The strategies and effectiveness of conservation ngos in the global voluntary standards: The case of the roundtable on sustainable palm-oil

Conservation and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 73-85

  Ruysschaert, Denis ^a   Salles, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

conservation NGOs; deforestation; green washing; impact; Indonesia; orangutan; palm oil; RSPO; strategies; voluntary agreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979917079     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.186332     Document Type: Article

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