Setting the Standard

Certification, Governance, and the Forest Stewardship Council

By Christopher Tollefson, Fred Gale, and David Haley
Categories: Environmental & Nature Studies, Natural Resources, Environmental Protection & Preservation, Law & Legal Studies, Business, Economics & Industry, Agriculture & Food Production, International Law, Environmental Law, The Natural World
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774814379, 424 pages, October 2008
Paperback : 9780774814386, 424 pages, July 2009
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774856171, 424 pages, July 2009
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774858502, 424 pages, May 2009
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Table of contents

1 Introduction
Part 1: Developing the FSC-BC Standard
2 The Rise and Rise of Forest Certification
3 The BC Forest Policy Context
4 Hard Bargaining: Negotiating an FSC Standard for British Columbia
5 Beyond British Columbia: Standards Development in Other
Jurisdictions
Part 2: Analyzing the FSC-BC Standard
6 Tenure, Use Rights, and Benefits from the Forest 
7 Community and Workers' Rights
8 Indigenous Peoples' Rights
9 Environmental Values
Part 3: Governance within and beyond the FSC System
10 A Political Network Analysis of FSC Governance
11 A Regulatory Analysis of FSC Governance
12 An Institutional Analysis of FSC Governance
Part 4: Conclusions
13 Theorizing Regulation and Governance within and beyond the
FSC
14 Reflections on the Nature and Significance of the FSC-BC Case
Appendix
Notes
References

Index

A chronicle of the emergence and implications of the Forestry
Stewardship Council, an ambitious experiment in civil society-led
global governance.

Description

Setting the Standard chronicles the emergence and implications
of an ambitious experiment in civil-society-led global governance: the
Forest Stewardship Council. Drawing on a pioneering case study of this
negotiation process, this book explores the challenges associated with
implementing the FSC's global vision on the ground. Indeed, the
establishment of an FSC standard for British Columbia was achieved only
after difficult and protracted negotiations at the regional, national,
and global levels. This important work also undertakes a detailed
comparative analysis of FSC standards and standard-setting processes
elsewhere and grapples with the broader implications for global
governance and regulatory theory.