Publication: Standardizing sustainable development? The Forest Stewardship Council's plantation policy review process as neoliberal environmental governance
Standardizing sustainable development? The Forest Stewardship Council's plantation policy review process as neoliberal environmental governance
dc.contributor.author | Klooster, D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:57:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:57:41Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/967 | |
dc.title | Standardizing sustainable development? The Forest Stewardship Council's plantation policy review process as neoliberal environmental governance | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
dcterms.accessRights | Limited access | |
dcterms.issued | 2010 | |
dcterms.language | en | |
dcterms.type | Journal Article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
fsc.focus.forestType | Plantation | |
fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Political, legal, systemic | |
fsc.subject | Ecological Impacts | |
fsc.subject | Forests | |
fsc.subject | Social Impacts | |
fsc.subject | Certification | |
fsc.subject | Economic Impacts | |
fsc.subject | USA | |
fsc.subject | Canada | |
fsc.subject | North America | |
fsc.topic.political | Governance | |
fsc.topic.political | Non-State Market Regulation | |
is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
is.coverage.geographicLevel | Global | |
is.evaluation.collection | Literature review | |
is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
is.evaluation.quotes | Trans-nationally-scaled, multi-stakeholder product certification systems are emerging as important elements of neoliberal environmental governance. | |
is.evaluation.quotes | In the case of the FSC process for review of plantation standards, a globalized certification projectunexpectedly maintains important venues for democratic participationand the initial recommendations resulting from this processcall for increased attention to social issues. However, calls to drasticallyincrease the proportion of certifications going to communitygroups were dropped, calls from some groups to cease or curtailthe certification of plantations were not heeded, and support forthe FSC is diminished in some quarters. | |
is.evaluation.quotes | This article examines The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) process to revise tree plantation certification standards.First, it considers the political process surrounding standard-setting and argues that tensionsbetween rigor, legitimacy, and acceptability restrain the political struggles over standards within voluntary,multi-stakeholder environmental governance organizations. It proffers findings at odds with theexpectation that mainstreaming diminishes the rigor of social and environmental standards. | |
is.evaluation.quotes | It took the FSC nearly 3 years to negotiate the final set of criteriaand indicators. According to an observer and advocate (Conroy,2007, p. 84), the result was not necessarily the scientifically best,environmentally strongest, or socially the most ideal set of standards.It was, however, the strongest set of standards that couldbe developed politically, with balanced representation of economic,social, and environmental interests. | |
is.evaluation.quotes | The FSC adopted a plantation review process that was explicitlyparticipatory, engaging social, environmental and economic stakeholdersin an international review. | |
is.evaluation.quotes | Inclusive participation is a central feature of the FSC system, and a clearpart of the strategy to maintain external legitimacy. | |
is.evidenceType | Synthesis paper | |
is.extent.pages | 117-129 | |
is.extent.volume | 41 | |
is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | |
is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
is.focus.systemElement | MandE outcomes and impacts | |
is.focus.systemElement | MandE performance monitoring | |
is.identifier.code | Impacts | |
is.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.02.006 | |
is.identifier.fscdoi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international400 | |
is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
is.journalName | Geoforum |