Publication: Group Certification: An Opportunity to Engage More Family Forests
Group Certification: An Opportunity to Engage More Family Forests
| dc.contributor.author | Fernholz, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bowyer, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bratkovich, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wenban-Smith, M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:56:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:56:40Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/812 | |
| dc.title | Group Certification: An Opportunity to Engage More Family Forests | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Bowyer, J., Bratkovich, S., Fernholz, K., Wenban-Smith, M., 2007. Group Certification: An Opportunity to Engage More Family Forests, Dovetail Inc. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2007 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | en |
| dcterms.publisher | Dovetail Partners Inc. | |
| dcterms.type | Report | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Social | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| fsc.focus.tenureManagement | Smallholder | |
| fsc.focus.tenureOwnership | Smallholder | |
| fsc.issue.economic | Benefits, motivations, reasons for certification | |
| fsc.issue.economic | Costs, obstacles, barriers to certification | |
| fsc.subject | Forests | |
| fsc.subject | Biodiversity | |
| fsc.subject | Certification | |
| fsc.subject | Monitoring | |
| fsc.subject | Indicators | |
| fsc.subject | Performance targets | |
| fsc.subject | Negotiation | |
| fsc.subject | Social learning | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contributor.funderType | Private funds (NGOs, companies, VSS self-funded etc) | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.coverage.country | United States of America | |
| is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | US | |
| is.coverage.geographicLevel | Country | |
| is.coverage.latitude | 37.09024 | |
| is.coverage.longitude | -95.712891 | |
| is.coverage.region | North America | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Literature review | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | Group certification is a mechanism for achieving economic and operational efficienciesby issuing a single certificate for a pool of participants. Group certification is used in bothforest management certification as well as chain-of-custody certification. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | In the United States, 58% of the total timberland is owned by non-industrial privatelandowners. To achieve broad forest stewardship goals, it is critical that this group isincluded in any programs that impact long-term forest management. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | Group certification is a mechanism for achieving economic and operational efficiencies by issuing a single certificate for a pool of participants. In the United States, there are nearly 10 million family forest owners. It appears that group certification approaches are the most likely mechanism for engaging these small owners and their lands in forest certification opportunities. | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Descriptive information - contextual and operational | |
| is.evidenceType | Descriptive information | |
| is.focus.products | Forestry products | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on Land | |
| is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Social | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Consumers and supply chains | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Participant costs and benefits | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Audits and assurance | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Cost of inputs | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Sustainable sourcing | |
| 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-international320 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | American Tree Farm System | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.link.url | https://www.dovetailinc.org/upload/tmp/1586523497.pdf |