FSC Research Portal

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The FSC Research Portal is an online catalogue that aims to facilitate the search for studies relevant to FSC operations and provide syntheses of the most relevant evidence for decision making by FSC stakeholders. Publications included in the portal to date are of two types: FSC Effect-Related Studies, empirical studies that report on the results and/or impacts of FSC certification; and FSC Relevant Studies, publications that contain information relevant to the development of FSC normative documents. These publications range from scientific articles to grey literature, reports, working papers and books.

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Users can navigate* the FSC Research Portal in three different ways. First, by clicking on one of the buttons below to filter publications by evidence category. Second, by typing a keyword into the search bar. Or third, by using one or more of the metadata** filters located on the left side of the interface.

Evidence categories: FSC Effect-Related Studies FSC Relevant Studies

(*) If you encounter any technical problems, wish to provide feedback on the metadata of any of the publications, and/or recommend the inclusion of a new publication, please write to open@fsc.org.

(**) For more details on the metadata architecture, see the research protocol

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  • Access Rights: Public, Open access
    Certification Body:
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    Relevance for FSC Standard Developers:
    Sustainability dimension(s): Economic Environmental Social
    Topics: Market Compositional diversity Forest cover
    + 1
    Subtopics: Representation Occupational health Employment conditions
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: Europe
    Countries: Russian Federation
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: Natural Forest
    Tenure Ownership: Public
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Synthesis paper
    Evidence Subtype: Literature review
    Data Type: Interviews/surveys
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    Author(s): McDermott, C.L.
    Publication Year: 2012
    Source: Geoforum (43, 634-644)
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Social
    Topics: (not yet curated)
    Subtopics: (not yet curated)
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: North America
    Countries: Canada
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: (not yet curated)
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    Data Type: Literature review
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    Author(s): Ranius, T. Kindvall, O. Kruys, N. Jonsson, B.G.
    Publication Year: 2003
    Source: Forest Ecology and Management (182, 13-29)
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Access Rights: Public, Limited access
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Environmental
    Topics: (not yet curated)
    Subtopics: (not yet curated)
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: Europe
    Countries: Norway
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: Natural Forest
    Tenure Ownership: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Modeling study
    Evidence Subtype: (not yet curated)
    Data Type: (not yet curated)
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    Author(s): Pfaff, A. Schaffer-Smith, Danica
    Publication Year: 2018
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    Publication Type: Working Paper
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Environmental
    Topics: Forest cover
    Subtopics: Forest loss
    Subject Keywords: Ecosystem Deforestation Supply chain benefits
    + 1
    Regions: Europe
    Countries: Russian Federation
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Comparative study with matched control
    Evidence Subtype: Data collected before and after intervention
    Data Type: (not yet curated)
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    Author(s): Rehbinder, E.
    Publication Year: 2003
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    Publication Type: Book Chapter
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    Access Rights: Public, Limited access
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Social
    Topics: Governance
    Subtopics: Legal compliance
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: (not yet curated)
    Countries: (not yet curated)
    Forest Zones: Tropical, Boreal
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Subtype: (not yet curated)
    Data Type: Literature review
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    Author(s): Angelstam, P. Roberge, J.M. Axelsson, R. Elbakidze, M. Bergman, K.O.
    + 11
    Publication Year: 2013
    Source: Ambio (42, 229-240)
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Environmental Social
    Topics: Compositional diversity Forest degradation Governance
    Subtopics: (not yet curated)
    Subject Keywords: Forests Central Africa Certification
    + 8
    Regions: Europe
    Countries: Sweden
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: Natural Forest
    Tenure Ownership: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Synthesis paper
    Evidence Subtype: Literature review
    Data Type: Case studies
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    Author(s): Greenpeace
    Publication Year: 2013
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    Publication Type: Report
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Environmental
    Topics: Forest cover
    Subtopics: Forest loss
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: Europe
    Countries: Finland
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: Natural Forest
    Tenure Ownership: Public
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Case study
    Evidence Subtype: Qualitative
    Data Type: Case studies
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    Author(s): Nickson, E.
    Publication Year: 2015
    Source:
    Publication Type: Report
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    Access Rights: Public, Open access
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Economic
    Topics: (not yet curated)
    Subtopics: (not yet curated)
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: North America
    Countries: Canada
    Forest Zones: Boreal, Temperate
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: Public
    Tenure Management: Private
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Case study
    Evidence Subtype: Qualitative
    Data Type: (not yet curated)
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    Author(s): Johansson, T. Hj�lt�n, J. Jong, J. de Stedingk, Henrik von
    Publication Year: 2013
    Source: Forest Ecology and Management (303, 1, 98-112)
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Environmental
    Topics: (not yet curated)
    Subtopics: (not yet curated)
    Subject Keywords: Forests Impacts Profile of The Forest Sector
    + 7
    Regions: Europe
    Countries: Sweden
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Synthesis paper
    Evidence Subtype: (not yet curated)
    Data Type: (not yet curated)
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Social
    Topics: Governance
    Subtopics: Supply Legal compliance
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: Europe
    Countries: Russian Federation
    Forest Zones: Boreal
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: Private
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Case study
    Evidence Subtype: Qualitative
    Data Type: Company data