Towards global voluntary standards: Questioning the effectiveness in attaining conservation goals. The case of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 438-446

  Ruysschaert, Denis ^a   Salles, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UR ETBX   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Certification; Deforestation; Orangutan; Palm oil; Private governance; Roundtable

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESSENTIAL OIL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

INDONESIA;

PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84907482556     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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