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Switzerland’s NFP – Bargaining Sustainability: 

Switzerland’s NFP – Bargaining Sustainability Claudia Zingerli Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich COST-E19 International Seminar, 15-16 September 2003, Vienna

Overview of Swiss NFP: 

Overview of Swiss NFP

Objectives of Swiss NFP: 

Objectives of Swiss NFP Achieving sustainable forest management in the long term Added at a later stage: Providing favourable conditions for an efficient and innovative forest and wood industry

Structure of Swiss NFP: 

Structure of Swiss NFP

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: participants: 

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: participants

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: main issues: 

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: main issues

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: political bargaining: 

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: political bargaining

Explanations of NFP policy process to date: 

Explanations of NFP policy process to date

Conclusions: Swiss NFP and beyond: 

Conclusions: Swiss NFP and beyond Another step in Switzerland’s long forest policy process, characterised by broad participation Discussions of contextual innovation and new regulations of competencies between Confederation, cantons and communes NFP embedded in forest law making process: political commitment and legitimacy From incremental to substantial change Potential reform of regulations and restrictions Finances: budget restriction