The Multi-Level Environmental Governance of Vietnamese Aquaculture: Global Certification, National Standards, Local Cooperatives

Anh, Pham Thi; Bush, Simon R.; Mol, Arthur P.J.; Kroeze, Carolien

doi:10.1080/1523908x.2011.633701

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“…Similar to third party certification standards, BMPs set out a range of technical indicators that producers can use as targets to improve their production practices (Vandergeest, 2007;Anh et al 2011;Padiyar et al 2012). However, unlike private certification standards, such as those of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and Naturland, BMPs are in most cases not formally monitored by either governments or by third party auditors.…”

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Co-producing Better Management Practice standards for shrimp aquaculture in Indonesia

Kusumawati

Bush

2015

Maritime Studies

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Better Management Practices (BMPs) are designed to standardize on-farm practices and improve the (environmental) performance of shrimp aquaculture. The design and implementation of aquaculture BMPs in Indonesia has been facilitated through NGO-led multi-stakeholder initiatives, which translate global norms, knowledge and policy goals into local knowledge and practices. This paper analyses this process of translation in East Kalimantan, and questions the extent to which technically focused BMPs are co-produced; representing the combined knowledge and interests of the actors involved. The paper concludes that when led by non-state actors such as NGOs, BMPs are not only a tool for negotiating technical changes in production, but also contribute to the ongoing politicization of social and environmental issues around shrimp aquaculture.

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Co-producing Better Management Practice standards for shrimp aquaculture in Indonesia

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2015

Maritime Studies

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“…Alberini & Segerson, 2002;Gulbrandsen, 2005). This underlines the importance of change at many levels, in different types of governance (Anh et al, 2011;Hovik et al, 2010;Ostrom, 2005;Paavola, 2008;Stern, 2011). Hence, a government should not only present its trust in market actors, but take policy measures that prove commitment to mitigation in line with the less negative IPCC scenarios and support more radical steps by voluntary initiatives.…”

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Local Management of a Global Commons? The Case of Climate Standard Development in the Swedish Food Sector

Bonnedahl¹

2014

IJBM

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Focusing on climate change, this article discusses possibilities of a local approach to complex global environmental problems. Due to failures of markets and international politics as strategies to govern the atmosphere, an alternative approach could be voluntary initiatives in which the complexity of the global common-pool resource (CPR) is reduced. Assessing such an approach through a case study of food standard development in Sweden, the outcome is two-sided. By means of scientific explanations and stakeholder dialogue, standards were produced, but attentiveness to CPR management diminished as focus turned towards producer interests and efficiency increasing measures. Although the climate issue was promoted, the outcome was far from the needed change and illustrates difficulties to deviate from prevailing priorities. In order to balance local interests and power with global and intertemporal values, and reach absolute emission cuts, change in norms and governance on every level would be needed.

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“…For example, in the Aquaculture Dialogues for pangasius, 12 farmers made up the smallest group, comprising only six per cent of total attendees. 13 In general, producers from Asia were absent and Southern countries were underrepresented.…”

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Towards a Socially Responsible Aquaculture Stewardship Council

Kruk¹,

Peters²

2018

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is a certification initiative which aims to promote responsible aquaculture. Oxfam regards ASC as an initiative to transform the sector, but there is a need for urgent improvements on social aspects such as fair contracts for farmers, decent labor rights in the industry, and effective and transparent stakeholder consultation including farmers, workers, communities, and civil society. Currently, smallholder farmers are effectively excluded from certification, the burden of change is put on farmers rather than shared throughout the chain, and the quality and effectiveness of social impact assessments are lacking. This paper presents several recommendations on how ASC should address these issues, so that it can truly claim to promote social responsibility.

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The Multi-Level Environmental Governance of Vietnamese Aquaculture: Global Certification, National Standards, Local Cooperatives

Cited by 60 publications

References 32 publications

Co-producing Better Management Practice standards for shrimp aquaculture in Indonesia

Co-producing Better Management Practice standards for shrimp aquaculture in Indonesia

Local Management of a Global Commons? The Case of Climate Standard Development in the Swedish Food Sector

Towards a Socially Responsible Aquaculture Stewardship Council

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