The discursive structure of FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade): The negotiation and interpretation of legality in the EU and Indonesia

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-13

  van Heeswijk, Laura ^a   Turnhout, Esther ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental discourses; European Union; FLEGT Action Plan; Indonesia; Sustainable forest governance; Timber legality standards

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSES; EUROPEAN UNION; INDONESIA; SUSTAINABLE FOREST;

DEFORESTATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

FOREIGN TRADE; INDONESIA; LEGISLATION; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878476914     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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