Deforestation and poverty in developing countries are critical ongoing issues. Forests provide a broad spectrum of benefits and services to millions of people, and more than $14 billion has been globally spent on the Forestry Official Development Assistance 2000-2019. The purpose of this study was to empirically analyze the effect of forestry ODA on the economic development and forest conservation policies of 87 major recipient countries, using panel data from the OECD DAC CRS, and the World Bank WBI 2003-2018. Herein, fixed effect and random effect models were applied, to 1,392 observed panel data using the R software. Results are as follow. First, results show that the forestry ODA has a positive and statistically significant effect on forest conservation. The higher the forest-dependent country, the greater the positive effect. On the other hand, the forestry ODA does not have a positive effect on the economic development of the recipient country. As the positive effect of the forestry, ODA has been verified; it is necessary to continuously increase international cooperation projects as well as financial support, in line with these international trends. Additionally, results suggest a joint and integrated project with the agriculture as well as forestry sectors because forest areas and farmlands area have a close negative ( ) relationship. Thus, the results provide substantial evidence for supporting as well as establishing, a solid momentum of international cooperation policies in the forest sector.

남북 개발협력 사업은 정세변화에 큰 영향을 받기 때문에 대내외적 리스크에 탄력적으로 대응하고, 협력사업의 구체화 및 실행을 위하여 ‘누구와’, ‘무엇을’, ‘어떻게’ 협력해야 할 것 인지 전략을 마련하고자 본 연구를 추진함. 1. 북한의 명확한 개발협력 수요이며, 상대적으로 정치적 문제와 대북제재에 유연하게 대응할 수 있는 범분야 이슈인 산 림부문 협력사업에 주목함. 2. 국제기구를 협력사업의 주요 파트너로 포함 시켜 지속가 능하게 사업을 추진할 수 있도록 삼각협력의 파트너로 FAO, UNDP, SDC를 제안함. 3. 제안된 삼각협력 구도에서 기후변화 대응을 위한 산림탄 소흡수 증진을 위한 역량강화 사업 및 주민소득 증진을 위한 임농복합경영 기술지원 및 사업 확대를 우선 추진사업으로 제시함.