Abstract
The loss of biodiversity, climate change and deforestation – they all are current political themes that undergo specific political careers (they enter and leave political agenda). Deforestation is one such issue defined as a ‘forest problem’, which is taken up frequently by foreign aid policies on forestry. With the discussion on climate aid, in particular the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, foresters are once again dubbed as being able to ‘save the world’ all on their own. In fact, it is not them who decide the priorities of foreign (aid) policy. The decisions made about cooperating countries and thematic areas have nothing to do with problem pressure, but programme formulation and financing stem from political factors. Contrary to policies, in analysing the forest-related aid disbursements of European donors, countries, relevant to deforestation, do not receive priority treatment. Also, the goal of poverty alleviation is not served, since most of the funds are spent in countries of already relatively high human development. Countries with ‘rampant’ corruption are given handouts as well as small island developing countries. On the basis of these results, we can draw conclusions on the ability and efficiency of climate aid that is hoped to serve forests and the poor.
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