A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements
Sweden is in the initial phase of forming a national forest programme (nfp). The establishment of an nfp has been evoked by international policy developments and a national debate questioning Swedish forestry and forest policy. National forest programmes are participatory processes for the developme...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7505/ |
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| author | Ahlgren, Anna |
| author_browse | Ahlgren, Anna |
| author_facet | Ahlgren, Anna |
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| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | Sweden is in the initial phase of forming a national forest programme (nfp). The establishment of an nfp has been evoked by international policy developments and a national debate questioning Swedish forestry and forest policy. National forest programmes are participatory processes for the development and implementation of forest-related policies and international commitments. Hence, the aim of this master thesis is to assess the stakeholders’ acceptance of participation and integration of international issues within the Swedish national forest programme. Based on the concept of governance, this study’s research questions focused on the integration of international issues and the scope and depth of participation in an nfp. To answer the research questions a literature review of European nfps and interviews with Swedish forest actors were performed.
The study’s results show that the actors perceive a need for a Swedish nfp and want to participate in the programme, with the exception of ENGOs. The actors argue that the scope of participation of the programme should include expert administrators, elected representatives and professional stakeholders. The actors state that the Swedish nfp should be consultative and form the basis for policy decision by elected representatives. The interviewed actors agree on that international forest issues should be addressed within the context of the nfp and that the programme must relate to existing international agreements. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
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| spelling | RepoSLU75052014-12-04T11:15:16Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7505/ A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements Ahlgren, Anna Agricultural economics and policies Forestry - General aspects Sweden is in the initial phase of forming a national forest programme (nfp). The establishment of an nfp has been evoked by international policy developments and a national debate questioning Swedish forestry and forest policy. National forest programmes are participatory processes for the development and implementation of forest-related policies and international commitments. Hence, the aim of this master thesis is to assess the stakeholders’ acceptance of participation and integration of international issues within the Swedish national forest programme. Based on the concept of governance, this study’s research questions focused on the integration of international issues and the scope and depth of participation in an nfp. To answer the research questions a literature review of European nfps and interviews with Swedish forest actors were performed. The study’s results show that the actors perceive a need for a Swedish nfp and want to participate in the programme, with the exception of ENGOs. The actors argue that the scope of participation of the programme should include expert administrators, elected representatives and professional stakeholders. The actors state that the Swedish nfp should be consultative and form the basis for policy decision by elected representatives. The interviewed actors agree on that international forest issues should be addressed within the context of the nfp and that the programme must relate to existing international agreements. Sverige har inlett arbetet med att inrätta ett nationellt skogsprogram. Detta initiativ är framanat av den politiska utvecklingen på internationell nivå samt en nationell debatt som har ifrågasatt svenskt skogsbruk och skogspolitik. Nationella skogsprogram är deltagandeprocesser för utveckling och implementering av skogsrelaterade policyer och internationella åtaganden. Därför är syftet med detta examensarbete att bedöma intressenters acceptans för deltagande och integrering av internationella frågor inom ett svenskt skogsprogram. Baserat på governance-teorier utformades forskningsfrågor rörande integrering av internationella skogsfrågor, deltagandevidd och deltagandedjup. För att besvara forskningsfrågorna genomfördes en litteraturgenomgång av europeiska skogsprogram samt intervjuer med svenska skogsintressenter. Studiens resultat visar att de skogliga intressenterna upplever ett behov av ett nationellt skogsprogram samt vill delta i programmet, undantaget miljöorganisationerna. Intressenterna efterfrågar en deltagandevidd som omfattar sakkunniga, politiker och intresseorganisationer. Aktörerna uppger att ett svenskt skogsprogram deltagandedjup bör vara konsultativt och utgöra basen för beslut fattade av politiker. De intervjuade intressenterna är överens om att internationella skogsfrågor och överenskommelser bör behandlas inom ett svenskt skogsprogram. 2014-12-01 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7505/1/Ahlgren_A_20141201.pdf Ahlgren, Anna, 2014. A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (S) > Dept. of Forest Products <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-231.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-4007 eng |
| spellingShingle | Agricultural economics and policies Forestry - General aspects Ahlgren, Anna A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements |
| title | A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements |
| title_full | A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements |
| title_fullStr | A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements |
| title_short | A Swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements |
| title_sort | swedish national forest programme – participation and international agreements |
| topic | Agricultural economics and policies Forestry - General aspects |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7505/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7505/ |