Is There a Commercial Case for Tropical Timber Certification ?
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Is There a Commercial Case Timber certification is not expected to provide for Tropical Timber significant commercial Certification? benefits to developing countries in the near future. Revenues from certification Panayotis N. Varangis are limited by the share of Rachel Crossley trade destined for "ecoCarlos A. Primo Braga sensitive" markets and by the size of the "green premium." The costs of introducing timber certification on a broad scale limit eco-labeling's near-term impact on revenues in the tropical timber trade.
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