Unconventional Behavior on Forests

Abstract

The case of forests lies at the opposite extreme of effectiveness from the case of international efforts to protect the ozone layer, as endeavors to achieve consensus on a global forest convention have repeatedly failed. Because of the failure to achieve a legally binding global agreement on forests, relatively little academic attention has been given to this process. Such failure, however, makes deforestation useful to compare with the ozone case in order to judge any theory purporting to explain the success of the ozone agreements, particularly if history is to teach us any lessons about how to address other global environmental problems such as climate change.