Protecting our forests : a comparative study of voluntary agreement and traditional conservation
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Forest protection is one of the most feasible mitigating strategies for climate change. Yet, the work to protect forests in Norway has come to a standstill. The thesis aimed to understand perception of how two forest protection policies are formulated and their outcome. Utilising semi-structured interviews, this is a comparative study of two forest protection policies, Voluntarty Agreement and Traditional Conservation in Norway. The findings show two complicated governance system where economic- and civil society actors represent two distinct perceptions. Forest protection is one of the most feasible mitigating strategies for climate change. Yet, the work to protect forests in Norway has come to a standstill. The thesis aimed to understand perception of how two forest protection policies are formulated and their outcome. Utilising semi-structured interviews, this is a comparative study of two forest protection policies, Voluntarty Agreement and Traditional Conservation in Norway. The findings show two complicated governance system where economic- and civil society actors represent two distinct perceptions.