Publication: Reasons for choosing forest stewardship council (FSC) and sustainable green ecosystem council (SGEC) schemes and the effects of certification acquisition by forestry enterprises in Japan
Reasons for choosing forest stewardship council (FSC) and sustainable green ecosystem council (SGEC) schemes and the effects of certification acquisition by forestry enterprises in Japan
dc.contributor.author | Sugiura, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Oki, Y. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:56:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:56:09Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/723 | |
dc.title | Reasons for choosing forest stewardship council (FSC) and sustainable green ecosystem council (SGEC) schemes and the effects of certification acquisition by forestry enterprises in Japan | en |
dcterms.abstract | The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Sustainable Green Ecosystem Council (SGEC) are deployed as forest certification schemes in Japan. This study aimed to identify the reasons that enterprises choose the FSC or the SGEC scheme and the effects of certification. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 126 forestry enterprises with certification as of May 2014. The results of questionnaire tabulation found different reasons for choosing FSC (high reliability of the international certification system) or SGEC (examination costs and difficulty of acquisition, certification acquisition by neighboring enterprises in the region, and guidance and information from familiar people and enterprises). The results suggest that choosing FSC or SGEC depended on international or domestic emphasis, reliability, cost, and difficulty of acquisition. Both schemes reportedly improved management planning, environmental impact assessments, and monitoring, but increased timber value was not reported. Japanese consumers' understanding of forest certification should be enhanced and attention to forest management certification in Japan should increase because the SGEC now offers international certification. If SGEC certification is easier to obtain than FSC certification, and FSC is relatively expensive, the SGEC forest area should continue to expand. | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Sugiura, K. and Oki, Y., 2018. Reasons for choosing Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Sustainable Green Ecosystem Council (SGEC) schemes and the effects of certification acquisition by forestry enterprises in Japan. Forests, 9(4), p.173. | en |
dcterms.issued | 2018 | |
dcterms.language | en | |
dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | en |
dcterms.type | Journal Article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
fsc.subject | Forests | |
fsc.subject | Baseline | |
fsc.subject | Certification | |
fsc.subject | Brazil | |
fsc.subject | Natural forest | |
fsc.subject | Tropical Forests | |
fsc.subject | FSC | |
fsc.subject | Impacts | |
fsc.subject | Empirical Data | |
fsc.subject | Political Economy | |
fsc.subject | Adoption | |
fsc.subject | Retain Certification | |
fsc.subject | Amazon | |
is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
is.contributor.funderType | Unreported | |
is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
is.coverage.country | Japan | |
is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | JP | |
is.coverage.geographicLevel | Country | |
is.coverage.latitude | 36.204824 | |
is.coverage.longitude | 138.252924 | |
is.coverage.region | Asia | |
is.evaluation.collection | Interviews/surveys with certified entities and their representatives and workers/producers | |
is.evaluation.dataSource | Independent researcher data | |
is.evidenceSubType | Descriptive information - contextual and operational | |
is.evidenceType | Descriptive information | |
is.extent.number | 4 | |
is.extent.volume | 9 | |
is.focus.products | Forestry products | |
is.focus.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on Land | |
is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | |
is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
is.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
is.focus.sustainIssue | Consumers and supply chains | |
is.focus.sustainLens | Multiple certification | |
is.focus.sustainOutcome | Consumer preferences | |
is.focus.sustainOutcome | Sustainability Claims | |
is.focus.systemElement | MandE outcomes and impacts | |
is.focus.systemElement | MandE performance monitoring | |
is.identifier.code | Impacts | |
is.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/f9040173 | |
is.identifier.fscdoi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international698 | |
is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
is.journalName | Forests |