instruments existing today and proposes reasons why these have not yet succeeded in achieving the overall goal of sustaining the world's forests.
Central European Forestry Journal
Theoretical and methodological framework for the analysis of international forest political processes by stakeholders´ perceptions at national levelForests cover about 30% of the world´s land area and provide people and nature with essential ecosystem services and goods. Despite their importance, forests continue to be degraded. A variety of international forest governance and policy arrangements have developed to foster protection and sustainability of forests. However, number of studies point to nonexistence of a global forest policy regime per se, and growing institutional fragmentation of forest governance arrangements. In line with continuing priority of national sovereignty in the international regulation of forest policy, the role of domestic policies, mainly domestic forest policy actors, is considered central to international forest governance analysis by many researchers. The paper aimed to set the framework for the international forest policy analysis by domestic forestry stakeholders´ perceptions. The dimensions of Policy Arrangements Approach modified for purpose of meeting the nature of research, serve as theoreti...
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