Governance throughout the flows: case study research on the illegal tropical timber trade

This article analyses what the governance reality is of illegal transports of tropical timber in a European trade hub. The frame of analysis used is a nodal-networked governance analysis, which pays attention to the contextual surroundings that shape the governance framework. By means of document analysis and expert interviews, this article provides insights into the facilitating and hindering factors for governance arrangements throughout the tropical timber flows, for actors individually and in their interaction. These findings are related back to both the models of the responsive regulatory pyramid and networked governance. The findings reveal the complexity inherent to governing the illegal trade in tropical timber