Private or self-regulation? A comparative study of forest certification choices in Canada, the United States and Germany

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-69

  Cashore, Benjamin ^a   Van Kooten, G Cornelis ^b   Vertinsky, Ilan ^c   Auld, Graeme ^a   Affolderbach, Julia ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competing forest certification schemes; Governance structures; Self regulation; Voluntary environmental programs

Indexed keywords

FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (FSC) CERTIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO); MARKET ACCESS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

FORESTRY;

CERTIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LEGISLATION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 9944259207     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9341(03)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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