One of the most important and pressing questions of our times is to understand better what
types of governance arrangements at the local, domestic and international levels, as well as …

Market globalization and the globalization of environmental concerns have spurred demand
for greater international accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of multi …

Traditional wood identification techniques using light microscopy are usually sufficient to
identify a wood sample to the genus level. In some cases CITES legislation requires …

This article discusses the extent, impacts, and governance dynamics of illegal logging and
associated corruption in the chainsaw milling sector in Cameroon and the implications for …

REDD+ is a potentially significant financial mechanism for shifting the incentives from
deforestation and land use change to forest conservation and sustainability. Even though …

Land use and land cover change (LULC) is an essential component for the monitoring
environmental change and managing natural resources in areas of high natural and cultural …

Abstract The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) of Indonesia has recently started
to implement legality verification as a policy instrument to combat illegal logging. Using …

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

Once again, the international community focuses on the preservation of Amazonian forests,
in particular through a bundle of initiatives grouped under the term of REDD+. Initially …

Through the commodification of nature, the framing of the environment as a 'natural
resource'or 'ecosystem service'has become increasingly prominent in international …