Standardizing sustainable development? The Forest Stewardship Council's plantation policy review process as neoliberal environmental governance

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-129

  Klooster, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental certification; Forest Stewardship Council; Neoliberal environmental governance; Plantations; Sustainable development; Trans national institutions

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; PLANTATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70749143086     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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