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Books by Rainforest Alliance Staff and Board Members
Certification of Forest Products: Issues and Perspectives This volume presents an overview of the mechanics, background, and implications of voluntary certification programs. It features perspectives from all parties involved, from both southern and northern hemispheres, including the forest products industry, indigenous communities, academics, biologists, certifiers, policymakers, environmental activists, and retailers. Order from Amazon.com -- the Rainforest Alliance will receive a portion of the proceeds.
Confronting Sustainability: Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries This 16-country, 622-page comparative historical analysis on the emergence of forest certification within developing countries reveals that existing commitments from North American and European markets has not yet been strong enough to influence significantly forest management choices in some of the world's most environmentally sensitive forests. The editors argue that the success of forest certification is conditional upon a heightened level of concern and awareness on the part of the world's wealthiest consumers of forest products -- whose consumption habits currently feed tropical forest destruction. Download from the Yale Program on Forest Certification Web site.
The Encyclopedia of Rainforests On a topic that often calls forth large, lush books, here is a tightly produced volume teeming with short descriptions, definitions, and facts. Some entries are dictionary-like in their brevity, and others are up to a page long. The volume is divided into five main parts along with a preface and introductory essay accompanied by two maps and a table of the changes in the world's tropical rain forests. Order from Amazon.com -- the Rainforest Alliance will receive a portion of the proceeds.
Governing Through Markets: Forest Certification and the Emergence of Non-State Authority Winner of the 2005 Sprout Award for Best book on international environmental policy and politics, this book explores in depth the emergence of non-state market driven "certification" governance systems that gain their policy making authority not from the state, but from the market's supply chain. Order from Amazon.com -- the Rainforest Alliance will receive a portion of the proceeds.
Smart Alliance: How a Global Corporation and Environmental Activists Transformed a Tarnished Brand Smart Alliance chronicles the collaboration between Chiquita Brands International and the Rainforest Alliance, showing how multinational companies, environmental activists, and labor leaders can overcome historic barriers and work together to make business practices socially and environmentally sustainable. Order from Amazon.com -- the Rainforest Alliance will receive a portion of the proceeds.
Tales from the Jungle: A Rainforest Reader Each work in this multifarious collection of stories, essays and articles by renowned authors, explorers, biologists and environmentalists is compelling. The collection ends with stirring observations by such rainforest champions as David Quammen and E.O. Wilson on the future of the ecosystem. Every page, like every step in the jungle, reveals exhilarating danger and great beauty. Order from Amazon.com -- the Rainforest Alliance will receive a portion of the proceeds.
Tapping the Green Market: Certification & Management of Non-Timber Forest Products The volume explains the use and importance of certification and eco-labeling for guaranteeing best management practices of non-timber forest products in the field. Using extensive case studies and global profiles, this book not only furthers our comprehension of certification processes but also broadens out understanding of non-timber forest product management, harvesting and marketing. Order from Amazon.com -- the Rainforest Alliance will receive a portion of the proceeds.
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