Policy That Works for Forests and People: Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods

James Mayers, Stephen Bass, Jag Maini9781844070961, 1844070964

* 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 MainiForestry 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.

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Table of contents :
EEn……Page 1
Policy That Works for Forests and People – Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods……Page 2
Copyright Info……Page 4
TOC……Page 5
List of Figures, Boxes and Tables……Page 7
Foreword……Page 10
Key messages……Page 13
Acknowledgements……Page 26
Acronyms and abbreviations……Page 28
1.1 What this report is about……Page 31
1.2 Why focus attention on policy?……Page 34
2.1 Forests–why people get so fired up about them……Page 39
2.2 People– the policy players and the spectators……Page 46
2.3 Global changes and uncertainties in the forest-people relationship……Page 55
2.4 Changing the forestry plot – the SFM ‘power play’……Page 58
3.1 Aims and approach……Page 63
3.2 The project’s perspectives on policy……Page 67
3.3 Methods……Page 71
4 Policy in the real world – themes in failure and success……Page 79
4.1 Changing power… over time……Page 82
4.2 Pushing formal policy reform approaches – a mixed blessing……Page 97
4.3 Reinventing state roles……Page 113
4.4 Linking the people who change things……Page 129
4.5 Looking beyond the forest reserves……Page 133
4.6 Improving learning about policy……Page 147
4.7 Dealing with tensions in devolution……Page 151
4.8 Building policy communities……Page 168
5.1 Setting the international scene……Page 177
5.2 Intergovernmental forest initiatives – global change and international games……Page 181
5.3 ‘Soft policy’ – international civil society initiatives and the case of certification……Page 193
5.4 Multi-national private sector influences – policies for investment in SFM, or for asset-stripping?……Page 210
5.5 What future roles for international processes?……Page 222
6 Conclusions……Page 227
6.1 The significance of context……Page 228
6.2 Opportunities amongst the problems……Page 230
6.3 Policy processes that work……Page 234
6.4 Policy instruments that work……Page 244
6.5 Summing up – get into policy work!……Page 248
A1 Introduction……Page 251
A2 Recognise the political game: theory, value, language and power……Page 255
A3 Develop a strategy: objectives, framework, key steps……Page 265
A4 Analyse policy – some methods……Page 279
A5 Influencing policy – some tactics……Page 319
A6 Track the impact……Page 327
Annex 2 – Country team action frameworks……Page 329
Bibliography……Page 336
Index……Page 349