Abstract The EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan (FLEGT)
adopted in 2003 includes bilateral trade agreements known as Voluntary Partnership …

A confluence of concerns about tropical forest loss, global warming, and social inequality
drive calls to transform land use governance. Yet there is widespread debate about what …

The business models of tropical timber production have long been configured around illegal
practices that cause environmental degradation and hinder socioeconomic progress in the …

Ecosystem services have become a dominant paradigm for understanding how people
derive well-being from ecosystems. However, the framework has been critiqued for over …

Deforestation and forest degradation remain huge global environmental challenges. Over
the last decades, various forest governance initiatives and institutions have evolved in …

This paper delves into the intricate dynamics of forest conservation conflict in rural Ghana,
where state-led conservation efforts through forest reserves have met fierce counteractions …

The traceability of products has become an ever more important topic in global value chains
because governments, producers and consumers wish to have in-depth information on the …

Timber legality trade restrictions and verification are a bundle of contemporary mechanisms
triggered by global concerns about forest degradation and deforestation. The European …

All Indonesian wood value chains are regulated by a national Timber Legality and
Sustainability Verification System (SVLK), based on timber legality and forest sustainability …

Although many variables that have adverse impacts on the sustainable environment are
investigated from many aspects, some variables are missing. In this study, it will be …