Policy That Works for Forests and People

by Mayers, James; Bass, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781844070961
• ISBN10: 1844070964
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

* How to create policies in line with the political and market realities of one of the world's major natural resources * Explains the process and criteria for policy that resolves forest problems and ensures equitable and sustainable use for all those involved * The most authoritative study to date, based on extensive worldwide research * Essential reading for forest managers in all contexts * Foreword by Jag Maini Forestry issues vary from place to place but the pattern of forest problems is common to most countries ' loss of natural forests, centralized control, inequitable access, lack of information and resources, and ossified institutions. Policy is at the root of most of the problems. This volume offers a thorough analysis of the issues and the options, and the factors that determine different outcomes. It goes on to provide clear and practical advice on how to formulate, manage and implement policies appropriate to different contexts -- policies that result in real improvements in the governance, use and economic benefits that can flow from forests to those who depend upon them.

Author Biography

James Mayers is Director of the Forestry and Land Use Programme at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IED).

Table of Contents

List of figures, boxes and tables	v
Foreword by J.S. Maini	viii
Key messages	xi
Acknowledgements	xxiv
Acronyms and abbreviations	xxvi
1 Introduction	1	(8)
1.1 What this report is about	1	(3)
1.2 Why focus attention on policy?	4	(5)
2 Forests, people and power - the scene the players and the drama	9	(24)
2.1 Forests - why people get so fired up about them	9	(7)
2.2 People - the policy players and the spectators	16	(9)
2.3 Global changes and uncertainties in the forest-people relationship	25	(3)
2.4 Changing the forestry plot - the SFM 'power play'	28	(5)
3 Policy That Works for Forests and People - a collaborative project approach	33	(16)
3.1 Aims and approach	33	(4)
3.2 The project's perspectives on policy	37	(4)
3.3 Methods	41	(8)
4 Policy in the real world - themes in failure and success	49	(98)
4.1 Changing power...over time	52	(15)
4.2 Pushing formal policy reform approaches - a mixed blessing	67	(16)
4.3 Reinventing state roles	83	(16)
4.4 Linking the people who change things	99	(4)
4.5 Looking beyond the forest reserves	103	(14)
4.6 Improving learning about policy	117	(4)
4.7 Dealing with tensions in devolution	121	(17)
4.8 Building policy communities	138	(9)
5 International policy trends and initiatives - their implications for forests and people	147	(50)
5.1 Setting the international scene	147	(4)
5.2 Intergovernmental forest initiatives - global change and international games	151	(12)
5.3 'Soft policy' - international civil society initiatives and the case of certification	163	(17)
5.4 Multi-national private sector influences - policies for investment in SFM, or for asset-stripping?	180	(12)
5.5 What future roles for international processes?	192	(5)
6 Conclusions	197	(24)
6.1 The significance of context	198	(2)
6.2 Opportunities amongst the problems	200	(4)
6.3 Policy processes that work	204	(10)
6.4 Policy instruments that work	214	(4)
6.5 Summing up - get into policy work!	218	(3)
Annex 1 - Doing policy work	221	(78)
A1 Introduction	221	(4)
A2 Recognise the political game - theory, value, language and power	225	(10)
A3 Develop a strategy - objectives, framework, key steps	235	(14)
A4 Analyse policy - some methods	249	(40)
A5 Influence policy - some tactics	289	(8)
A6 Track the impact	297	(2)
Annex 2 - Country team action frameworks	299	(7)
Pakistan	300	(1)
Papua New Guinea	301	(1)
India	302	(1)
Ghana	303	(1)
Zimbabwe	304	(1)
Costa Rica	305	(1)
Bibliography	306	(13)
Index	319