Using Process Net-Map to analyze governance innovations in the forestry sector

This study focusses on the analysis of governance innovations to promote provision forest ecosystem services framed as social innovations. Social can refer any solution that addresses a or environmental issue and creates relationships in process leading new types collaborations among actors. Up until now, it is not well known how exactly such processes are initiated maintained over time. Against this backdrop, an conducted for three European cases innovation Finland, Germany, Sweden. The Process-Net-Map employed data collection with aim map against timeline terms all relevant events actors, also marking challenging positive moments process. Results highlight similarities differences between analyzed regard typical roles actors assume initiation continuation time identification so-called action situations, which interact each other throughout Furthermore, criteria interview respondents use define success failure investigated compared across cases.