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Forest certification and legality initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon: Lessons for effective and equitable forest governance

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  • McDermott, Constance L.
  • Irland, Lloyd C.
  • Pacheco, Pablo

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This paper draws on a case study of the Brazilian Amazon to assess how two widely promoted strategies to govern tropical forests – non-state certification and state-based legality initiatives – interact with tropical wood production systems and the implications this holds for reducing deforestation and degradation and for local benefit-sharing. The assessment is guided by an analytical framework that predicts the relevance and receptiveness of different timber supply chains to current systems of trade-based governance.

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  • McDermott, Constance L. & Irland, Lloyd C. & Pacheco, Pablo, 2015. "Forest certification and legality initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon: Lessons for effective and equitable forest governance," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 134-142.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:forpol:v:50:y:2015:i:c:p:134-142
    DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.05.011
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