Global Commodity Governance: State Responses to Sustainable Forest and Fisheries Certification

by Fred Gale and Marcus Haward

Book Overview

The Forest and the Marine Stewardship Councils constitute new global governance institutions using voluntary certification and labelling as market incentives to encourage sustainable management. Utilizing a comparative political economic framework, the authors analyse shifting British, Canadian and Australian responses to the stewardship councils.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349354546
• ISBN13: 9781349354542
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"