Search Results - "Giessen, Lukas"

COVID-19-induced visitor boom reveals the importance of forests as critical infrastructure by Derks, Jakob, Giessen, Lukas, Winkel, Georg

“…During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the globe have implemented a certain degree of lockdown, restricting citizens' freedom of movement and…”
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Formal and Informal Interests of Donors to Allocate Aid: Spending Patterns of USAID, GIZ, and EU Forest Development Policy in Bangladesh by Rahman, Md Saifur, Giessen, Lukas

“…•International aid donors have both formal and informal interests.•Aid donors have economic, political, and strategic interests in the countries they…”
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Linking institutional change mechanisms with forest management outcomes: evidence from community forestry in Nepal by Charmakar, Shambhu, Kimengsi, Jude, Giessen, Lukas

“…Global literature recognizes the interactions between endogenous and exogenous forest resource (FR) management institutions. However, a comprehensive…”
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The manifestation of institutional bricolage and community forest management outcomes: insights from four socio-ecological settings in Nepal by Charmakar, Shambhu, Kimengsi, Jude Ndzifon, Giessen, Lukas

“…Institutional bricolage has gained attention in the global south, albeit limited evidence in community forestry. This study characterizes forest resource…”
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A new model of development coalition building: USAID achieving legitimate access and dominant information in Bangladesh’s forest policy by Rahman, Md Saifur, Miah, Sohag, Giessen, Lukas

“…•This study investigates USAID’s introduction of the forest co-management concept in Bangladesh.•We analyze the coalition strategy employed by USAID, based on…”
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Power in forest management institutions: A systematic review by Charmakar, Shambhu, Kimengsi, Jude Ndzifon, Giessen, Lukas

“…•Global literature on power in forest management institutions (FMIs) is fragmented.•We analyzed actors' power manifestation in FMIs, and their effects on…”
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Power players in biodiversity policy: Insights from international and domestic forest biodiversity initiatives in Bangladesh from 1992 to 2013 by Rahman, Md Saifur, Sarker, Pradip Kumar, Giessen, Lukas

“…•We analyse gain and loss of power capabilities of state agencies.•We analyse 102 domestic and donor-driven forest-biodiversity policies in Bangladesh.•We…”
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The power of public bureaucracies: forest-related climate change policies in Bangladesh (1992-2014) by Rahman, Md Saifur, Giessen, Lukas

“…As a cross-cutting issue, climate policy depends on the ability of national-level public bureaucracies to formulate and implement effective measures. However,…”
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Reviewing changes in mangrove land use over the decades in Thailand: Current responses and challenges by Chaiklang, Preeyaphat, Karthe, Daniel, Babel, Mukand, Giessen, Lukas, Schusser, Carsten

“…After a decline from 367,900 ha to 160,000 ha between 1961 and 1996, there has been a notable recovery of mangroves in Thailand, with an expansion to 277,923…”
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From voluntary private to mandatory state governance in Indonesian forest certification: Reclaiming authority by bureaucracies by Wibowo, Agung, Giessen, Lukas

“…Forest certification has been introduced by non-state actors as a voluntary and market-based instrument addressing forest problems, which state policies failed…”
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Detecting formal and informal interests in forest governance by Zhao, Jiacheng, Krott, Max, Liu, Jinlong, Giessen, Lukas, Dong, Jiayun

“…To reveal the interests of actors in forest governance, this paper proposes a power-based interest identification (PII) approach. Based on the assumption of…”
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Revealing the Multilevel Actors Power Network in Mangrove Forest Governance - Insights from the Sundarbans, Bangladesh by Khan, Md Faisal Abedin Khan, Rahman, Md Saifur, Maryudi, Ahmad, Schusser, Carsten, Giessen, Lukas

“…Having diversified ecological and socio-economic function of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forests (SMF), its governance significantly relies on the power relations…”
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The Forest Policies of ASEAN and Montréal Process: Comparing Highly and Weakly Formalized Regional Regimes by Sohui Jeon, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Lukas Giessen

“…Forests are governed by a combination of sub-national and national as well as global and regional regimes. Comparing the institutional variation of regional…”
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Implications of Development Cooperation and State Bureaucracy on Climate Change Adaptation Policy in Bangladesh by Md Saifur Rahman, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Ryokichi Hirono, Lukas Giessen

“…Policy action is visible in national and international climate governance. However, policy-making and its implementation often fail to generate the desired…”
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India in international climate governance: Through soft power from REDD to REDD+ policy in favor of relative gains by Negi, Swati, Giessen, Lukas

“…This paper seeks to examine India’s role in the politics of a specific climate change mitigation policy called “Reducing emissions from deforestation and…”
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Nongovernmental organizations as interest groups and their roles in policy processes: Insights from Indonesian forest and environmental governance by Laraswati, Dwi, Krott, Max, Soraya, Emma, Rahayu, Sari, Fisher, Micah R., Giessen, Lukas, Maryudi, Ahmad

“…The traditional conceptions and claims of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have profiled NGOs as civil society representatives and as benevolent…”
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Global forest governance — Discussing legal scholarship from political science perspectives by Edwards, Peter, Giessen, Lukas

“…Scholarship in international law aims at addressing global forest governance comprehensively. This article reviews the recent contribution Global Forest…”
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Representation-Influence Framework (RIF) for analyzing the roles of organized interest groups (OIGs) in environmental governance by Laraswati, Dwi, Krott, Max, Sahide, Muhammad A.K., Soraya, Emma, Pratama, Andita A., Rahayu, Sari, Giessen, Lukas, Maryudi, Ahmad

“…This paper outlines Representation-Influence Framework (RIF) for analyzing the roles of organized interest groups (OIGs) in environmental governance. This…”
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Towards State Hegemony Over Agricultural Certification: From Voluntary Private to Mandatory State Regimes on Palm Oil in Indonesia by Sahide, M A K, Burns, S, Wibowo, A, Nurrochmat, D N, Giessen, L

“…Previous work on certification of palm oil has reported on a trend toward a change, from failed state regulation to voluntary, private governance. However,…”
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Regional Governance für ländliche Räume – innovativer Ansatz, politischer Gegenwind und der Weg vorwärts by Giessen, Lukas

“…Dieser Beitrag identifiziert die inhaltlichen und politischen Innovationen von Regional Governance am Beispiel der integrierten ländlichen Entwicklung. Die…”
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