Topic Overview

This topic will introduce policy and policy making process in general with emphasis on forest policy. You will learn about evidence based policy making process including key steps and emerging methods. Having this, you will apply assessment of forestry/conservation policy impact through various case studies analysis. You will also touch upon critical analysis, an important component for evidence based policy impact analysis.

Learning Objectives

• Describe and analyze policies and forest policy making.
• Apply assessment of forestry/conservation policy impact through case studies analysis.
• Describe and apply critical analysis.

Required & Optional Readings

Required Readings

• Arts, B. (2012). Forests policy analysis and theory use: Overview and trends. Forest Policy and Economics, 16, 7-13.
• Kleinschmit, D., Böcher, M., & Giessen, L. (2016). Forest policy analysis: advancing the analytical approach. Forest Policy and Economics, 68(C), 1-6.
• Rose, D. C., Amano, T., González-Varo, J. P., Mukherjee, N., Robertson, R. J., Simmons, B. I., ... & Sutherland, W. J. (2019). Calling for a new agenda for conservation science to create evidence-informed policy. Biological Conservation, 238, 108222.
• Brandt, J. S., Allendorf, T., Radeloff, V., & Brooks, J. (2017). Effects of national forest‐management regimes on unprotected forests of the Himalaya. Conservation Biology, 31(6), 1271-1282.

Fundamental Concepts

• Topic 4.1 Policy making and analysis.pdf Download Topic 4.1 Policy making and analysis.pdf
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Self-test Quiz (For certificate learning only)

After viewing lecture PPT presentation for this topic, take 10 minutes to take this self-test quiz. It is intended to serve as a quick check points of your learning progress about the factual content for this topic. Immediate feedback or answer key will be provided after your attempt. Click Self-test Quiz 4.1 to start.

Online Discussions (For certificate learning only)

Each week you will participant in the topic discussions of the week. The purpose of these discussions is to enable you to critically discuss and apply the core concepts you learned each week. Each online weekly topic discussion will include two parts: 1) your initial response to topic discussion questions posted by the instructor; and 2) your peer comment on other peer posts. Instructor will post one or two discussion questions related to the assigned module and topic every week. Response to these online discussion question and subsequent peer comment on these responses is mandatory. By doing this, you will enhance your knowledge through multiple perspectives posted by your peers. These questions will be focused on the most important aspect of the assigned module and topic and reflection on how you can apply these concept and tools from the assigned module and topic in your own context. For detailed requirements and grading rubric go to Online Discussions page.

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Graded Assignment for the Week (For certificate learning only)

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