The paper considers the challenges that need to be addressed within the Democratic Republic of Congo's forest sector if innovative models for management and financing of the country's forests are to be successfully implemented. These challenges include those related to broader forest governance, i.e. the policy, legal and institutional conditions. It also considers the conditions required to facilitate forest business and enterprises.

Please download the research paper from Chatham House's website.

Authors: Alison Hoare, Duncan Macqueen, Muzong Kodi, Simon Counsell, Cath Long et Pat Hardcastle. Chatham House, July 2008.

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