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

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...

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Main Authors: Cowling, Phil, DeValue, Kristin, Rosenbaum, Kenneth
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC and FAO, Rome 2014
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spelling okr-10986-200162021-04-23T14:03:52Z Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use Cowling, Phil DeValue, Kristin Rosenbaum, Kenneth 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 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. 2014-09-09T21:14:42Z 2014-09-09T21:14:42Z 2014-06-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19774967/assessing-forest-governance-practical-guide-data-collection-analysis-use http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20016 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC and FAO, Rome Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Cowling, Phil
DeValue, Kristin
Rosenbaum, Kenneth
Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Cowling, Phil
DeValue, Kristin
Rosenbaum, Kenneth
author_facet Cowling, Phil
DeValue, Kristin
Rosenbaum, Kenneth
author_sort Cowling, Phil
title Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use
title_short Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use
title_full Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use
title_fullStr Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use
title_full_unstemmed Assessing Forest Governance : A Practical Guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Use
title_sort assessing forest governance : a practical guide to data collection, analysis and use
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC and FAO, Rome
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19774967/assessing-forest-governance-practical-guide-data-collection-analysis-use
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20016
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