Abstract
With increased privatization of natural resource regulation, green or sustainable public procurement policies are emerging as incentives for sustainable development. Thus, a revival of governmental influences on so-called non-state, market-driven governance systems takes place. The paper exemplifies this development by reference to the green public procurement directives for wood products in Germany and its influence on major forest certification systems and forest governance. Using an approach of governmentality in relational space, the paper displays how governmental entities play a significant role in influencing forest governance systems and the greening of markets. The importance of the underlying relations that shape governmental instruments and their influences on forest certification and governance are evaluated from a German perspective. Acknowledging the market-driven aspects of forest certification systems, the paper highlights the often-neglected impacts of governmental regulation on emerging forest governance systems. Thus, the framework allows insights into how relations among political entities and their means of knowledge production are essential for processes of forest governance.
Highlights
Neoliberal politics have led to a high degree of privatization in natural resource regulation [1,2].With an array of often-called non-state, market-driven systems evolving [3,4], forest certificationSoc
This study evaluates political influences within transnational governance systems from a German national and local perspective, since such aspects, including politics, co-mediate relations and processes that shape each other [51]
The German case presented above shows how formerly voluntary certification systems are transformed into political technologies with state legitimacy by means of procurement legislation
Summary
Neoliberal politics have led to a high degree of privatization in natural resource regulation [1,2].With an array of often-called non-state, market-driven systems evolving [3,4], forest certificationSoc. Neoliberal politics have led to a high degree of privatization in natural resource regulation [1,2]. With an array of often-called non-state, market-driven systems evolving [3,4], forest certification. 2012, 1 systems have taken a prominent position within this debate. Two forest certification systems operate on a global scale. The first is the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), established by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 1993. The second is the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC), which evolved as a forest-owner-backed response in 1999 [3]
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