Research Question
What influenced the conduction of this research study are matters concerning the tropical forests. There are various policies, as well as, instruments of public action evident in the issue of tropical forests both local and global.
Therefore, the research question is; what policies and political instruments of public action, from global to local. This research question is significant and worth investigating.
This is because, studies conducted in the past on the same topic have been few and, therefore, there is no much knowledge regarding the policies and political instruments of public action, from global to local.
It is due to this that the researcher of this research study decided to research on the topic to provide a deeper insight towards the matter and perhaps add up to the already existing information, in addition to, filling the gaps in the past research studies on the same topic.
Study Hypothesis
The policies that can be identified as affecting the tropical forests are constructed, implemented and translated into instruments by several parties in a precise and clear manner. The evaluation, adjustments or even distortions of these policies are facilitated by the social factors.
Research Variables
There are a number of relationships, which this research study is interested. However, they are abstract in nature. This implies that there the manner in which they are operationalized might not be subject to validity and the measurement given to them might not be valid too.
The measure of the makers of policies’ participation is abstract, and as such, it will require establishing estimates of the values.
Literature review
The effects of instruments used in the making of tropical forest policies or even those that concerns environmental services, which according to Zhihua & Wang (2012), are linked to the ecosystem of the forest, to both the global, as well as the local people scales, can be best evaluated in terms of efficiency and equity.
Thinking, which can be attributed to the policies, said to effectively promote the public interest in such situations of a failed state is determined in terms of its scope.
The scope of thinking also helps in identifying the assertions, which according to the findings of the research conducted by Yin & Yin (2000) indicates that they privilege the legitimacy of the local people.
Zhihua & Wang (2012) made worthwhile observations when he asserted that policies that can be described as affecting the tropical forests reconstructed, implemented, in addition to, being implemented into instruments in an appropriate way by several parties involved including local and global agents.
Data
The research study will assume a qualitative data, and as such, the data to be collected will be qualitative in form. The sample of the study will be made up of the U.S citizens in the tropical regions as well as the top officials of the team that designed the forest policies.
This will include both international and local agents, as well as officials from the ministry of forests in the U.S. The sample will be made up of 20 ordinary citizens, 5 representatives from the ministry of forests of the U.S government, 3 local forest p0policy makers and 2 international forest policy makers. In total, there will be a sample of 30 participants.
References
Yin, H., & Yin, Y. (2000). Tropical Forest Policies. Harvard University Press: Cambridge
Zhihua, D., & Wang, Z. S (2012). Tropical Forest Policies: Challenges. Australian The forest Management Journal, 35 (3), 1-38.