Fair Trade Timber

Citation

(2007), "Fair Trade Timber", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 18 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2007.08318dae.005

Fair Trade Timber

Fair Trade TimberDuncan Macqueen Annie Dufey and Bindi PatelInternational Institute of Environment and DevelopmentLondon200758 pp.ISBN 978-1-84369-630-8US$18.00/£10.00

Certification, eco-labelling and social auditing have all been set up to improve the forest sector. High hopes for forest livelihoods and poverty reduction have surrounded their use but each has had its limitations. It is now time to examine other complementary instruments. Fair trade may be one such instrument. An alliance of institutions interested in promoting fair trade timber is beginning to form. The report “Fair Trade Timber: A Review of Current Practice, Institutional Structures and Possible Ways Forward”, outlines some of the options for building on this momentum and enhancing local returns from responsible forestry.