Governing through Markets: Forest Certification and the Emergence of Non-State Authority
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0300101090
ISBN 13
9780300101096
Category
Sustainable Forestry: Product Certification
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Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Pages
352
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Description
In recent years a startling policy innovation has emerged within global and domestic environmental governance: certification systems that promote socially responsible business practices by turning to the market, rather than the state, for rule-making authority. This book documents five cases in which the Forest Stewardship Council, a forest certification program backed by leading environmental groups, has competed with industry and landowner-sponsored certification systems for legitimacy.The authors compare the politics behind forest certification in five countries. They reflect on why there are differences regionally, discuss the impact the Forest Stewardship Council has had on other certification programs, and assess the ability of private forest certification to address global forest deterioration. - from Amzon
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1
