The New Forest Legislation in Russia: The Leaseholders' Attitudes
ABSTRACT The Russian forest sector has undergone significant institutional changes over its history. This is especially so during the last 15 years following market reforms including abolition of a central command economy. During this time the forest sector has performed poorly in comparison with ot...
| Published in: | Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2010
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19390451003643585 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/jnrpr/article-pdf/2/2/171/1512919/naturesopolirese_2_2_171.pdf |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT The Russian forest sector has undergone significant institutional changes over its history. This is especially so during the last 15 years following market reforms including abolition of a central command economy. During this time the forest sector has performed poorly in comparison with other natural resource sectors in Russia. The problems were identified to be in the existing formal and informal institutions. In 2007, the new Forest Code was adopted and introduced several major changes in the formal institutional environment. The implementation of the Code constitutes a major challenge for the Russian forest policy. The perceptions and attitudes of the actors play a very important role in how the Code is going to be implemented. The role of these attitudes is analyzed by creating typologies of opinions towards the new Forest Code among the leaseholders in the Northwest Russian forest abundant regions, Karelia, Leningrad, and Archangel. Results indicate that differences in perceptions and attitudes may have different impacts on the law enforcement and further on the realization of forest policy. |
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