Global scientific assessments increasingly reach the conclusion that transformative change of global production and consumption systems is necessary to safeguard and maintain global commons, such as biodiversity, natural forests and the ocean, and to stabilise climate at the global scale....

1. Resources for the future / John Innes and William Nikolakis -- 2. Forces shaping the globe's forests and forest use / David Cohen -- 3. Thoughts on transforming the forest sector : the potential (and reality) of the bio-economy / Don Roberts and William Nikolakis -- 4. Globalization and its...

Introduction: Eco-certification and emerging economies -- Between markets and states : grounding transnational governance in China -- Seafood : the rise of eco-certification led by a national industry association -- Palm oil : the entry of RSPO with lukewarm state support -- Tea : fertile ground...