Forest Economics: for Whom and for What?

The breadth of this specialisation of ours, forest economics, is quite astounding. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the contents of this issue. Yet one cannot help but wonder sometimes, whether these important andigorous analyses are finding their way to the intended or appropriate audiences. While journals such as ours are invaluable for academic researchers and postgraduate students, are there other avenues which can increase the visibility and impact of our professional research? Can we fine-tune the questions we choose to investigate, to increase the relevance of the answers to policy-makers?

The Inter-governmental Panel on Forests and the World...