Dear IUFRO Division9 and Division6 colleagues,

we are happy to announce the release of a special issue of Forest Policy and Economics on "assessing forest governance", which came out of the IUFRO all-Div 9 meeting in 2012.

Please find attached  the introductory article , in which we i) define forest governance and related research, ii) identify different ways of assessing forest governance and iii) introduce all contributiond to the special issue with active links.

For content please see below or http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13899341/49 .

Kindly forward this email to interested colleagues.

Best wishes and enjoy the christmas season!

Lukas Giessen and Gerard Buttoud

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* Forest Policy and Economics
Volume 49, Pages 1-72, December 2014

Special Issue: Assessing forest governance - analytical concepts and their application

Edited by Lukas Giessen and Gérard Buttoud

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13899341/49

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1) Editorial Board
Pages IFC
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2814%2900200-7&md5=42567df44d857b535dc4a5468cf76836


Overview and introduction

2) Defining and assessing forest governance
Pages 1-3
Lukas Giessen, Gerard Buttoud
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2814%2900198-1&md5=b3dfde2fba1a9ea5f0deb0de1029d35c

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Review Articles
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3) A practice based approach to forest governance
Review Article,
Pages 4-11
Bas Arts, Jelle Behagel, Esther Turnhout, Jessica de Koning, Séverine van Bommel
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2814%2900067-7&md5=50a47897cc39997f35b15690a3902895

4) Learning from practices — implications of the “practice based approach” for forest and environmental policy research
Review Article,
Pages 12-16
Max Krott, Lukas Giessen
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2813%2900177-9&md5=6a176ee4a0dcf42ad9a1c125deaf8352


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Research Papers
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5) Assessing forest governance from a ‘Triple G’ perspective: Government, governance, governmentality⁎⁎This article belongs to the Special Issue:Assessing Forest Governance.
Original Research Article,
Pages 17-22
Bas Arts
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2814%2900079-3&md5=771e836002135d36a0677552ecffcd0c

6) Governing the design of national REDD +: An analysis of the power of agency
Original Research Article,
Pages 23-33
Maria Brockhaus, Monica Di Gregorio, Sofi Mardiah
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2813%2900148-2&md5=a93e1f80583917429c85d516258cb5e2

7) Actor-centred power: The driving force in decentralised community based forest governance
Original Research Article,
Pages 34-42
Max Krott, Axel Bader, Carsten Schusser, Rosan Devkota, Ahmad Maryudi, Lukas Giessen, Helene Aurenhammer
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2813%2900080-4&md5=55d1d8c4eb36c4c2ee8f7180fac70938

8) New modes of governance in Bavaria's alpine forests: The ‘Mountain Forest Initiative’ at work
Original Research Article,
Pages 43-50
Kathrin Böhling, Monika B. Arzberger
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2814%2900017-3&md5=95e5246f4a25b7d5063f04adf69c0f40

9) The process of forest management plans preparation in the Republic of Macedonia: Does it comprise governance principles of participation, transparency and accountability?
Original Research Article,
Pages 51-56
M. Stojanovska, M. Miovska, J. Jovanovska, V. Stojanovski
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2813%2900194-9&md5=e52ef361d8a39602a8680ad89a7addda

10) Why and how to measure forest governance at local level: A set of indicators
Original Research Article,
Pages 57-71
Laura Secco, Riccardo Da Re, Davide Matteo Pettenella, Paola Gatto
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_piikey=S1389-9341%2813%2900161-5&md5=9d14b25fb3ccf14e4ebbcad23d79ffd5