Short description
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It is the main objective of the COST Action FP0601 on 'Forest Management and the Water Cycle (FORMAN)' to enhance the knowledge on forest-water interactions in Europe and to contribute to an improvement of water related forest management. The proposed research project addresses the political dimension of such forest-water interactions. In a first step, the research project identifies the crucial policy implications of current developments in forest-water interactions. Then, current water and forest related policy structures in Switzerland are examined, with special consideration of current and future interlinkages between the management of the two natural resources. This empirical analysis includes a comparison of the political structures both on the Swiss federal and cantonal level and a comparison with Austria, which is confronted with similar challenges but shows partly significantly different political structures. Finally, the research project addresses the opportunities and challenges of current water and forest policy arrangements and examines the potentials and limits for a higher integration of forest and water related policy-aspects that could overcome the traditionally sectoral organization of the policies towards an integrated management of natural resources.
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Partners and International Organizations
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AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GR, HR, IL, IS, IT, LT, NO, PL, PT, SE, SI, SK, TR, UK
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Abstract
(English)
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It is the main objective of the COST Action FP0601 on 'Forest Management and the Water Cycle (FORMAN)' to enhance the knowledge on forest-water interactions in Europe and to contribute to an improvement of water related forest management. The proposed research project addresses the political dimension of such forest-water interactions. In a first step, the research project identifies the crucial policy implications of current developments in forest-water interactions. Then, current water and forest related policy structures in Switzerland are examined, with special consideration of current and future interlinkages between the management of the two natural resources. This empirical analysis includes a comparison of the political structures both on the Swiss federal and cantonal level and a comparison with Austria, which is confronted with similar challenges but shows partly significantly different political structures. Finally, the research project addresses the opportunities and challenges of current water and forest policy arrangements and examines the potentials and limits for a higher integration of forest and water related policy-aspects that could overcome the traditionally sectoral organization of the policies towards an integrated management of natural resources.
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