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 ================================================================================ * 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=citationSea… Overview and introduction 2) Defining and assessing forest governance Pages 1-3 Lukas Giessen, Gerard Buttoud http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSea… ================================================================================ Review Articles ================================================================================ 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=citationSea… 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=citationSea… ================================================================================ Research Papers ================================================================================ 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=citationSea… 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=citationSea… 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=citationSea… 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=citationSea… 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=citationSea… 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=citationSea…