Editing Public–private partnership (section)

===Forestry sector===
PPP options in the forest sector can include joint forest management [[project]]s between [[government]] agencies, various investors and NGOs. [[USAID]] promotes the use of P3s to assist the exploitation of certified timber and non-timber products in [[Third world countries|Third World countries]] by foreign companies. They claim forestry PPPs are an agent of nature conservation and the sustainable harvesting of commercialized forest products,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003 |title=Public-Private Partnerships in Forestry |url=https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACY534.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828011809/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACY534.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 August 2006 |website=USAID Forest Program}}</ref> notwithstanding the fact that it was competition from foreign companies that forced local producers to engage in unsustainable harvesting practices in the first place.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) |date=2015-09-01 |title=Public private partnership in forestry management |url=https://www.slideshare.net/CIFOR/public-private-partnership-in-forestry-management|journal=CIFOR}}</ref> Many forestry sector partnerships with NGOs are nothing more than [[greenwashing]] operations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=International |first=Survival |title=WWF wins Survival's "Greenwashing of the Year" award |url=https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/11677 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.survivalinternational.org |language=en}}</ref>