Publication: Do commodity certification systems uphold indigenous peoples' rights? Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and Forest Stewardship Council
Do commodity certification systems uphold indigenous peoples' rights? Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and Forest Stewardship Council
| dc.contributor.author | Colchester, M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:58:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:58:46Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1110 | |
| dc.title | Do commodity certification systems uphold indigenous peoples' rights? Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and Forest Stewardship Council | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Governments' failure to adequately regulate natural resource use to protect environmental values and human rights has led to the development of 'voluntary' certification systems for several commodities. Two systems that have paid most attention to indigenous peoples' rights are the Forest Stewardship Council and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. This article briefly reviews the effectiveness of these two schemes to uphold indigenous peoples' rights with respect to: the certification standards adopted, especially on land and consent; indigenous peoples' participation in scheme governance and standard-setting; the accountability of scheme members to affected indigenous peoples; mechanisms to provide redress for violations of rights; and the barriers or incentives for indigenous producers to market certified products. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Colchester, M., Do commodity certification systems uphold indigenous peoples' rights? Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and Forest Stewardship Council, Gland, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2016. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2016 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | International Union for Conservation of Nature | |
| dcterms.type | Report | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.fmPrinciple | Indigenous Peoples' Rights | |
| fsc.focus.forestType | Plantation | |
| fsc.focus.forestZone | Tropical | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Social | |
| fsc.issue.social | Local communities | |
| fsc.issue.social | Indigenous peoples | |
| fsc.subject | Accessibility | |
| fsc.subject | Indigenous peoples | |
| fsc.subject | Smallholders | |
| fsc.subject | Supply chain benefits | |
| fsc.topic.social | Local communities | |
| fsc.topic.social | Indigenous peoples | |
| fsc.topic.social | Rights | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.coverage.geographicLevel | Global | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Literature review | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
| is.evaluation.dataSource | Data by scheme / tool under evaluation | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | “Yet, although certification systems seek to go voluntarily beyond the limitations of national law, they are not above the law and have to be framed by national laws. Therein lies the dilemma for indigenous peoples. They want certification systems and companies to respect their rights based on their own customs and laws, but the companies being certified are authorised to use indigenous peoples' lands and forests based on hegemonic legal systems that deny or diminish these rights.” | |
| is.evidenceResourceType | Primary | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Descriptive information - contextual and operational | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Descriptive information - field learning, stories and situations | |
| is.evidenceType | Descriptive information | |
| is.focus.products | Palm oil | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 10 - Reduce Inequalities | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions | |
| is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Social | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Forests and other ecosystems | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Rights of indigenous peoples and local communities | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Accessibility | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Indigenous peoples | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Smallholders | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Supply chain benefits | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Conflict resolution | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Deforestation and forest protection | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Free prior and informed consent | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Governance mechanisms | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Land rights | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE outcomes and impacts | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE performance monitoring | |
| is.identifier.code | Impacts | |
| is.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international820 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
| is.journalName | Policy Matters | |
| is.link.url | https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/Policy%20Matters%20-%20Issue%2021.pdf |