Global Environmental Forest Policies: An International Comparison
Market globalization and the globalization of environmental concerns have spurred demand for greater international accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of multi-lateral governmental and non-governmental initiatives have emerged to redefine the rules of global trade, and demand verification of the legality and/or sustainability of forest products originating from within and outside national boundaries.

At the same time there is a lack of transparency and shared understanding about the environmental forest policies that already exist within the world's leading forest producing and consuming countries. The result is that many stakeholders have developed perceptions about a country's regulatory environment that are not consistent with what is actually taking place. This book provides a uniquely detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering developed, transition and developing economies. The goal is to enhance global policy learning and promote well-informed and precisely tuned policy solutions.

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Global Environmental Forest Policies: An International Comparison
Market globalization and the globalization of environmental concerns have spurred demand for greater international accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of multi-lateral governmental and non-governmental initiatives have emerged to redefine the rules of global trade, and demand verification of the legality and/or sustainability of forest products originating from within and outside national boundaries.

At the same time there is a lack of transparency and shared understanding about the environmental forest policies that already exist within the world's leading forest producing and consuming countries. The result is that many stakeholders have developed perceptions about a country's regulatory environment that are not consistent with what is actually taking place. This book provides a uniquely detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering developed, transition and developing economies. The goal is to enhance global policy learning and promote well-informed and precisely tuned policy solutions.

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Global Environmental Forest Policies: An International Comparison

Global Environmental Forest Policies: An International Comparison

Global Environmental Forest Policies: An International Comparison

Global Environmental Forest Policies: An International Comparison

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Overview

Market globalization and the globalization of environmental concerns have spurred demand for greater international accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of multi-lateral governmental and non-governmental initiatives have emerged to redefine the rules of global trade, and demand verification of the legality and/or sustainability of forest products originating from within and outside national boundaries.

At the same time there is a lack of transparency and shared understanding about the environmental forest policies that already exist within the world's leading forest producing and consuming countries. The result is that many stakeholders have developed perceptions about a country's regulatory environment that are not consistent with what is actually taking place. This book provides a uniquely detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering developed, transition and developing economies. The goal is to enhance global policy learning and promote well-informed and precisely tuned policy solutions.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844075904
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/29/2010
Series: The Earthscan Forest Library
Edition description: 1
Pages: 390
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Constance McDermott is a James Martin Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests and the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University.

Benjamin Cashore is a Professor of Environmental Governance at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA.

Peter Kanowski is Professor of Forestry at the Australian National University, where he is also Deputy Director of the new Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vii

Acknowledgements xi

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii

Part I Setting the Scene

Chapter 1 Introduction 3

Chapter 2 Selection and Global Context of the Case Study Countries 35

Part II Regional Analyses

Chapter 3 Canada and the United States 71

Chapter 4 Western Europe: Finland, Germany, Portugal and Sweden 125

Chapter 5 Asia: China, India, Indonesia and Japan 159

Chapter 6 Central and Eastern Europe: Latvia, Poland and the Russian Federation 195

Chapter 7 Latin America: Brazil, Chile and Mexico 221

Chapter 8 Oceania: Australia and New Zealand 249

Chapter 9 Africa: The Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa 289

Part III Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 10 Summary of Findings 309

Chapter 11 Three Puzzles, a Conundrum and a Question: Towards a Dynamic and Problem-Focused Policy Research Agenda 345

Index 365

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