In this feature paper, we introduce voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) and canvas the
research that has been conducted on VSS from different academic disciplines. We identify …

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) remains a critical topic for the forestry sector due to
increasing societal expectations about the sustainable use of forests. This paper presents an …

Interactions between distant places are increasingly widespread and influential, often
leading to unexpected outcomes with profound implications for sustainability. Numerous …

Building on the contributions of Mather and others, this paper offers an approach for
developing a more comprehensive theory of the forest transition. We argue that long-run …

The world's forests provide fundamental protection of soil and water resources as well as
multiple ecosystem services and cultural or spiritual values. We summarized the FRA 2015 …

This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in East
Africa and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question …

Eco-labeling (or environmental certification) is often promoted as a regulatory instrument
capable of incentivizing sustainable resource use, even in the absence of stringent …

Private governance of environmental and social performance of organizations, processes
and products is gaining prominence in market and policy arenas, and thus, increasingly …

The concept of sustainable forest management was developed in the 1990s and puts
ecological, economic and socio-economic ecosystem functions on the same level. However …

Coastal habitat‐forming species provide protection and essential habitat for fisheries but
their ability to maintain these services are under threat from novel stressors including rising …