 How are forests framed? An analysis of EU forest policyJerbelle Elomina and Helga Pülzl Forest Policy and Economics, 2021, vol. 127, issue C Abstract: The Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) concept is of immense value not simply because it is a principal provider of ecosystem services but because it makes these services a cross-sectoral policy concern. However, it is crucial to study how the European Union addresses its forests and ecosystem services in its policies because a well-coordinated and coherent EU forest policy could align numerous goals set by different policy domains to produce synergistic benefits. However, forest policy in the EU is currently considered by many to be fragmented and weakly institutionalized. Existing research has already provided some useful insight into the disjointed nature of EU forest policy but a clear understanding of the underlying frames is still lacking. These frames are of multi-faceted importance, including the fact that they guide actors in how to make sense of the range of possibilities that forests present. Therefore, we argue that it is important to understand the forms and functions of forest frames in order to be able to interlink different, and even inconsistent, policy goals. Keywords: European commission; Forest ecosystem services; EU forest-related policy; Frames; Frame analysis; Fragmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:forpol:v:127:y:2021:i:c:s138993412100054x DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102448 Access Statistics for this article Forest Policy and Economics is currently edited by M. Krott More articles in Forest Policy and Economics from Elsevier |
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