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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    Author(s): Carroll, Joshua
    Publication Year: 2018
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    Publication Type: Report
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    Access Rights: Public, Open access
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    Relevance for FSC Standard Developers:
    Sustainability dimension(s): Economic Environmental Social
    Topics: Market Profitability Forest cover
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    Subtopics: Demand Income Price Premium
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: Asia
    Countries: Thailand, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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    Forest Zones: Tropical
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: Smallholder
    Tenure Management: Smallholder
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Monitoring report
    Evidence Subtype: Collective
    Data Type: Literature review
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    Author(s): Acharya, R.P. Bhattarai, B.P. Dahal, N. Kunwar, R.M. Karki, G.
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    Publication Year: 2015
    Source: International Forestry Review (17, 1)
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Relevance for FSC Standard Developers:
    Sustainability dimension(s): Economic Environmental Social
    Topics: Profitability Local communities and Indigenous peoples Governance
    Subtopics: Income
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: Asia
    Countries: Nepal
    Forest Zones: (not yet curated)
    Forest Type: Natural Forest
    Tenure Ownership: Community
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Subtype: (not yet curated)
    Data Type: Case studies
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    Author(s): Butterfield, R. Hansen, E. Fletcher, R. Mikinmaa, H.
    Publication Year: 2005
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    Publication Type: Report
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Economic
    Topics: Profitability
    Subtopics: Income Expenses
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: (not yet curated)
    Countries: United States of America, Canada, Finland
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    Forest Zones: (not yet curated)
    Forest Type: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Ownership: Smallholder
    Tenure Management: Smallholder
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Case study
    Evidence Subtype: Qualitative
    Data Type: (not yet curated)
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    Author(s): Malkamäki, A. Hogarth, N.J. Kanninen, M. Pirard, R. Toppinen, A.
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    Publication Year: 2018
    Source: Global Environmental Change (53, 90-103)
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Social Economic
    Topics: Profitability Local populations and Indigenous peoples Workers
    Subtopics: Income Employment conditions Access to land
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    Subject Keywords: Income Local communities Indigenous peoples
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    Regions: (not yet curated)
    Countries: (not yet curated)
    Forest Zones: (not yet curated)
    Forest Type: Plantation
    Tenure Ownership: (not yet curated)
    Tenure Management: (not yet curated)
    Evidence Category: FSC relevant studies
    Evidence Type: Synthesis paper
    Evidence Subtype: (not yet curated)
    Data Type: Literature review
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    Author(s): Maraseni, T.N. Son, H.L. Cockfield, G. Duy, H.V. Nghia, T.D.
    Publication Year: 2017
    Source: Land Use Policy
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Economic
    Topics: Market Profitability
    Subtopics: Price Premium Income
    Subject Keywords: Markets Living income Benefits, motivations, reasons
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    Regions: Asia
    Countries: Viet Nam
    Forest Zones: Tropical
    Forest Type: Plantation
    Tenure Ownership: Smallholder
    Tenure Management: Smallholder
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Comparative study with no matched control
    Evidence Subtype: Data collected post-intervention
    Data Type: (not yet curated)
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    Author(s): Humphries, S.S. Holmes, T.P. Kainer, K.A. Koury, C.G.G. Cruz, E.
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    Publication Year: 2012
    Source: Ecological Economics (77, 62-73)
    Publication Type: Journal Article
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    Sustainability dimension(s): Economic Social
    Topics: Market Profitability Local communities and Indigenous peoples
    Subtopics: Price premium Income
    Subject Keywords: Forests Certification
    Regions: South America
    Countries: Brazil
    Forest Zones: Tropical
    Forest Type: Natural Forest
    Tenure Ownership: Community
    Tenure Management: Community
    Evidence Category: FSC effect-related studies
    Evidence Type: Monitoring report
    Evidence Subtype: Performance
    Data Type: Case studies, Focus groups, Interviews/surveys