’The site strikes back’: multi-level forest governance and participation in northern Finland

• Main Author: Sarkki, S. (Simo)
• Other Authors: Heikkinen, H. (Hannu I.), Nuttall, M. (Mark), Hiedanpää, J. (Juha)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Oulun yliopisto 2011
• Subjects: ENGOs; applied environmental anthropology; commercial forests; local livelihoods; multi-level environmental governance; participation; protected areas; monikerroksinen ympäristöhallinta; osallistuminen; paikalliset elinkeinot; soveltava ympäristöantropologia; suojelualueet; talousmetsät; ympäristöjärjestöt; Faraway; Inari; Malla; Muonio; Oulanka; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514296932

Abstract New forms of environmental governance are implemented with promises associated with more flexible and participatory decision-making. However, resistance towards these ways of doing decisions occurs also in relation to forests in northern Finland. This thesis seeks to explain this resistance...