International forest governance and policy: institutional architecture and pathways of influence in global sustainability

M Sotirov, B Pokorny, D Kleinschmit, P Kanowski - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the design of the international forest governance and policy, and
analyses its impacts in addressing deforestation and forest degradation as global …

Eighty-six EU policy options for reducing imported deforestation

SL Bager, UM Persson, TNP dos Reis - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Despite the importance of tropical forest conservation in achieving global sustainability
goals and the key role of forest-risk commodity trade in driving deforestation, consumer …

Hardening corporate accountability in commodity supply chains under the European Union Deforestation Regulation

L Berning, M Sotirov - Regulation & Governance, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Union (EU) has recently introduced the Deforestation Regulation to
close regulatory gaps in the sustainability and legality of global forest and agricultural …

Effects of EU illegal logging policy on timber-supplying countries: A systematic review

FDP Villanueva, YT Tegegne, G Winkel… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan (FLEGT)
adopted in 2003 includes bilateral trade agreements known as Voluntary Partnership …

The coalitional politics of the European Union regulation on deforestation-free products

L Berning, M Sotirov - Forest Policy and Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the belief-and interest-driven coalitional politics of the new European
Union Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) by applying the Advocacy …

The coalitional politics of the European Union's environmental forest policy: Biodiversity conservation, timber legality, and climate protection

M Sotirov, G Winkel, K Eckerberg - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
European forest policymaking is shaped by progressing European integration, yet with
notable ideological divisions and diverging interests among countries. This paper focuses …

Experimentalist interactions: Joining up the transnational timber legality regime

J Zeitlin, C Overdevest - Regulation & Governance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyzes the interactions between the separate components of the emerging
transnational timber legality regime, both public and private. It examines how far, and …

Comparing the former EUTR and upcoming EUDR: Some implications for private sector and authorities

M Köthke, M Lippe, P Elsasser - Forest Policy and Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
The EU recently adopted the regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR) to
reduce its influence on global deforestation and forest degradation. The EUDR prohibits …

External Europeanization through timber trade agreements: tracing causality in environmental governance reform

S Carodenuto, FR Ziga-Abortta, M Sotirov - Political Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
The business models of tropical timber production have long been configured around illegal
practices that cause environmental degradation and hinder socioeconomic progress in the …

A Level Playing Field”? – What an Environmental Justice Lens Can Tell us about Who Gets Leveled in the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action …

A Maryudi, E Acheampong, RL Rutt… - Society & Natural …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The European Union introduced Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
(FLEGT) Action Plan, with Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) and the EU Timber …