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{"title":"Health, safety, security and environment risk mitigation in a community-based reforestation-for‑carbon project","authors":"Alexandra A. Catling ,&nbsp;Igor Nascimento de Carvalho ,&nbsp;John Herbohn ,&nbsp;Dennis Peque ,&nbsp;Luiz Pereira ,&nbsp;Francis E. Putz ,&nbsp;Claudia Romero ,&nbsp;Grahame Applegate","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103656","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103656","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Reforestation efforts carried out with local communities need to confront health, safety, security, and environment (HSSE) challenges different from those experienced in industrial forestry. Here we describe our collaborative and iterative approach to HSSE development and implementation in a community-based reforestation for carbon project in the Philippines. Community participants recognised many HSSE risks related to tree seedling production, planting, and plantation maintenance and monitoring, but previously lacked resources to mitigate them. Investments in HSSE (i.e., training, safety equipment, and staff health insurance) were substantial, amounting to 3.14 % of Project expenditures in the Philippines. Over a three-year period, 33 % of reported health-and-safety incidents were related to illness and 31 % to vehicular accidents or near-misses, most of which (92/95) were reported by staff members not community workers. Difficulties in changing cultural and behavioral norms substantially impeded development of a safety culture with shared understanding of HSSE responsibilities. Engagement of contractors with different HSSE policies to those of the Project also resulted in inconsistencies in practices. Fundamental lessons continued to be learned about safe reforestation, but further research is needed on how to improve safety culture in community-based reforestation. Recognising HSSE responsibilities should be explicitly acknowledged as part of carbon market requirements for issuance of carbon credits from community-based reforestation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103656"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145515641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Testing the effect of ecosystem service and land classification on global values of forested watershed ecosystem services","authors":"Khusro Mir,&nbsp;Roy Brouwer","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103667","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103667","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forested watersheds provide a variety of ecosystem services. Their economic valuation has increased significantly over the past decades, but the literature is fragmented and heterogenous and little has been done to systematically analyse estimated values. This paper presents a global meta-analysis of the economic values of forested watershed services (FWS). We address two key methodological issues in the literature: the impact of FWS classification on value estimates and sensitivity to scale based on the stock of FWS. The latter is measured as the forested watershed area size compared to common practices to measure overall area size including other land cover and use. In the former case, we compare the detailed Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES) with more simple and informal classifications found in the literature. We show that both the explanatory and predictive power of the estimated meta-regression models increase as we include more details about the valued FWS and use more accurate estimations of the stock of FWS. Findings are cross-validated with the existing forest hydrology literature. The study highlights the economic significance of maintaining forest cover in watershed areas and the need for more harmonised and accurate reporting of the flow and stock of FWS in the non-market valuation literature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103667"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145599057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advancing palm oil sustainability to address the climate crisis: Leveraging theory of change and system dynamics model at the jurisdictional level","authors":"Herry Purnomo ,&nbsp;Beni Okarda ,&nbsp;Lila Juniyanti ,&nbsp;Sonya Dyah Kusumadewi ,&nbsp;Dyah Puspitaloka ,&nbsp;Monica Azzahra ,&nbsp;Salwa Nadhira ,&nbsp;Prasetya Irawan ,&nbsp;Nining Liswanti ,&nbsp;George C. Schoneveld ,&nbsp;Michael A. Brady","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103594","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103594","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global green deals, such as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), aim to enhance the environmental governance of key commodities, including palm oil, cocoa, timber, and soy, by requiring them to be deforestation-free, legally sourced, and traceable. EUDR poses both challenges and opportunities for producing countries. This study explores how Indonesia's palm oil sector can align with EUDR-defined sustainability standards through inclusive and systemic approaches. We employed a participatory Theory of Change involving key stakeholders across the palm oil value chain, supported by systems dynamic modeling to simulate trade-offs and identify strategic pathways toward sustainability. The approach revealed inevitable trade-offs between economic, ecological, and social dimensions. Practical solutions are available to support EUDR compliance by reducing deforestation and illegal activity while sustaining the palm oil economy. These include production intensification, certification, carbon credit, payment for environmental services, and ecological fiscal transfers from the central government. These strategies have been collaboratively developed and endorsed by both the government and stakeholders. Indonesia's experience demonstrates that participatory, system-based methods can facilitate alignment with global sustainability regulations while addressing local priorities. The lessons and approaches apply to other environmentally sensitive commodities and geographies that aim to meet global environmental and social standards.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103594"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145219057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Proposing circular bioeconomy design strategy: A crucial step towards sustaining the wood furniture industry in Indonesia","authors":"Dhany Yuniati ,&nbsp;Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat ,&nbsp;Didit Okta Pribadi ,&nbsp;Raden Deden Djaenudin ,&nbsp;Budi Kuncahyo ,&nbsp;Apri Laila Sayekti ,&nbsp;Husnul Khotimah ,&nbsp;Windi Novia Ratri Wardhani","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103666","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103666","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The furniture industry in Jepara, Indonesia, faces complex sustainability challenges, particularly declining raw material quality, low wood utilization efficiency, and limited waste utilization, which result in decreased added value and reduced industry competitiveness. These challenges are cross-scale, spanning small, medium, and large industries, underscoring the need for a collaborative and adaptive approach. This study proposes a Circular Bioeconomy (CBE)-based transformation strategy tailored to the local characteristics and capacities of each business scale. The CBE approach in this context includes the application of efficient technologies in the sawing process, renewable energy-based drying, and environmentally friendly wood preservation techniques to extend product lifespan. Furthermore, increasing access to timber legality certification, improving waste management, implementing cascading strategies, and strengthening product construction are integral to boosting resource efficiency and industry resilience. The study also highlights the importance of cross-scale joint-solution practices, such as modular design, component standardization, production specialization, and the development of spare parts networks, as foundations for strengthening collaboration and innovation. The findings demonstrate that the CBE strategy not only reduces waste and emissions but also creates new economic opportunities through product diversification, waste utilization, and increased overall production system efficiency. Therefore, this approach provides a crucial foundation for building a more sustainable and competitive furniture industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103666"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145525731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deforestation, land use, and malaria incidence in the Brazilian Amazon: A spatial analysis","authors":"Luan Marca ,&nbsp;Marco Tulio Aniceto Franca ,&nbsp;Augusto Mussi Alvim ,&nbsp;Evandro Tatim da Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103653","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103653","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study analyzes the determinants of malaria incidence in the Brazilian Amazon, focusing on patterns of deforestation, agricultural mechanization, and their spatio-temporal dynamics. Using municipal-level panel data (2007–2020) and spatial econometric models, we identify two main findings: Deforestation increases malaria incidence in a non-linear fashion, with significant impacts lasting up to five years and a renewed peak nearly a decade later. Mechanization reduces transmission: A 1 % increase in heavy machinery (e.g., crawler tractors) is associated with a 0.67 % decrease in the incidence rate. A 1 % increase in light machinery (e.g., wheeled tractors) is associated with a 0.37 % decrease, attributable to intensified land use and habitat management. Policy implications may include targeted subsidies for light mechanization leasing in high-incidence municipalities. This strategy could simultaneously curb malaria and deforestation by leveraging degraded pasture areas as expansion zones for cultivation using light machinery, thus eliminating the need for forest invasion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103653"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145334185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond financial metrics: An integrated framework for capital investment decisions in the Swedish forest industry","authors":"Jan Alpenberg ,&nbsp;Frida Hansson ,&nbsp;Lotten Svensson ,&nbsp;Tomasz Wnuk-Pel","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103660","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103660","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how Swedish forest industry firms assess capital investments by integrating financial and non-financial considerations. Based on in-depth interviews with senior managers from ten forest companies, this qualitative approach identifies a multidimensional evaluation approach that incorporates strategic, environmental, and social aspects alongside conventional financial metrics. The findings reveal that investment decisions are influenced not only by economic rationale but also by behavioral factors such as cognitive biases and perceived risk, providing empirical support for Prospect Theory in an industry-specific context. The study contributes to the literature by proposing an integrated capital investment assessment framework, highlighting the need for holistic, context-sensitive decision models in sectors with strong environmental and stakeholder interdependencies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103660"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145435040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping the research of Forest ecosystem Services in Europe: A review","authors":"Oliver Truffer ,&nbsp;Eva Lieberherr ,&nbsp;Kato Van Ruymbeke ,&nbsp;Costanza Chimisso ,&nbsp;Tim Rowe ,&nbsp;Liesbet Vranken ,&nbsp;Tamaki Ohmura","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103663","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103663","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on forest ecosystems is abundant, yet the societal needs for forest ecosystem services (FES) remains less examined. Understanding these needs—especially across different societal actors—offers a promising path to ease pressure on the provision of forest ecosystem services and navigate the goal conflicts of forest policy under the EU Green Deal. Using a semi-systematic literature review, we categorize the existing research on the need for forest ecosystem services within distinct European forestry paradigms and investigate how well the literature covers each service and actor type. In 107 assessed articles, we find that cultural ecosystem services are researched most prominently while provisioning services are addressed the least. While the literature in our corpus is inclined towards recreationists and the public, crucial actors such as forest owners or forest managers are examined seldomly. Furthermore, we find several articles that assess the synergies and conflicts fostered by different management approaches. We connect this finding to a qualitative mismatch between the need for forest ecosystem services described in the literature and the provision of these services that is shaped by different ideas on sustainable forest management. By highlighting gaps and shortcomings in the literature we set the stage for future research on the need for forest ecosystem services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103663"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145461655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Information access, governance support and operational flexibility are needed to drive adaptation of European forests to global change","authors":"Julius Willig ,&nbsp;Sabeth Häublein ,&nbsp;Stefan Sorge ,&nbsp;Annechien Brudermann ,&nbsp;Elena Cantarello ,&nbsp;Josep Maria Espelta ,&nbsp;Liina Häyrinen ,&nbsp;Tomás Hlasny ,&nbsp;Nina Horstmann ,&nbsp;Silvija Krajter Ostoić ,&nbsp;Marie Lautrup ,&nbsp;Maša Zorana Ostrogović Sever ,&nbsp;Mikko Peltoniemi ,&nbsp;Juan Picos ,&nbsp;Yulia Poskakukhina ,&nbsp;Björn Reineking ,&nbsp;Ian Short ,&nbsp;Jonathan Spazzi ,&nbsp;Marie Vaney ,&nbsp;Dijana Vuletić ,&nbsp;Jürgen Bauhus","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103654","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103654","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many forest owners and professionals recognize global change and increasing forest disturbances as pressing challenges but have yet to implement adaptation options to counteract the impacts on their forests. The ecological effectiveness of these options is context-dependent, influenced by site conditions and the quality of implementation. In addition, the socio-economic context can support or impede the implementation of adaptation options. To assess the relevance of implementation barriers and how they are perceived, we surveyed over 800 forest owners and professionals across Europe.</div><div>Adaptation options that were perceived as effective were also more likely to be applied. Owing to its low evidence of effectiveness and conflicts with other management objectives, non-management was largely regarded as a non-viable adaptation option. Overall, respondents rated the importance of most implementation barriers as low to moderate. However, for certain adaptation options, specific barriers were perceived as particularly relevant. Forest owners and professionals with experience in practicing forest adaptation regarded potential barriers as less constraining than other groups of participants. More timber production-oriented owners and professionals identified economic issues as particularly constraining. To facilitate implementation of adaptation, participants suggested improved communication, more education, more flexible legislation and simpler access to financial support.</div><div>Different specific site and management contexts complicate the development of general recommendations. Therefore, local science-practice collaborations and platforms to share experiences regarding adaptation options could promote the adaptive capacity of forest owners and professionals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103654"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145334190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A policy analysis of peatland-related policies - pressures, ecosystem services, conservation and restoration","authors":"Chaitanya Suárez-Rojas ,&nbsp;Camilla Widmark","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103642","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103642","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the last fifty years, peatlands have shifted from being intensively drained and exploited to being at the heart of debates about fighting climate change and other environmental crises. Despite current efforts towards peatland restoration and conservation, political action is not reaching the desired targets. Are policies really providing consistent and coherent solutions? This study reviews how peatland issues have been addressed in the international political discourse and how policies in Europe and Sweden are responding to such issues to halt peatland degradation. The study follows a multi-step approach comprising i) policy selection, ii) framing process, and iii) policy coherence analysis. The results reveal that European and Swedish policies from different fields (biodiversity and conservation, climate change, agriculture, forestry, land use and soil, energy, and water) broadly emphasise the need for peatland protection and conservation. However, these policies lack coherence in addressing the different impacts affecting peatlands, comprehending certain ecosystem functions and services, and identifying explicit nature-, financial-, and social capacity-based solutions for their restoration and sustainable use. This evidence highlights the need to foster coordination among decision-makers within and across different policy fields at both governance levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103642"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145334191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Follow the money: Can REDD+ finance compete with established and emerging land investments in Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo?","authors":"Niak Sian Koh ,&nbsp;Niina Pietarinen ,&nbsp;Alizée Ville ,&nbsp;Félicien Kengoum ,&nbsp;Grace Wong ,&nbsp;Maria Brockhaus","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103664","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103664","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate finance is often considered an avenue of transformational change to address deforestation. However, financial dynamics influencing forests extend beyond climate related initiatives; forest landscapes are subject to a myriad of actors and interests. This paper examines if and how REDD+ finance can lead to transformative decisions in a complex political landscape of competing land uses, interests, and financial flows in Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We employ a critical global political economy perspective to investigate inequality within global forest governance. We use a telecoupling framing combined with open-source research methods to examine public information and databases on company ownership and structures, to capture flows of finance and commodities. Our study demonstrates that, in Mai- Ndombe, climate finance incentives have limited influence in the presence of dominant interests and investments in extractive activities; particularly when mining, livestock, timber, and carbon concessions overlap, and oil exploration permits are in use by state and private sector actors. REDD+ strategies in the DRC inadvertently reinforce historical inequalities by focusing on local interventions; this overlooks persistent power relations that are visible in discursive practices, financial flows, and incentive structures centering around extractive land uses. The methods and data in this paper provide insights into how finance and investments in both climate change mitigation and industrial land use are driving land-use change and inadvertently reinforcing inequality. We encourage funders, policymakers, and researchers at the intersection of climate and forests to move beyond oversimplified narratives of who is to blame for deforestation, and instead trace the financial flows to examine who actually benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103664"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145535997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}