Publication: The effectiveness of market-based conservation: can forest certification compensate for poor environmental regulation in the tropics?
The effectiveness of market-based conservation: can forest certification compensate for poor environmental regulation in the tropics?
| dc.contributor.author | Ebeling, J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:55:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:55:53Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/674 | |
| dc.title | The effectiveness of market-based conservation: can forest certification compensate for poor environmental regulation in the tropics? | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.issued | 2005 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | 2005 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change "International Organisations and Global Environmental Governance" | |
| dcterms.type | Conference Paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.forestZone | Tropical | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Political, legal, systemic | |
| fsc.issue.economic | Benefits, motivations, reasons for certification | |
| fsc.issue.economic | Costs, obstacles, barriers to certification | |
| fsc.issue.environmental | Intact Forest Landscapes | |
| fsc.subject | Forests | |
| fsc.subject | Certification | |
| fsc.topic.economic | Market access | |
| fsc.topic.political | Governance | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.coverage.country | Ecuador | |
| is.coverage.country | Bolivia | |
| is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | EC | |
| is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | BO | |
| is.coverage.region | South America | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Interviews/surveys | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
| is.evaluation.notes | The paper examines FSC certification as an example for market-based environmental regulation. Due to the fact that FSC certification still concentrates on the global North, the author tries to identify the obstacles FSC faces in the Global South. Therefore case studies based on interviews from Ecuador and Bolivia were evaluated. It is figured out that policy-related factors are crucial for the success of forest certification, while the market provides the economic incentives. First of all the cost of certification, when sustainable forestry practices are adopted, determine the acceptance of certification. But high requirements of environmental laws influence these costs. The author concludes that the influence of government policies shouldn't be neglected, because their influence and support is decisive for the support of the certification system, so that a public-private governance is needed. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | The situation in Ecuador and Bolivia provides strong evidence for the hypothesis that forest certification cannot compensate for poor environmental law enforcement. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | Certification can complement environmental laws and provide important incentives to comply with them. If specific conditions are in place, certification can thrive even in the difficult socio-political environment of tropical countries. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | Certification offers market benefits for important producers and the synergies that arise from government policy and market incentives together can jointly create conditions in which it becomes economically rational to practice sustainable forest management – and to comply with environmental laws. | |
| 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 | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international746 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.link.url | http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/ffu/akumwelt/bc2005/papers/ebeling_bc2005.pdf |