ABSTRACT
This chapter explores competing perspectives on the trade-offs among forestry-related supporting, regulating, provisioning and cultural services and their governance at multiple scales, by drawing insights from three developed country case studies, namely, Australia, United Kingdom and United States. It presents an overview of the economic relevance of the forestry sector, and why forestry is a key sector within Green Economy discussion. The chapter explains how a more inclusive perspective on forest governance in the form of 'productive conservation' may (or may not) help to improve the coherence of forestry policies across scales and world regions. The US is among the largest per capita consumers of energy and overall renewable and non-renewable resources worldwide. The role of the US in international biodiversity policy is complex. A National Reserve System has been a central feature of Australia's biodiversity conservation policy since Australia signed the Convention on Biological Diversity. It focuses on reservation of public land and that vested in Aboriginal Australians.
