Climate Aid Will Neither Support Forests nor the Poor: No Hope for Saving the World's Forests
| Autor: | Peter K. Aurenhammer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Biodiversity Climate change 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Development policy Politics Deforestation Political science Development economics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Environmental resource management 1. No poverty 021107 urban & regional planning Forestry 15. Life on land 13. Climate action Disbursement Forest degradation business Food Science Theme (narrative) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 32:822-854 |
| ISSN: | 1540-756X 1054-9811 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10549811.2013.804485 |
| Popis: | Political themes undergo specific political careers. They enter and leave political agendas. Themes in development policy are, for example, biodiversity, climate change, or deforestation. While political themes change, underlying principles of aid disbursement do not. Currently the discussion on Climate Aid, in particular the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, puts again the emphasis to deforestation. Deforestation is a prominent theme, often defined as a “forest problem,” by foreign aid policies on forestry. Foresters are once again dubbed as being able to “save the World” all on their own. In fact, it is not them who on decide the priorities of foreign (aid) policy. The decisions made about cooperating countries and thematic areas do not stem from problem pressure. Political factors dominate the program formulation and financing. Analyses of European donors' forest aid reveal that, contrary to what is defined in policies, disbursements to countries, relevant to deforestati... |
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