Certification in Complex Socio-Political Settings
Looking forward to the Next Decade
By Michael Richards - Forest Trends View PublicationThere is little evidence of certification’s impact on checking illegal logging, corruption and other severe forest governance problems. This is not surprising since these problems derive from problems in the legal, regulatory and policy framework, and public respect for law and order – problems unlikely to be much affected by a market instrument (with a small market) like certification.
Dependent Documents
Annex 4: Forest Certification in Indonesia
By Marcus Colchester - Forest Peoples Programme, Forest Trends
Annex 1: La Experiencia Boliviana en la Certificación Forestal
By Henry Moreno Sanjines - Forest Trends
Annex 2: Brazil Forest Certification Case Study
By Andre de Freitas - IMAFLORA, Forest Trends
Annex 3: West and Central Africa
Progress and Prospects for Forest Certification
By Mike Packer - Timbmet Group, Forest Trends
Annex 5: Forest Certification in Malaysia
By Saskia Ozinga - Forest Trends
Annex 6: The Experience of the Russian Producers’ Group
By Andrey Ptichnikov - Forest Trends