{"pk":20974,"title":"Eco-Certification of Natural Rubber: Demand, Supply, and Potential Implications of Private Global Environmental Governance","subtitle":null,"abstract":"In recent years, concern over the environmental impacts of natural rubber culti- vation has generated considerable interest in eco-certification, a form of private environ- mental regulation designed to encourage more sustainable land-use practices. This paper explores the emergence and potential sovereignty implications of this approach to envi- ronmental control with an emphasis on the natural rubber industry. I argue that although eco-certification is advocated as a form of networked governance representing a range of political interests, the way certification programs position themselves as transparent and accountable alternatives to state-based regulation potentially serves to delegitimize the role of the state in the arena of environmental regulation.","language":"en","license":{"name":"none","short_name":"none","text":"","url":"https://escholarship.org/terms"},"keywords":[],"section":"Article","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/02d3918r","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sean","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kennedy","name_suffix":"","institution":"UCLA","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2014-11-23T23:57:00Z","date_accepted":"2014-11-23T23:57:00Z","date_published":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/criticalplanning/article/20974/galley/10676/download/"}]}