Global progress toward sustainable forest management

MacDicken, K.G.; Sola, Phosiso; Hall, John E.; Sabogal, C.; Tadoum, Martin; Wasseige, Carlos de

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.005

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“…Forest certification is a process by which forest owners voluntarily submit their forests to inspection by an independent certification body to determine whether their management practices meet clearly defined standards, particularly those regarding sustainability [2]. It was quickly accepted as a means to promote sustainable forest management [3][4][5] and directly influenced forest management practices [6][7][8][9]. Cabarle et al [10] argued that the objective of certification is to link the informed consumer with products produced in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.…”

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

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“…Based on analyses of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, forests reportedly cover 31% of the today's world land surfaces 78 and efforts to sustainably manage forests, including forest management certification programs, continue to increase worldwide. 79 Certification programs came about to demonstrate the commercial viability of a ''sustainable'' alternative to historical practices that viewed forests as an infinite resource. Currently, about 10% of the world's forests are in a certification program, 79 and increased international awareness of and demand for chain of custody and supply chain verification in wood and wood products 80 further supports a transition toward sustainable forest products production.…”

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“…79 Certification programs came about to demonstrate the commercial viability of a ''sustainable'' alternative to historical practices that viewed forests as an infinite resource. Currently, about 10% of the world's forests are in a certification program, 79 and increased international awareness of and demand for chain of custody and supply chain verification in wood and wood products 80 further supports a transition toward sustainable forest products production. With enhanced and interdisciplinary research into wood and wood products, we have the expectation that high-value products and feedstocks from forest materials will help increase the monetary value of forests and, thus, support their sustainable management.…”

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Not Just Lumber—Using Wood in the Sustainable Future of Materials, Chemicals, and Fuels

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Forest-derived biomaterials can play an integral role in a sustainable and renewable future. Research across a range of disciplines is required to develop the knowledge necessary to overcome the challenges of incorporating more renewable forest resources in materials, chemicals, and fuels. We focus on wood specifically because in our view, better characterization of wood as a raw material and as a feedstock will lead to its increased utilization. We first give an overview of wood structure and chemical composition and then highlight current topics in forest products research, including (1) industrial chemicals, biofuels, and energy from woody materials; (2) wood-based activated carbon and carbon nanostructures; (3) development of improved wood protection treatments; (4) massive timber construction; (5) wood as a bioinspiring material; and (6) atomic simulations of wood polymers. We conclude with a discussion of the sustainability of wood as a renewable forest resource. WOOD'S 390 MILLIONTH BIRTHDAYWood is one of the major innovations of land plants ''invented'' some 390 million years ago. Wood enabled individual plants to increase their stature and persistence in the environment, facilitating the ability of trees to play roles in landscape change and biome composition and to fundamentally alter the global cycling of water, minerals, and carbon. Since prehistoric times, humans have found wood invaluable for meeting many of their needs, including energy, tools, and shelter-not surprising given its near-ubiquity, versatility, and renewability. Only in the comparatively recent past have other nonrenewable natural resources, such as fossil fuels or metal ores, become the resources of choice to meet our material needs. We postulate that wood will play an increasing role in the sustainability of our future materials through both expansion of uses for current forest products and development of alternatives to materials currently derived from nonrenewable resources. Life cycle assessments, which categorize energy consumption and emission profiles for products over their whole life cycle, 1,2 consistently show that many wood-based materials use less fossil fuels to produce than do competing materials.3,4 Using wood products can also lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels because growing forests capture carbon and harvested wood products store the accumulated carbon while in service.Historically, wood research has been the purview of wood technologists; however, we see the future of wood research as interdisciplinary, collaborative, quantitative, and meaningful, both scientifically

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“…National policies and legislation designed to protect forest values (e.g., often described as Sustainable Forest Management-SFM) covered 70% of this area in 2010 and 99% in 2015. Best practice SFM (by some definitions) is now applied to ∼1.1 billion hectares (see also MacDicken et al, 2015). The area under international certification schemes for SFM increased 30-fold from 14 million hectares in 2000 to 438 million hectares in 2014.…”

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