The aim of the Forest Sector Impacts theme is to gain a better understanding of the impacts of emerging economies on the global forest sector (particularly in China, India, Brazil, Congo Basin and the Koreas) and how these developments will influence the global forest sector. Work is also being carried out on total global forest sector development per se, to put the development of the Chinese and Indian forest sectors into perspective.

The key challenges of this theme are to:
1. Understand the development paths of the forest resources and the forest sectors in key emerging economies;
2. Interpret these developments into overall global forest sector developments; and
3. Identify the implications and policies of the global forest sector development.

Recent outcomes include:
The Challenges for the Indian Forestry Sector
The Indian Forest Sector - Current Trends & Future Challenges

The objective of International Governance theme is to assess the relevance and effectiveness of international arrangements on forests, the globalization of the forest sector, and to bring the research results achieved by FOR to the international policy and governance arena.

Recent outcomes include:
The Effects of Globalization on Economic Viability of EU Forestry