The effectiveness of market-based conservation in the tropics: Forest certification in Ecuador and Bolivia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1145-1153

  Ebeling, Johannes ^a,b   Yasué, Maï ^c,d  

^a EcoSecurities   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest certification; Forest Stewardship Council; Latin America; Market based conservation; NGOs

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; TIMBER; TROPICS;

CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; ECUADOR; FOREST CERTIFICATION; FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCILS; FORESTRY LAWS; FORESTRY OPERATIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MARKET-BASED CONSERVATION; NGO; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; MARKET CONDITIONS; NATURE CONSERVATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER; TIMBER CERTIFICATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; LAW; MARKET; ORGANIZATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TROPICS;

BOLIVIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56249145108     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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