EFI ThinkForest Policy Study
Abstract
The current institutional setup of European forest-related policies is a complex structure of organizations and processes working at different levels, such as sub-national, national, EU, Pan-European, and global levels. At each level, and increasing number of stakeholders are active. The absence of a European legal framework makes such forest policy environment very fragmented, complex and sometimes contradictory. Forest policy development is then led by sectoral issues, but the increasing interdependencies, complexity and internal dynamics between and within sectors are creating considerable challenge for policy planning implementation and inter-sectoral coordination. Therefore, new policy approaches and institutional innovations are needed in order to enhance policy responsiveness, coherence, collaboration and result-based effectiveness. The project will (i) improve the understanding of policy makers on the current policy environment affecting European forests and the forest-based sector and, (ii) analyse new policy approaches and institutional innovations for improved forest policy cohesion and effectiveness in Europe.
keywords forest policy EU
Publikationen
Project staff
Bernhard Wolfslehner
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Bernhard Wolfslehner
bernhard.wolfslehner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73216
Project Leader
01.03.2012 - 30.12.2013
Helga Pülzl
Mag. Dr. Helga Pülzl
helga.puelzl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73221
Sub Projectleader
01.03.2012 - 30.12.2013
BOKU partners
External partners
European Forest Institute
none
partner