Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use

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World Bank, Washington, DC and FAO, Rome

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In the last twenty years, practitioners have come to appreciate that governance is often the weak link in addressing unsustainable use of forests and trees. Technical knowledge alone is insufficient, and no natural forest management, protected area, plantation, or agro-forestry project will succeed if the resources are poorly governed. The concept of "forest governance" is often difficult to grasp because many laws, rules, policies, actions, and interactions shape forests. This also makes it difficult to be clear about what the major governance impediments are and what to do about them. The guide is the outcome of a collaboration of experts from organizations with different views and roles on governance issues who united to direct the compilation of a common set of good assessment practices. This guide presents a step-by-step approach to planning forest governance assessment or monitoring, collecting data, analyzing it, and making the results available to decision makers and other stakeholders. It also presents five case studies to illustrate how assessment or monitoring initiatives have applied the steps in practice, and it includes references and links to dozens of sources of further information.

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, BASES, BEST PRACTICE, BOUNDARIES, BUREAUCRACIES, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE, CLOUDS, COLLABORATION, COMMODITY, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMPLEXITY, COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, CONTENT ANALYSIS, CORE GROUP, CORRUPTION, DATA COLLECTION, DATA ENTRY, DATA GATHERING, DATA QUALITY, DATA SOURCES, DECISION MAKERS, DECISION MAKING, DECISION-MAKING, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSIONS, DOCUMENTS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECOSYSTEM, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EXPERT OPINION, EXPERT OPINIONS, FLOW OF INFORMATION, FOCUS GROUPS, FOREST, FOREST ACCESS, FOREST AREAS, FOREST CARBON, FOREST CARBON STOCKS, FOREST CONCESSIONS, FOREST COVER, FOREST COVERAGE, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST ECONOMICS, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST INVESTMENT, FOREST LAW, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST SECTOR, FOREST STRATEGY, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FORUM FOR INFORMATION, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES, GOVERNANCE DATA, GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS, GOVERNMENT OFFICE, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HUMAN CAPACITY, HUMAN RESOURCES, ICT, IDEA, IDEAS, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INFORMATION RESOURCES, INFORMATION SHARING, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INSTITUTION, INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INVENTORIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEADING, LEARNING, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCAL GOVERNANCE, MARKET ACCESS, MARKETING, MATERIAL, NATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS, PDF, PHOTO, PHOTOS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR GOVERNANCE, PRACTITIONERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROBLEM SOLVING, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PROJECT EVALUATION, PROTOCOLS, PUBLIC INFORMATION, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, RELIABILITY, RESULT, RESULTS, RULES OF THUMB, SEARCH, SOCIAL GROUP, SOCIAL GROUPS, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOURCES OF INFORMATION, SUSTAINABLE FOREST, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, THINKING, TIME FRAME, TRADE STATISTICS, TRANSPARENCY, USERS, USES, VERIFICATION

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