Foreign Aid and Sustainable Forestry

Pekka E. Kauppi

No wp-2013-109, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Foreign aid can contribute to sustainable forestry in many ways. The goal is to secure forest benefits of the future, without compromising the needs of the present generations. This paper elaborates on forestry aid as it has evolved in the past. Future directions are suggested, referring to short and midterm projects, as well as long-term programmes. Tree planting has worked in the past, and is an option for scaling up the activity in the future. Distributing fuel efficient cooking stoves could work in a similar way, sparing trees and at the same time improving the quality of rural life.

Keywords: Agriculture; Conservation of natural resources; Economic assistance and foreign aid; Higher education; Forests and forestry; International agencies; Corruption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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