Do forest policy actors learn through forward-thinking? Conflict and cooperation relating to the past, present and futures of sustainable forest management in Germany

Metodi Sotirov, Mareike Blum, Sabine Storch, Andy Selter and Ulrich Schraml

Forest Policy and Economics, 2017, vol. 85, issue P2, 256-268

Abstract: Collaborative participatory policy approaches based on foresight methodology have recently been proposed as promising governance tools to achieve sustainability in general, and address and manage challenges of integrating competing demands on forest land use (e.g., timber production, nature protection, recreation) in particular. Their main argument is that participatory processes will bring policy actors together. Based on long- and short-term future-oriented thinking and actions, they will overcome their previous value-laden and interest-based conflicts through informed communication, deliberation, policy learning and mutual cooperation. But do policy actors learn when they are thinking, debating and shaping the ‘forest futures’ they want to achieve or avoid? To what extent are current beliefs, values, worldviews, and conflict structures projected onto the future? What are their impacts on policy learning today?

Keywords: Foresight; Forest landscapes; Learning; Policy change; Scenarios; Sustainable forest management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.11.011

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