Distinguishing between international design failures and national implementation problems is a subject of some concern in the area of international natural resource and environmental policy such as water policy. Many observers have traced the failings of existing global governance architectures...

Introduction : the importance of policy design : effective processes, tools and outcomes / Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee -- The contexts and components of policy design : governance modes and policy regimes / Michael Howlett -- Designing complex policy mixes : elements, processes and...

A synthesis of current approaches to managing the non-timber values linked to forest ecosystems is key to understanding questions related to ecosystem services. Issues of note include: examining whether valuing ecosystem services, and creating new markets for them can lead to forest management....

The literature that supports assigning economic value to ecosystem services (ES) has been identified as a topic for discussion. The challenges of economic valuation is a pressing issue, yet the knowledge and barriers associated with them are of equal significance. Specific policy mechanisms that...