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In this chapter, the importance of the “political will”, together with the position of the agency responsible for forestry within the government hierarchy and the advantage in having a powerful political champion, for achieving sustainable forest management is discussed. Building consensus among all stakeholders including other economic sectors that can benefit from sustainably managed forests to understand and support forest policy statements is essential. Spatial planning is better done with a bottom-up approach at the forest management unit level to avoid the problem of rural communities becoming entrapped within areas declared as protected or reserved areas without their involvement in the process. The pros and cons of financial incentives for promoting sustainable forest management are reviewed.
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Fraser, A. (2019). Policy and the Political Will. In: Achieving the Sustainable Management of Forests. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15839-2_4
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