The study has been elaborated between July 2000 and March 2001 and was co-ordinated by IDF (Institut pour le développement forestière). It is an ex-post evaluation of the accompanying measure (1992-99) on afforestation of agricultural land and investments in woodlands. It assesses the impacts of the measures on rural development, forest resources, agricultural production and environment, and looks at how the implementing arrangements have influenced these impacts.
The report is done in French and is translated into English (except the annexes). The summary, introduction, conclusions and recommendations are translated into German and Spanish. The study was financed by the European Commission. The conclusions, recommendations and opinions in this report reflect the opinion of the consultants and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Commission.