Author: Karl L BrockmannPublisher:
ISBN: 9783642517365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Certified Tropical Timber and Consumer Behavior
Author: Karl L BrockmannPublisher:
ISBN: 9783642517365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Forest Certification
Author: Daniel J VogtPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420049453
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Forest Certification examines the historical roots of forest certification, the factors that guide the development of protocols, the players involved, the factors determining the customers to be certified, and the benefits of certification. It covers terminology and issues that direct the structure of standards, the similarities between indicators of different human disturbances within the ecosystem/landscape, and certification standards. It documents the roles of human values in the development of assessment protocols and demonstrates how elements should be used to produce non-value based standards.
Certified Tropical Timber and Consumer Behaviour
Author: Karl L. BrockmannPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642517358
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Boycotting tropical timber reduces its economic value and provides an incentive to burn down forests, making them available for subsequent agricultural use or livestock farming. In contrast, a certification scheme for sustainably produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by raising their economic value. Examined here the impact of a certification scheme on German demand for tropical timber. A partial-equilibrium model is developed for the German tropical timber market as a whole as well as for five important submarkets representing 50% of the total demand. The results reveal that a credible certification scheme can induce a significant expansion of demand for sustainably produced tropical timber. This holds true for a scheme restricted to Germany as well as for an OECD-wide approach.
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Author: The Environment and International Relations
Author: Kate O'NeillPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521842166
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This textbook enables students to apply the theory and approach of International Relations to environmental challenges facing a complex international political system.
The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy
Author: Sheldon KamienieckiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974467X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
Prior to the Nixon administration, environmental policy in the United States was rudimentary at best. Since then, it has evolved into one of the primary concerns of governmental policy from the federal to the local level. As scientific expertise on the environment rapidly developed, Americans became more aware of the growing environmental crisis that surrounded them. Practical solutions for mitigating various aspects of the crisis - air pollution, water pollution, chemical waste dumping, strip mining, and later global warming - became politically popular, and the government responded by gradually erecting a vast regulatory apparatus to address the issue. Today, politicians regard environmental policy as one of the most pressing issues they face. The Obama administration has identified the renewable energy sector as a key driver of economic growth, and Congress is in the process of passing a bill to reduce global warming that will be one of the most important environmental policy acts in decades. The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy will be a state-of-the-art work on all aspects of environmental policy in America. Over the past half century, America has been the world's leading emitter of global warming gases. However, environmental policy is not simply a national issue. It is a global issue, and the explosive growth of Asian countries like China and India mean that policy will have to be coordinated at the international level. The book will therefore focus not only on the U.S., but on the increasing importance of global policies and issues on American regulatory efforts. This is a topic that will only grow in importance in the coming years, and this will serve as an authoritative guide to any scholar interested in the issue.
Timber Certification
Author: Wood Products, International Trade and Foreign Markets
Author: Forest Certification
Author: Richard Eba'a AtyiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Green marketing
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Overexploitation or Sustainable Management? Action Patterns of the Tropical Timber Industry
Author: Imme ScholzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317845080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The part played by the Brazilian tropical timber industry in deforesting the Amazon region has not been studied very much. This book describes the expansion of the timber industry in the Brazilian federal state of Para since the 1960s, when Amazon development became an important item on the government's agenda.