Certification and the State: Market-Driven Governance and Regulation in a Chilean Firewood Program

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 438-461

  Conway, Frederick J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

certification; Chile; environmental governance; forest policy; fuelwood

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FUELWOOD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

CHILE;

EID: 84868013169     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496512449336     Document Type: Article

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