Certification of sustainable forest management practices: a global perspective on why countries certify

Kooten, G. Cornelis van; Nelson, Harry W.; Vertinsky, Ilan

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2004.04.003

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“…The certification statements included the main objectives and purposes of having CoC certification, including promotion and management of sustainable forest resources [3][4][5], traceability and confidence in sourcing certified raw materials and products [31], legality issues [32,36,38], market access [14,17,18], potential for improved communication [49], and possible improvements in internal efficiency of material flows, and effects on corporate management [18,30].…”

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Assessment of Chain-of-Custody Certification in the Czech and Slovak Republic

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Forest certification is a voluntary verification tool that has been gaining importance within the global sustainability issues as an independent verification tool for sustainable forest management and wood processing industry and as an influencer in private and public purchasing policies and a component of emerging wood harvesting and trade legality schemes. This study focuses on the chain-of-custody (CoC) component of forest certification. A survey of CoC certified companies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia was carried out to explore the understanding of the concept and role of forest and CoC certification as an environmental, economic, and social tool. It aimed to determine expectations following from the implementation of CoC certification by companies and to identify difficulties in existing certified wood product supply chains and costs related to purchase and sales of certified forest products, respectively. Results indicate that respondents demonstrated a high level of understanding of the CoC concept and that they link forest certification mainly to the issues of legality, tracing the origin source of supply and promotion of sustainable utilisation of wood. The main expected benefits are linked to the improvement of an external company image followed by penetration of new markets and increase of sales volume. CoC is not considered a tool to improve internal company performance and efficiency. The key problems connected to certified supply chains relate to the sufficient quantity of certified forest products, low margins and overpriced certified material inputs. Respondents reported none or minimum price premiums for their certified products over non-certified alternatives. Several differences related to the understanding of the sustainable forest management concept and the level of price premium paid for certified inputs were identified between the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified companies as well as between the different forest products sectors.

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“…Factors included possible linkages of internal economic performance to increased sales and profit [30,50], diversification of product portfolios, increase of market share and penetration of new markets [23], commitment to environmental issues [14], and improvement of company image [18,26,32].…”

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Assessment of Chain-of-Custody Certification in the Czech and Slovak Republic

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“…In some cases, women have actively resisted men's alienation of large forest blocks (Johnson 2003, Komarudin et al 2008. Forestry companies and forest owners are also significantly less likely to certify their forest practices if women have little or no effective voice in civil society (van Kooten et al 2005).…”

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Gender and Sustainable Forest Management in East Africa and Latin America

Mwangi¹,

Meinzen-Dick²,

Sun³

2011

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ABSTRACT. This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in East Africa and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question: Do varying proportions of women (low, mixed, high) in forest user groups influence their likelihood of adopting forest resource enhancing behavior? We found that higher proportions of females in user groups, and especially user groups dominated by females, perform less well than mixed groups or male dominated ones. We suggest that these differences may be related to three factors: gender biases in technology access and dissemination, a labor constraint faced by women, and a possible limitation to women's sanctioning authority. Mixed female and male groups offer an avenue for exploiting the strengths of women and men, while tempering their individual shortcomings.

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“…These stakeholders include forest owners, wood products manufacturers, and forest products retailers. Past research suggests that these stakeholders have usually absorbed the additional costs incurred by certification rather than passing on the costs to the consumer in the form of higher prices (van Kooten et al 2005).…”

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The efficacy of forest certification: Perceptions of Canadian forest products retailers

Chen

TikinaAnna

KozakRobert

et al. 2011

The Forestry Chronicle

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A nation-wide survey of wood products retailers was conducted to examine their perceptions related to forest certification and its impacts in the market place. Four widely accepted forest certification standards were taken into account: International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) 14001, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z809 Standard. The survey inquired about the economic impacts of forest certification, namely wood purchasing policies and the potential for price premiums on certified wood products. The responses indicated that most retailers had no particular purchasing policies for certified products. However, they reported up to a 20% price premium on certain certified products, although the number of consumers who request certified wood products was small (less than 10%). The retailers also indicated that the most important reasons for buying or selling certified forest products revolved around improved company image, being an environmental leader in the field, and maintaining or increasing market share. Finally, respondents felt that forest certification had minimal impacts on the social aspects of forest management, while the environmental and economic aspects of forest management were perceived to be subject to more marked changes.

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Certification of sustainable forest management practices: a global perspective on why countries certify

Cited by 87 publications

References 13 publications

Assessment of Chain-of-Custody Certification in the Czech and Slovak Republic

Assessment of Chain-of-Custody Certification in the Czech and Slovak Republic

Gender and Sustainable Forest Management in East Africa and Latin America

The efficacy of forest certification: Perceptions of Canadian forest products retailers

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