Forest certification (eco-labeling) programs and their policy-making authority: Explaining divergence among North American and European case studies

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-247

  Cashore, Benjamin ^a   Auld, Graeme ^a   Newsom, Deanna ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b RAINFOREST ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Eco labelling; Environmental governance; Europe; Forest certification; Forest sector; Forest sustainability; Market access; Market instruments; Privatization of governance; Sustainable forest management; United States; Voluntary initiatives

Indexed keywords

STANDARD SETTING BODIES;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0141787991     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9341(02)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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