Understanding the position of social capital to coping with deforestation is very important. In
this regard, the main goal of this study is to investigate the effect of social capital of rural …

German forest policy has traditionally been known for expert-based decision-making in
which forest management is viewed primarily as a natural science and economics based …

Over the last two decades intergovernmental organizations have supported the initiation of
National Forest Programs (NFPs): forums for joint deliberation by the state, private …

National Forest Programmes (NFPs) have been widely discussed as being potential
instruments for concretizing the abstract international consensus on sustainable forest …

The principle of sustainability contains two objectives of justice regarding the conservation
and use of ecosystems and their services:(1) global justice between different people of the …

As countries with a socialist history, Lithuania and Slovakia have experienced radical
transitions in all societal spheres. Despite economic liberalization and privatisation, both …

The concept of sustainable forest management (SFM) requires forest resource managers to
monitor and collect information pertaining to their environmental, economic and social …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the potential of forest owners associations (FOAs) to
influence forest policymaking using power theory. Firstly, the paper examines the concept of …

Stakeholder participation in decisions related to forest planning is essential to get long-
lasting and viable solutions. Nowadays, public participation is necessary to reach …

Participatory National Forest Programmes (NFPs) intend to democratise forest sector policy,
but they may suffer from a fundamental democratic legitimisation deficit since the …