TY - JOUR
T1 - From global forests to local politics
T2 - unwrapping the boundaries within forest certification
AU - Dare, Lain
PY - 2018/10/2
Y1 - 2018/10/2
N2 - Following decades of concern about unsustainable forest management practices, forest certification was developed in the 1990s to become an influential global forest governance approach. 25 years since its inception, forest certification is under attack, with questions raised regarding its legitimacy and efficacy in driving sustainable forest management. Recognising forest certification as a complex and dynamic boundary-spanning regime, understanding the impact of diverse boundaries on forest certification is essential to address escalating conflict and enable the improved design of forest certification systems. This paper empirically explores the implementation of a forest certification regime using a Forest Stewardship Certification pesticide derogation process. The case shows how competing boundaries place considerable pressure on the effectiveness and sustainability of the global certification regime. Embedded local interests and contested institutional claims hardened the boundaries between interests across the policy regime, weakening connections and hence weakening opportunities to find common solutions.
AB - Following decades of concern about unsustainable forest management practices, forest certification was developed in the 1990s to become an influential global forest governance approach. 25 years since its inception, forest certification is under attack, with questions raised regarding its legitimacy and efficacy in driving sustainable forest management. Recognising forest certification as a complex and dynamic boundary-spanning regime, understanding the impact of diverse boundaries on forest certification is essential to address escalating conflict and enable the improved design of forest certification systems. This paper empirically explores the implementation of a forest certification regime using a Forest Stewardship Certification pesticide derogation process. The case shows how competing boundaries place considerable pressure on the effectiveness and sustainability of the global certification regime. Embedded local interests and contested institutional claims hardened the boundaries between interests across the policy regime, weakening connections and hence weakening opportunities to find common solutions.
KW - Boundary spanning
KW - Forest Stewardship Council
KW - policy regime
KW - stakeholder engagement
KW - sustainable forest management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053430804&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10361146.2018.1517297
DO - 10.1080/10361146.2018.1517297
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053430804
SN - 1036-1146
VL - 53
SP - 529
EP - 547
JO - Australian Journal of Political Science
JF - Australian Journal of Political Science
IS - 4
ER -