New technologies in support of improved forest governance : factors infl uencing success
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Technological advance by itself will not bring about improved forest sector governance. The key is to ensure broad appreciation of the improvements made possible by the introduction of new technologies and the uptake of these technologies in the strategies and plans of the forest sector. A legal framework is needed that recognises the use of new technologies for law enforcement and allows for the conduct of public administration procedures on-line. Neither of these provisions may exist in present legislation. It is therefore important that any strategy to introduce technologies within the state regulatory system pays attention to early legal reform. Where the forest administration remains an ‘island of modernity’ within a broader public administration that still uses traditional paper-based procedures, any gain of e-government in the forest sector will remain limited. The introduction of forest control technologies must therefore be integrated with similar technologies throughout the wider government structure (e.g. land tenure, judiciary, tax and revenue). The potential of the internet to make information about timber harvesting control and verifi cation available in a clear and transparent way offers a signifi cant increment to the quality of governance. It increases the credibility and societal support for agencies in charge of forest law enforcement. Integrated database technologies have the potential to enhance decentralized forest governance systems, provided that the concurrent exercise of authority of each tier of government is clearly defi ned. The myth that rural communities are reluctant to use modern technologies and the internet has already been broken, as is evident by their enthusiastic use of mobile phones and SMS-messages. The introduction of new technologies in the forest sector needs to build on this potential. •
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