This paper focuses on improving understanding and capacities in the use of forest decision-support (DS) tools for decision making by identifying major forest policy areas, tools available to support
Considering the complex relationships between a sustained production of NWFPs, the use of the available ecological resources, as well as the organizational and the market potential of forest
Drawing on the highly fragmented case of the international forest regime complex, this paper aims to map its institutional fragmentation and to analyse the degrees to which it is conflictive or
Assessments of ecosystem services (ES) and biodiversity provide a comprehensive view of the links between landscapes, ecosystem functioning and human well‐being. The investigation of consistent
The study assesses the feasibility of a mechanism of payment for ecosystem services to improve the provision of ecosystem services by private forest owners. The range of the potential payment is
The concept of social capital within the forest governance field encompasses networks, norms and values of local communities that determine cooperation and contribute to their development