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The status of legality verification of Chinese wood processing enterprises: based on a survey in Jiangsu and Zhejiang
With the rapid development of the timber industry, illegal logging of timber and its trade have become an important issue for world sustainable...
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Factors contributing to China’s carbon stock change in the harvested wood products trade
Trade in harvested wood products (HWPs) induces carbon stock changes between different countries. Carbon stock change significantly influences a...
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Forestry and Agroforestry
With the global population projected to exceed about nine billion people by 2050, the agricultural output must expand by an estimated 60% to meet the...
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Towards sustainable forest management in the European Union through polycentric forest governance and an integrated landscape approach
ContextAchieving sustainable development as an inclusive societal process, and securing sustainability and resilience of human societies as well as...
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Institutional quality, economic development and illegal logging: a quantitative cross-national analysis
Illegal logging is a global concern, associated with severe negative environmental, social and economic impacts, such as deforestation, degradation...
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Governance and Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Management of Miombo Woodlands
In this chapter we examine the evolution and status of governance and institutional arrangements in the miombo woodlands, focusing on the nature,...
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The impact of application of FSC Chain of Custody certification on global wood products trade
FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification effectively proves that the timber being used originates from sustainably managed forests, and a large...
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Regulation, formalization, and smallholder timber production in northern Central Java, Indonesia
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade agreements between the EU and countries that grow tropical timber aim to complement, alter, or generate...
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International Processes: Framework Conditions for Tropical Forestry
Forest managers, forestry professionals, field practitioners, and local communities have to improve and update their understandings in international...
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Introduction to Forest Certification Schemes
This chapter provides an introduction about design and implementation of forest certification schemes. The reader is introduced to essential ideas,...
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Forest Market Policy Issues
This chapter discusses environmental and economic policies and developments affecting tropical wood product markets, including those related to...
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Tropical Forest Policy and Legislation
Despite numerous initiatives and national and international programs, the world’s tropical forests continue to lose continually larger areas every...
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Forest Crime in the Tropics
In many tropical countries noncompliance of forest-related laws and the poor governance are a main driver of forest destruction. Wrongdoing in...
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Analyzing Strategies to Enhance Small and Low Intensity Managed Forests Certification in Europe using SWOT-ANP
Small forest holders own approximately 55 % of European forests. Forest certification can effectively support smallholders in environmental and...
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Legal Recognition of Forest Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
This chapter describes the main aspects of legal recognition of indigenous peoples and local communities’ rights to forest land and resources, both...
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Forest Market Policy Issues
This chapter discusses environmental and economic policies and developments affecting tropical wood product markets, including those related to...
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Introduction to Forest Certification Schemes
This chapter provides an introduction about design and implementation of forest certification schemes. The reader is introduced to essential ideas,...
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Tropical Forest Policy and Legislation
Despite numerous initiatives and national and international programs, the world’s tropical forests continue to lose continually larger areas every...
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Forest Crime in the Tropics
In many tropical countries noncompliance of forest-related laws and the poor governance are a main driver of forest destruction. Wrongdoing in...
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Forests, Timber and Rural Livelihoods: Implications for Social Safeguards in the Ghana-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement
Based on detailed income data of 478 rural households, the nexus between forest, trees and rural livelihoods in Ghana is investigated and applied to...
