Can the instruments linked to the Convention on climate change foster a sustainable forest management in Africa?
From the standpoint of sustainable development, the instruments of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol related to developing countries must deal with the concrete problems these countries face, in particular problems regarding the management of their forest resources. The correct analysis of these problems is essential to determine how the proposed instruments can help, and how flanking measures and regulations will enable them to function effectively. Many studies have investigated the causes of deforestation and the degradation of the of forest resource. The norm has been to distinguish between the people causing deforestation (farmers, concessionaires, herders) and the underlying structural causes. One of the most recent documents dealing with this question10 indicates that socio-economic factors, such as population and economic growth that have increased the demand for products and land have been acerbated by “market failures”. One of these failures is the lack of market prices f
