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Global aspirations, regional variation? Explaining the global uptake and growth of forestry certification

dc.contributor.authorAdriaan van der Loos, H.Z.
dc.contributor.authorBiermann, F.
dc.contributor.authorKalfagianni, A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:58:31Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:58:31Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1079
dc.languageen
dc.rightsPaywalled content
dc.titleGlobal aspirations, regional variation? Explaining the global uptake and growth of forestry certificationen
dcterms.abstractPrivate governance, in the form of certification schemes, has grown remarkably in the past decades as a response to some of the most pressing environmental and social challenges. Certification schemes denote steering mechanisms that allow enterprises to voluntarily adhere to a set of verifiable principles. While certification has global aspirations, its uptake and growth are heterogeneous across different countries. Yet, few studies empirically analyze such variation. We address this gap by focusing on the Forest Stewardship Council, a major sustainable forestry management certification program. We empirically evaluate uptake and growth across 151 countries and hypothesize that market and socio-political characteristics explain variation in uptake and growth. We find that a value-added wood industry, state-control of the forestry industry and competing certification programs, contrary to the literature, are key drivers.en
dcterms.issued2018
dcterms.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
fsc.evidenceCategoryFSC effect-related studies
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fsc.focus.sustainDimension1. Economic
fsc.focus.sustainDimension3. Social
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is.extent.number1
is.extent.pages41-50
is.extent.volume33
is.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2018.10.002
is.identifier.fscdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international845
is.journalNameJournal of Forest Economics
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