ABSTRACT

The 2017 logging ban in Iran’s Hyrcanian forests represents a considerable forest policy change, which was proposed following the development of other major policies to improve natural resource management. The aim of this paper is to explain the development of the logging ban policy using Kingdon’s multiple streams framework (MSF). Qualitative methods – interviewing and document review – were used for data collection and analysis. The problem, politics and policy streams are shown to be linked in framing the policy change. We investigate how participants in the development of the policy used interlinkages between the problem, politics and policy streams to develop their proposals and how this simplified the change process. Despite some limitations, the MSF is helpful in explaining and analysing outcomes of natural resource management policy development processes.

摘要

2017 年伊朗希尔卡尼亚森林的采伐禁令代表了森林政策的重大变化，这是在制定其他改善自然资源管理的主要政策之后提出的。本文的目的是解释使用 Kingdon 的多流框架 (MSF) 制定的伐木禁令政策。定性方法——访谈和文件审查——用于数据收集和分析。问题、政治和政策流被证明在制定政策变化时是相互关联的。我们调查了政策制定的参与者如何利用问题、政治和政策流之间的相互联系来制定他们的建议，以及这如何简化了变革过程。尽管有一些限制，