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标题：Timber certification as a catalyst for change in forest governance in Cameroon, Indonesia, and Peru
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作者：Sini Savilaakso ; Paolo Omar Cerutti ; Javier G. Montoya Zumaeta 等
期刊名称：Ecosystems and People
印刷版ISSN：2639-5908
电子版ISSN：2639-5916
出版年度：2017
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：116-133
DOI：10.1080/21513732.2016.1269134
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：Policy instruments targeting environmental, social, and economic sustainability cover bothlocal and global geographies and stem from both the public and private sectors. These policyinstruments do not work in silos but interact throughout the regulatory process. In this paperwe discuss interactions between public regulations and private certification that affect howforests are managed in three tropical countries: Indonesia, Cameroon, and Peru. We showhow the governance regime in each of the countries has evolved in response to environmental and social issues. We focus on the Forest Stewardship Council’s forest stewardshipcertification as it is the main global certification scheme in the tropical region and look at itsrole in attaining sustainability in timber production.Case study results from Indonesia, Cameroon, and Peru indicate that certification influences all stages of the policy process: agenda setting and negotiation; implementation, andmonitoring and enforcement. Results also suggest that certification introduces positivechanges in management practices and improves social and environmental performance.However, its influence in attaining broader-scale sustainability is limited by a low level ofuptake, notably in tropical countries where the costs of getting certified and maintainingcertification are high and the certification criteria are rather complex, as well as by some of itsinherent characteristics, as it can only solve problems at the forest management unit level.
关键词：Certification;environmentalissues;forest governance;legality;social issues;sustainable forestmanagement;tropics