This paper presents an overview of the various approaches that developed and developing countries have used in designing national forest funds. It presents some of the common arguments for and against the use of dedicated funds. Finally, this paper describes some likely future roles for funds to promote sustainable forest management.

These webpages present the results of a recent project to examine fiscal policies within the context of sustainable forest management and the implementation of national forest programmes in Africa. They also present some tools, models and other studies on the subject of forest economics that may assist countries in the financial and economic analysis of the forestry sector.

El estudio se presenta diferenciando las fuentes de financiamiento de acuerdo a la naturaleza de los usuarios, personas físicas y jurídicas.

Este trabajo considera, especialmente, las implicaciones que tienen para la efectividad de la ayuda el cambio de los agentes de la prestación de ayuda, la descentralización y el mejoramiento del aprendizaje institucional.