The status of chain-of-custody certification in the countries of Central and South Europe

Paluš, Hubert; Parobek, Ján; Vlosky, Richard P.; Motik, Darko; Oblak, Leon; Jošt, Matej; Glavonjić, Branko; Dudík, Roman; Wanat, Leszek

doi:10.1007/s00107-017-1261-0

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“…Thus, the certified owners in particular understand certification as a tool for presenting their improved forest management practices and, consequently, developing their environmental performance [24,34,35,37,41,42,44,45]. On the other hand, neither the certified nor non-certified forest owners consider the economic role of certification to be an important one.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many survey-based studies have evaluated the willingness to pay for certified wood products [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] and indicated a level of price premium that consumers were willing to pay for different wood products in specific market segments. Apart from the promotion of sustainable forest management practices and the satisfaction of supporting the sustainability of natural forest resources and society as a whole [40], benefits following from the adoption of forest certification are related to the improvement of the external companies' image associated to their environmental performance [11,34,35,37,[41][42][43] and environmental communication and consumer relations [44][45][46][47].…”

Section: Forest Certification and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cashore and Stone [50] state that EUTR as a public policy may potentially have a positive effect on the acceptance of certification. Moreover, companies certified in the supply chain link forest certification mainly to the issues of legality, tracing, the origin source of supply and prevention from illegal logging [34,35].…”

Section: Forest Certification and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Both certification programmes steadily became an instrument of government procurement policies, obligatory requirements for awarding ecolabels, corporate policies of private companies, requirements for green building initiatives, as well as tools for proving the legality of timber origin and so forth [35].…”

Section: Forest Certification and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In particular, although there have been some studies focusing on sustainable forest management certification [43,57,58], only a few concentrating on the attitudes of certified CoC companies towards forests and CoC certification [34,35,43] and a study aimed at the perception of certified forest products by end users [59].…”

Section: Forest Certification In Slovakiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding Sustainable Forest Management Certification in Slovakia: Forest Owners’ Perception of Expectations, Benefits and Problems

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Forest certification as a voluntary verification tool has been providing an independent assessment of sustainable forestry practices and thus confidence in sustainability benchmarks for over 20 years. Using either the international or national approaches and initiatives, two main forest certification systems, PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), have spread in a number of countries worldwide. The specifics of local conditions in the forestry sector have to be taken into account when implementing the certification context in a given country or a region. Apart from the natural conditions, institutional structure, or legislative framework, it is also the local and national stakeholders and their perception of this issue that provides the background for the implementation of the certification criteria. The main objective of this study is to examine the general understanding of the certification concept as an environmental, economic, and social tool, and to determine the incentives of forest owners in Slovakia for sustainable forest management (SFM) certification. In addition, the benefits and problems arising from participation in certification were identified and differences reflecting the ownership structure of forests, size of forest area, and participation in a particular certification programme were analysed. Results indicate that certified forest owners, unlike non-certified, demonstrated a high level of understanding of the SFM certification concept. Certified entities mainly consider forest certification as their commitment to environmental responsibility and a tool for improving external company image, promoting sustainable utilisation of forest resources, and improving forest management practices. The main benefits are linked to the possibility to demonstrate forest management practices, a better understanding of the forest management concept, and improvement of forest management practices. PEFC users perceive more benefits following from certification; the most important are those associated with non-economic values, while FSC-certified forest owners perceive mainly economic benefits connected to market penetration, increased sales volume, and potential price premiums. The key problems associated with certification relate to duties to ensure compliance with certification criteria by contractors and administrative difficulties. Respondents reported minimum price premiums for the sale of their certified timber. Additionally, the findings of the study pointed out that a nationally developed certification system can better recognise the roles and objectives of forest certification in the context of forest policy.

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Section: Forest Certification and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Forest Certification and Sustainabilitymentioning

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Section: Forest Certification and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) for C Footprint and Climate Change Mitigation

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Use of Individual Tree and Product Level Data to Improve Operational Forestry

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Zimbelman

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2022

Curr Forestry Rep

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Purpose of Review Individual tree detection (ITD) methods and technologies for tracking individual forest products through a smart operational supply chain from stump to mill are now available. The purpose of this paper is to (1) review the related literature for audiences not familiar with remote sensing and tracking technologies and (2) to identify knowledge gaps in operational forestry and forest operations research now that these new data and systems are becoming more common. Recent Findings Past research has led to successful development of ITD remote sensing methods for detecting individual tree information and radio frequency identification (RFID), branding, and other product tracing methods for individual trees and logs. Blockchain and cryptocurrency that allow independent verification of transactions and work activity recognition based on mobile and wearable sensors can connect the mechanized and motor-manual components of supply chains, bridging gaps in the connectivity of data. However, there is a shortage of research demonstrating use of location-aware tree and product information that spans multiple machines. Summary Commercial products and technologies are now available to digitalize forest operations. Research should shift to evaluation of applications that demonstrate use. Areas for improved efficiencies include (1) use of wearable technology to map individual seedlings during planting; (2) optimizing harvesting, skidding and forwarder trails, landings, and decking based on prior knowledge of tree and product information; (3) incorporation of high-resolution, mapped forest product value and treatment cost into harvest planning; (4) improved machine navigation, automation, and robotics based on prior knowledge of stem locations; (5) use of digitalized silvicultural treatments, including microclimate-smart best management practices; and (6) networking of product tracking across multiple, sensorized machines.

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The status of chain-of-custody certification in the countries of Central and South Europe

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Understanding Sustainable Forest Management Certification in Slovakia: Forest Owners’ Perception of Expectations, Benefits and Problems

Understanding Sustainable Forest Management Certification in Slovakia: Forest Owners’ Perception of Expectations, Benefits and Problems

Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) for C Footprint and Climate Change Mitigation

Use of Individual Tree and Product Level Data to Improve Operational Forestry

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