Tensions Between Global-Scale and National-Scale Governance: The Strategic Use of Scale Frames to Promote Sustainable Palm Oil Production in Indonesia

Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 203-219

  Hospes, Otto ^a   Kentin, Annemoon ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTZ Certified ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Indonesian palm oil committee (IPOC); Indonesian palm oil producers association (GAPKI); RSPO; Scale frames; Sustainable palm oil production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906051502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118567135.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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