The Expanding Framework of Law and Public Policies Governing Sustainable Uses and Management in European Forests

2000

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Unselbständiges Werk

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Forest laws have been revised and amended in order to adjust to new social demands in many European countries. Public policies addressing nature conservation, land use planning and renewable natural resources have produced legislation relevant to forests and forestry. National laws are incrasingly influenced by international conventions and other legal instruments. The evolving regulatory framework reflects the growing importance of forests in susainable development. It raises new issues with regard to the respective role of the public and private sectors, to the rights of land owners facing external demands, and to compensation arrangements between forest enterprises, user groups and public entities. It also calls for more efficient decision-making processes on sustainable forest resource managemend, balancing local, national and global requirements.