Development - in its current form - does not always advance human well-being and the global ecosystem on which that well-being depends. This project interrogates some of the value assumptions behind development. Due to the cross-sectoral benefits and challenges of forests, the forest sector is often used as a testing ground for broader development solutions. Nowhere is this more true than in the arena of development ethics.
Additional resources
Hearing a different drummer: A new paradigm for the 'keepers of the forest'
Governance towards responsible forest business - Guidance on different types of forest business and the ethics to which they gravitate
Laws for forests: An introductory guide to international forest and forest related legal materials that shape forest ethics and practice
The utility of forest ethics: A proposed approach based on field work in Vietnam
Time and temperance: How perceptions about time shape forest ethics and practice
The utility of ethical dialogue for marginalised voices in Africa
Partners
International Development Ethics Association and IUCN-Ethics Specialist Group.