Exploring fair trade timber: a review of issues in current practice, institutional structures and ways forward
By Macqueen, D.; Dufey, A.; Patel, B., International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
There has been a expansion in community ownership and management of forests. Communities now own or manage one fourth of the forests in developing countries. At the same time limitations of instruments such as certification, eco-labelling and social auditing, which were set up to up to improve the forest sector, are becoming apparent. This report examines complementary instruments such as Fair Trade, and outlines some of the options for building on this momentum and enhancing local returns from responsible forestry.
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