Forest certification and legality initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon: Lessons for effective and equitable forest governance

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-142

  McDermott, Constance L ^a   Irland, Lloyd C ^b   Pacheco, Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Irland Group   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Certification; Forest; Governance; Illegal logging; Legality; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMMERCE; CRIME; DEFORESTATION; TIMBER; TROPICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CERTIFICATION; FOREST; GOVERNANCE; ILLEGAL LOGGING; LEGALITY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

CERTIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84919463887     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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