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Occasional Paper No. 10 - Financing Forest Sector Research: Theory and European Experiences
"The current tendency of governments to reduce public expenditures has led to severe budget cuts in many IUFRO member organizations. Consequently, forest scientists have become increasingly interested also in other funding sources. There are, however, many reasons why forestry research should be more dependent on public funding than many other disciplines.
In their timely article Eeva Hellström, Matti Palo and Birger Solberg give a sound theoretical framework for forest research funding as well as provide readers with empirical findings on the role of forest sector research in Europe. In addition, case studies conducted in Finland and Norway give interesting information on challenges which the private involvement in forest science can bring.
In spite of many positive effects that privatization and the increasing diversity in funding sources may cause, public expenditure, ownership and decision making should dominate forest science also in the future. We at IUFRO hope that this article helps to understand the role of different stakeholders in forest research and will prove useful when the restructuring of research is considered." [...]