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Market globalization and the globalization of environmental
concerns have spurred demand for greater international
accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of
multi-lateral governmental and non-governmental initiatives have
emerged to redefine the rules of global trade, and demand
verification of the legality and/or sustainability of forest
products originating from within and outside national boundaries.
At the same time there is a lack of transparency and shared
understanding about the environmental forest policies that already
exist within the world's leading forest producing and consuming
countries. The result is that many stakeholders have developed
perceptions about a country's regulatory environment that are not
consistent with what is actually taking place. This book provides a
uniquely detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest
policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering
developed, transition and developing economies. The goal is to
enhance global policy learning and promote well-informed and
precisely tuned policy solutions.
Market globalization and the globalization of environmental
concerns have spurred demand for greater international
accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of
multi-lateral governmental and non-governmental initiatives have
emerged to redefine the rules of global trade, and demand
verification of the legality and/or sustainability of forest
products originating from within and outside national boundaries.
At the same time there is a lack of transparency and shared
understanding about the environmental forest policies that already
exist within the world's leading forest producing and consuming
countries. The result is that many stakeholders have developed
perceptions about a country's regulatory environment that are not
consistent with what is actually taking place. This book provides a
uniquely detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest
policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering
developed, transition and developing economies. The goal is to
enhance global policy learning and promote well-informed and
precisely tuned policy solutions.
There is a great concern about the sustainability of forestry and
the contribution of private forestry towards this aim. It is
therefore important to develop effective policies to support or
shape private forestry This book includes a selection of revised
papers from a conference held in Atlanta in March 2001. The main
subjects covered include: the emergence of a new paradigm for
public involvement in private forestry; the challenges of
sustainability; certification programmes; country experiences from
the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia.
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.
Benjamin Cashore is sssociate Professor, Environmental Governance
and Sustainable Forest Policy & Director, Program on Forest
Certification, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale
University
In recent years, the forests of British Columbia have become a
battleground for sustainable resource development. The conflicts
are ever present, usually pitting environmentalists against the
forest industry and forestry workers and communities. In an effort
to broker peace in the woods, British Columbia's NDP government
launched a number of promising new forest policy initiatives in the
1990s. In Search of Sustainability brings together a group of
political scientists to examine this extraordinary burst of policy
activism. Focusing on how much change has occurred and why, the
authors examine seven components of BC forest policy: land use,
forest practices, tenure, Aboriginal issues, timber supply,
pricing, and jobs.
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