Forest Policy Analysis
FORESTPOLICY ANALYSIS FOREST POLICY ANALYSIS by MAX KROTT Institute for Forest Policy and Nature Conservation, Göttingen, Germany Translated by Renée von Paschen EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 1-4020-3478-4 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-3478-7 (HB) ISBN 1-4020-3485-7 (e-book) ISBN 978-1-4020-3485-5 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springeronline.com Cover picture by Achim Dohrenbusch, Göttingen, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Title of the original German edition: Krott, Politikfeldanalyse Forstwirtschaft, 1st edition © 2001 by Parey Buchverlag im Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH, Berlin All Rights Reserved © 2005 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed in the Netherlands. FOREWORD Although forest policy is an established course in most European university forestry curricula, apart from a special predilection of the teacher, its content varies from country to country according to the position of the forest sector in the domestic economy and society. In some countries, forestry is the backbone of a strong wood-processing industry, in others, recreational uses and amenity values of forests dominate. Despite these differences, all countries have in common the fact that the diversity of interests in forests has increased.
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