Sustainable governance in voluntary forest carbon standards

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Jennifer Lee-Ann
dc.contributor.supervisorTollefson, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-06T15:12:26Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-10-06
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Lawen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Laws LL.Men_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the influence of governance arrangements on sustainability commitments contained within voluntary forest carbon standards. This exploration is achieved through the application of a two-stage governance and sustainability analysis, which is an amalgamation of analytical tools originating in the “new governance” literature and the sustainability assessment literature. First, each voluntary forest carbon standard is examined in terms of its institutional, political and regulatory dimensions, using a framework adopted from the new governance literature. Second, the sustainability commitments contained within each of the voluntary forest carbon standards are assessed comparatively, using criteria adopted from the sustainability assessment literature. Following this, the results of the two-stage analysis are used to consider and discuss the relationship between governance and sustainability. The voluntary forest carbon standards reviewed in this analysis are the Verified Carbon Standard, the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard, Plan Vivo and CarbonFix.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3589
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectenvironmental lawen_US
dc.subjectcarbon marketen_US
dc.subjectcarbon standarden_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectforestsen_US
dc.subjectgovernanceen_US
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dc.titleSustainable governance in voluntary forest carbon standardsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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