A major reduction in global deforestation is needed to mitigate climate change and
biodiversity loss. Recent private sector commitments aim to eliminate deforestation from a …

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 …

Over the past decade, the European Union (EU) has created a novel experimentalist
architecture for transnational forest governance: the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance …

This paper analyses the European Union's (EU's) democratising agenda within the frame of
the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership …

Over the past few decades, transnational and supranational market-based forest
governance systems have been developed to address the complex problems associated …

Abstract The European Union introduced Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
(FLEGT) Action Plan, with Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) and the EU Timber …

Despite pledges by Indonesian authorities to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation, Indonesian forest cover loss consistently increased over the first 18 years of …

Commitments to curb illegal logging and deforestation have proliferated in recent years with
the increase of global trade in tropical timber and wood products. While they reflect …

Certification systems for sustainable agricultural commodities typically rely on auditors to
verify that producers comply with environmental, social, and legal standards. In the oil palm …