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Certifying a state forestry agency in Quebec: Complementarity and conflict around government responsibilities, indigenous rights, and certification of the state as forest manager
- Source :
- Regulation & Governance. 14:551-567
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- As voluntary third‐party certification systems become an increasingly accepted part of international frameworks for forest governance, some state forestry agencies are following the private sector in seeking certification of their forest management activities. We ask how the roles and responsibilities of state forest management agencies interact with the processes and mechanisms established by certification systems. To answer this question, we review existing research to propose a conceptual framework composed of eight issues of particular relevance to states: regulation, transnationalism, sovereignty disputes, partnerships and competition, mainstreaming, effectiveness, equity, and legitimacy and trust. We then use this framework to analyze experience in Quebec, Canada, where the state agency initially sought certification and then abandoned this plan after facing difficulties meeting the requirements pertaining to indigenous rights. Our framework helps to understand possible complementarities between state and non‐state systems, but also highlights challenges for reconciling state roles and responsibilities under certification.
- Subjects :
- Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science
Corporate governance
05 social sciences
Forestry
Certification
Indigenous rights
State forest
Private sector
050601 international relations
0506 political science
Certified wood
Sovereignty
Conceptual framework
050602 political science & public administration
Business
Law
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17485991 and 17485983
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Regulation & Governance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........600d6676be5d21ea083bfda82dda3406