Certification of sustainable forest management practices: a global perspective on why countries certify |
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Authors: | G. Cornelis van Kooten Harry W. Nelson Ilan Vertinsky |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Economics, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Stn CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2;bForest Economics and Policy Analysis Research Unit, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we examine national conditions that encourage the growth of a private regulatory environmental system to govern forests. Economic, institutional and social capital variables for 117 countries are used to examine factors determining forest certification under the Forest Stewardship Council and domestic competitor schemes. Although economic factors, such as forest exports and GDP, are important in explaining the likelihood that a country's forest management practices are certified, the regression results support the idea that economic institutions and the social context under which firms and forest landowners seek certification matters. The ability of citizens to influence the political process is also significant; in particular, the likelihood that firms and forest owners will seek to certify their forest practices is significantly reduced if women have little or no effective voice in civil society. |
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Keywords: | Sustainable forestry and certification Institutions Social capital Gender |
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