How are the far-away, invisible landscapes where materials come from related to the highly
visible, urban landscapes where those same materials are installed? Reciprocal …

In the American tropics, logging is almost always highly selective, leaving most of the forest
standing and available for future harvest under sustainable forest management. However …

International expansion of forest certification programs has occurred over the last three
decades. Both public and private organizations have shown increased interest in becoming …

Forest certification programs (FCP) are intended to preserve the environmental, social, and
economic values of forests to ensure sustainable management and assured incentives for …

Several forest certification schemes have become increasingly popular over the last few
decades as voluntary mechanisms to tack sustainability in the forest-based industry to an …

The world's problems--climate change, epidemics, and the actions of multinational
corporations--are increasingly global in scale and beyond the ability of any single state to …

PEFC is the world's largest forest certification system, with more than 295 million hectares of
certified forests and over 28,000 companies currently involved in the Chain of Custody …

In the recent decades, forest certification based on third-party external audits has gained
momentum. This type of certification has been developed as a monitoring tool aimed at …

Forest certification was introduced to Chile twenty years ago, to promote sustainable forest
management, address the degradation of natural forests, and ameliorate social issues …

In the coastal areas of southern Chile, an interdependence exists between gatherers and
the nalca ecosystem known as “pajonal”(swampy spaces), as it provides livelihoods for …