DFG joint research project "Fragmentation of the International Forest Regime-Complex" (2012-2015)

Leitung: Prof. Dr. Max Krott
Projektbearbeiter: Dr. Lukas Giessen
Kooperation: Dr. Winkel/Freiburg; Prof. Kleinn/Göttingen; Prof. Stoll/Göttingen
Schlagworte: fragmentation of global forest governance; inter-disciplinary analysis
Projektkurzbeschreibung: The joint research project is coordinated by Prof. Max Krott and Dr. Lukas Giessen (both Forest Policy, University Göttingen/Germany). It aims at i) describing the fragmentation of existing international forest-related policies (i.e. a regime-complex), ii) explaining this fragmentation by political, legal, technical and ecological factors, iii) analysing the steering consequences of fragmentation with regard to specific policy goals and iv) developing political options for coping with fragmentation of international forest policies.
This interdisciplinary project brings together researchers from different forest science disciplines: Prof. Christoph Kleinn (Forest Inventory, University Göttingen) will analyse the use of forest-related information from forest inventories within the policy process and its contribution to international policy fragmentation. Prof. Peter Tobias Stoll (International Economic and Environmental Law, University Göttingen) will analyse the fragmentation of forest-related international and European law and its legitimacy. A policy analysis on multi-level forest policy discourses across policy sectors will be conducted by Dr. Georg Winkel (Forest Policy, University Freiburg/Germany). Finally, Prof. Max Krott and Dr. Lukas Giessen (both Forest Policy, University Göttingen) will analyse the politics of national and international bureaucracies in the formulation and implementation of the international forest regime and their contribution to fragmentation.

Laufzeit: 2012-2015
Finanzierung: DFG
Status: laufend

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