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Forest
issues are increasingly complex. They often involve large
amounts of money, long time frames, huge areas of land, and
diverse livelihoods. Whilst the specific issues vary from
place to place, a pattern of forest problems is common to
many countries: continuing loss of natural forests; logging
companies and land speculators seeking weak national authorities;
over-concentrated control and inequitable access to forests;
an ill-informed public and consumer; and poorly-resourced,
inflexible forestry institutions. Policy is the root cause
of many of these forest problems.
The Policy
that Works for Forests and People project (1995-2001)
aimed to provide a better understanding of the forces at play
in contests over policy, the winners and losers, and the factors
that affect policy outcomes. The
publications from the project describe the processes that
make good policies and the policy instruments that work in
different contexts.
A CD-ROM contains all the publications in the series including:
case studies from Costa Rica (Spanish and English), Grenada,
India, Ghana, Malawi, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Zimbabwe;
themed papers on climate change; forest policy processes;
and the popular Overview report.
The
CD-Rom is available free of charge from forestry@iied.org
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