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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
Forest Certification: Toward CommonStandards? | |
Carolyn Fischer; Francisco Aguilar; Puja Jawahar; Roger A. Sedjo | |
发表日期 | 2005-04-20 |
出版年 | 2005 |
页码 | DP 05-10 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The forestry industry provides a good illustration of the active roles that industry associations,environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), national governments, and internationalorganizations can play in developing and promoting codes of conduct that are formally sanctioned andcertified. It also reflects some of the challenges of disseminating codes of conduct in developing countriesand ensuring market benefits from certification. We describe the emergence of forest certificationstandards, outline current certification schemes, and discuss the role of major corporations in creatingdemand for certified products. We also discuss the limited success of certification and some of theobstacles to its adoption in developing countries. The current diversity of forest certification programsand ecolabeling schemes has created a costly, less-than-transparent system that has been largelyineffective in terms of the initial goals of reducing tropical deforestation and illegal logging. Some stepshave been taken toward harmonization of different certification criteria as well as endorsement andmutual recognition among existing forest certification programs. However, it is unlikely thatstandardization alone can overcome other, more serious barriers to certification in developing countries. |
主题 | Environmental Economics Topics ; Development and Environment ; Forests |
URL | http://www.rff.org/research/publications/forest-certification-toward-commonstandards |
来源智库 | Resources for the Future (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/40783 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Carolyn Fischer,Francisco Aguilar,Puja Jawahar,et al. Forest Certification: Toward CommonStandards?. 2005. |
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