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<p>Forests 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 theoretical foundations. In the first part, the paper aim to define dimensions theoretically. In the second part, specific international forest-focused political processes are described through adapted dimensions. The two steps serve as the basis for research to be subsequently applied in selected European countries.</p>
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Forests 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 theoretical foundations. In the first part, the paper aim to define dimensions theoretically. In the second part, specific international forest-focused political processes are described through adapted dimensions. The two steps serve as the basis for research to be subsequently applied in selected European countries.

Theoretical and methodological framework for the analysis of international forest political processes by stakeholders´ perceptions at national level

Central European Forestry Journal

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Forests cover about 30% of the world´s land area and provide people and nature with essential ecosystem services and goods. Despite their importance, forests...

Theoretical and methodological framework for the analysis of international forest political processes by stakeholders´ perceptions at national level

Published Online: Nov 15, 2021

Page range: 230 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/forj-2021-0015

Keywords
international forest political processes, adapted Policy Arrangements Approach, international forest policy applied research

© 2021 Lenka Halušková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Theoretical and methodological framework for the analysis of international forest political processes by stakeholders´ perceptions at national level

Published Online: Nov 15, 2021

Page range: 230 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/forj-2021-0015

Keywordsinternational forest political processes, adapted Policy Arrangements Approach, international forest policy applied research

© 2021 Lenka Halušková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
international forest political processes, adapted Policy Arrangements Approach, international forest policy applied research