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Voluntary sustainability certification and state regulations: Paths to promote the conservation of ecosystem services? Experiences in Indonesia

dc.contributor.authorNingsih, I.K.
dc.contributor.authorIngram, V.
dc.contributor.authorSavilaakso, S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:57:59Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:57:59Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1010
dc.titleVoluntary sustainability certification and state regulations: Paths to promote the conservation of ecosystem services? Experiences in Indonesiaen
dcterms.abstractThe Forest Stewardship Council initiated a Forest Certification for Ecosystem Services (ForCES) project from 2011 to 2017 to improve and promote sustainable forest management addressing a range of ecosystem services. Three sites in Indonesia were included in the pilot. Whilst the development of the certification standard was largely the result of a partnership between the certification standard organization, civil society and research organizations, implementation and monitoring of the impact of this sustainability standard will entail interactions with state regulations. This study examined how voluntary certification, other market-based approaches and state regulations concerning ecosystem services in Indonesia interplay, particularly in the agenda setting and negotiation stage. Using the conceptual lenses of transition theory and state and non-state market-based governance, interrelationships between ecosystem services certification and regulations were found to be complementary and antagonistic. The majority of interrelations were complementary and supporting. However, antagonism exists where regulations do not address multiple land uses and when there are contradictions in how state regulations define ecosystem services. There was limited state involvement in developing the ecosystem services certification standard, with no substitution between the voluntary standard and regulations occurring. To scale and transition this innovatory standard from a niche to a sociotechnical regime level, it is recommended that market-driven governance arrangements at farm, forest concession and landscape level are developed in collaboration with national and local governments. Collaboration can create synergies to incentivize the acceptance, adoption and effectiveness of non-state market driven instruments to positively enhance the conservation of ecosystem services.en
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dcterms.bibliographicCitationNingsih, I.K., Ingram, V. and Savilaakso, S., 2020. Voluntary Sustainability Certification and State Regulations: Paths to Promote the Conservation of Ecosystem Services? Experiences in Indonesia. Forests, 11(5), p.503.en
dcterms.issued2020-05-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
is.availability.fullTextFull text available
is.contributor.funderTypePrivate funds (NGOs, companies, VSS self-funded etc)
is.coverage.countryIndonesia
is.coverage.geographicLevelSite
is.coverage.latitude-0.789275
is.coverage.longitude113.921327
is.coverage.placeLombok
is.coverage.placeKalimantan
is.coverage.regionAsia
is.evaluation.collectionInterviews/surveys with informants/experts
is.evaluation.dataSourceNational Statistics - national government data
is.evaluation.dataSourceIndependent researcher data
is.evidenceSubTypeEmpirical study - control not matched, data collected post-intervention
is.evidenceTypeEmpirical study
is.focus.productsEco-system services
is.focus.sdgSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
is.focus.sectorsServices
is.focus.sustainDimensionEconomic
is.focus.sustainIssueForests and other ecosystems
is.focus.sustainLensEcosystem
is.focus.sustainOutcomeEcosystem quality
is.focus.systemElementMandE outcomes and impacts
is.focus.systemElementMandE performance monitoring
is.identifier.codeImpacts
is.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/f11050503
is.identifier.fscdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international755
is.identifier.schemeTypeVoluntary Sustainability Standards
is.item.reviewStatusPeer reviewed
is.journalNameForests
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