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Understanding the Relationship between Governance and Forest Landscape Restoration

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2016
Restoring forested landscapes is being promoted widely as a solution to the world's deforestation and degradation problems, as well as for climate change mitigation and adaptation, for supporting poor rural communities, and for water and soil protection.
Stephanie Mansourian
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Public Procurement and Forest Governance: A German Case Study of Governmental Influences on Market-Driven Governance Systems

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2012
With increased privatization of natural resource regulation, green or sustainable public procurement policies are emerging as incentives for sustainable development.
Moritz Albrecht
doaj   +1 more source

Institutional analysis of forest governance after the implementation of Law Number 23/2014 in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

open access: yesForest and Society, 2021
After the implementation of Law Number 23/2014 on Regional Government in Indonesia, the authority for forest management rests with the central and provincial governments.
Oding Affandi   +3 more
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Orchestrating Forest Policy in Italy: Mission Impossible? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In the Italian political and economic agenda the forest sector occupies a marginal role. The forest sector in Italy is characterized by a high institutional fragmentation and centralized decision-making processes dominated by Public Forest ...
Carbone, F.   +6 more
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Learning on governance in forest ecosystems: Lessons from recent research

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2010
Research on forest governance has intensified in recent decades with evidence that efforts to mitigate deforestation and encourage sustainable management have had mixed results.
Catherine May Tucker
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Indigenous Knowledge and Forest Succession Management in the Brazilian Amazon: Contributions to Reforestation of Degraded Areas

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
The indigenous systems of agricultural and forest management in the Amazon are characterized by a deep knowledge of ecological processes, biodiversity, and the use and management of fire. The influence of these systems on the distribution of biodiversity
Marcus Vinícius C. Schmidt   +5 more
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Unravelling cross-scale and cross-level challenges in Ethiopian forest and landscape restoration governance

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
Ethiopia’s federal government has committed to one of the most ambitious forest and landscape restoration targets as part of the Bonn Challenge. To achieve the targets, actors at multiple governance levels aim to influence relevant ecological processes ...
Daniel Wiegant   +4 more
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The context of REDD+ in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: drivers, agents and institutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This report explores the drivers (both direct and indirect) of deforestation and forest degradation and discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Laos.
Castella, Jean-Christophe   +6 more
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The role of fiscal instruments in encouraging the private sector and smallholders to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: Evidence from Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
While developing countries around the world are preparing to implement REDD+, there is a debate on the possible role of fiscal instruments in encouraging the private sector and smallholder stakeholders in reducing emissions.
Cadman, Tim   +5 more
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Advocacy coalitions, REDD+, and forest governance in Papua New Guinea: how likely is transformational change?

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2014
Tropical forests in developing countries are increasingly being valued for their role in carbon sequestration. Such interest is reflected in the emergence of international initiatives for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+
Andrea Babon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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