The use of theory in forest policy studies has given a new face to forest policy science, as it matured from an applied academic field to a specialized sub-discipline. In addition to doing science to support policy, forest policy academics engage in research to expand policy sciences. The link to...

Despite numerous policy efforts the number of inactive small private forest owners is growing. In this persistent problem the existing research in private forest owners provides little support. We suggest a now approach in "IT-based activating of forest owners" which applies bi-production of forest ...

This paper analyses the movement and settlement of Brazilian citizens in Bolivia's tropical forests to explore theoretical frameworks of forest policy analysis in forested borderlands. While unauthorized cross-border interactions in tropical forest regions are quite common, the implications for ...

This special issue comprises 11 papers which reflect on the use of social science theory in forest policy studies. The papers can be classified into two groups, with the first group focusing on a particular theory or several theories and makes a link with forest policy science, and the second group ...

The impact of analytical research on the political process is analyzed here from the view point of stakeholders in forest policy. The interests and actions of stakeholders are described based on political theory and are illustrated using examples from 25 years of research in forest policy and...

The current study investigates with a multiple case study the relation between instrument design and policy success. The conclusion is that the instrument mix matters. The Flemish interventionist approach, which focuses more on traditional instruments, was not as effective as the Dutch stimulating...

During the last decades, political parties have still appeared as an almost unknown factor within the substantial expansion of topics in forest policy research. While discriminating between green, state/protection and market/use orientated parties, this study aims to reveal the influence of...

With the book publication "Forest and Nature Governance - A practice based approach" (Arts et al., 2013, Eds.) the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group of Wageningen University, The Netherlands demonstrates its high aspirations of developing a new research approach. This article aims at...

Community forestry has been described as a decentralised mode of forest governance that only partly lives up to its expectations. The power of important actors to misuse the community forestry approach for their self-interests has been reported as a major obstacle to comprehensive success. Hence,...

Governance is one of the most frequently discussed issues in contemporary policy science literature, and this has led to a wide variety of conceptualisations. However, few of these offer a typology that can be used to actually analyse governance. In this paper, we present such a typology. We...