Title: Implications of the Europeanization in trans-sectoral environmental policy areas. Case study: forestry-nature conservation

Authors: Nikolaos D. Hasanagas

Addresses: Goettingen University, Germany

Abstract: The European Union is usually described as an ||unfinished state||, which is characterized by a remarkable complexity. In this system, sectoral policies come up through spillover effects and can be distinguished through the character of a prevailing federation or a regional-dependent regime. In these terms, one can describe the EU policies and moreover the trans-sectoral environmental policy areas, which can present a special interest in policy-analysis, because of their complexity and properties. Such one is the area Forestry-Nature Conservation, which is illustrated in a properly selected case study (||Natura 2000|| program). The EU policy-making is discussed. The supranational, transnational and national interplay between forest and environmental groups as well as between them and public actors is analyzed. General hypotheses are posed about trans-sectoral networks and power factors, which allow an actor to enter a network (or not).

Keywords: Europeanisation; European Union; EU; trans-sectoral policy; environmental policy; forestry; nature conservation; spillover effects; environmental groups; power factors.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2001.053887

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2001 Vol.3 No.2, pp.118 - 133

Published online: 13 May 2013 *

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