Transnational Environmental Governance: The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries

‘Lars Gulbrandsen’s study of certification in the area of forests and fisheries provides an authoritative discussion of the causal dynamics driving the trend, the various organizational forms displayed and the concrete and measurable impacts observed.’ — Kathrin Ludwig and Philipp Pattberg, Transnational Environmental Law

‘Gulbrandsen’s book makes a careful and reflective investigation and comparison of the empirical cases. It presents an insightful and comprehensive analysis of factors demonstrated to be important for the emergence, functioning, and problem-solving capacity of certification schemes.’ — Magnus Boström, Review of Policy Research

‘Transnational Environmental Governance provides both an excellent overview of the issues to be taken into account in studying voluntary certification systems, and an effective in-depth study of the forestry and fishing cases. . . highly effective as a treatment of environmental certification, and as a starting point for the study of the phenomenon.’ — J. Samuel Barkin, Global Environmental Politics