Is commercial forestry sustainable in South Africa? The changing institutional and policy needs

The Advocacy Coalition Framework in natural resource policy studies — Recent experiences and further prospects

“…The remaining studies describe and analyze the policy interactions between two advocacy coalitions. Several applications deal with forest policy issues in which "forestry" ("forest sector") and "environmental" coalitions shape the policy process (Elliott, 2000;Glück, 2000;Hogl, 2000;Tewari, 2001;Weber and Christophersen, 2002;Wellstead et al, 2004). Infrequently, the first type of coalition is further labeled as a "commercial forestry" (Kamieniecki, 2000), "pro-commodity" (Salka, 2004), "development" (Lertzman et al, 1996a,b;controversial cf.…”

“…Davis and Davis, 1988;Sabatier et al, 1995;Hogl, 2000;Tewari, 2001;Burnett and Davis, 2002;Voitleithner, 2003;Meijerink, 2005). Five studies discovered that policy core beliefs were resistant to change, whereas secondary aspects easily changed (e.g.…”

The importance of dry woodlands and forests in rural livelihoods and poverty alleviation in South Africa

“…The values of plantation forests and the forest products industries come with some environmental costs, especially in terms of water abstraction and biodiversity impacts (e.g. Armstrong et al, 1998;Tewari, 2001), many of which have not been adequately costed, and deducted from forestry GDP statements (Hassan, 2002). However, there has been a steady commitment to improvement of environmental performance by the forestry industry, with over 80% of the plantation area now boasting some international certification standard.…”

Plantations and social conflict: exploring the differences between small-scale and large-scale plantation forestry

“…They are either: (i) of introduced species (all planted stands), or (ii) intensively managed stands of indigenous species, which meet all the following criteria: one or two species at plantation, even age class, regular spacing.' 4 Concerns and conflict have been documented in nations and regions including Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Noumea, Palestine, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam (see for example Friends of the Earth n.d., Le Heron and Roche 1985;Lowe et al 1986;Tompkins 1986;Mather and Murray 1988;Neeson 1991;Cohen 1993;Groome 1993;Lara and Veblen 1993;Pereira 1993;Christensen 1994;Marchak 1995;Selby and Petajisto 1995;Carrere and Lohmann 1996;Robbins 1998;Spinelli 1998;WRM 1999;Garcia Perez and Groome 2000;Linnard 2000;Williams 2000;Elands and Wiersum 2001;Tewari 2001;Tonts et al 2001;Wilkinson and Drielsma 2001;FAO 2002;Lang 2002;Schirmer 2002;Barlow and Cocklin 2003;Cossalter and Pye-Smith 2003). traditional agricultural activities in what is commonly termed 'farm forestry' or 'agroforestry' (e.g., Petheram et al 2000;Tonts et al 2001, Schirmer 2002.…”