Publication:
Certification Schemes And the Impacts on Forests and Forestry

dc.contributor.authorAuld, G.
dc.contributor.authorMcDermott, C.L.
dc.contributor.authorGulbrandsen, L.H.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:56:50Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:56:50Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/838
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen access
dc.titleCertification Schemes And the Impacts on Forests and Forestryen
dcterms.abstractCertification schemes have emerged in recent years to become a significant and innovative venue for standard setting and governance in the environmental realm. This review examines these schemes in the forest sector where, arguably, their development is among the most advanced of the sustainability labeling initiatives. Beginning with the origins, history, and features of schemes, the review synthesizes and assesses what we know about the direct effects and broader consequences of forest certification. Bearing in mind underlying factors affecting producers' decisions to certify, direct effects are examined by describing the uptake of schemes, the improvements to management of audited forests, and the ameliorative potential of certification for landscape-level concerns such as deforestation and forest protection. In assessing broader consequences, we look beyond the instrument itself to detail positive and negative unintended consequences, spillover effects, and longer-term and slow-moving effects that flow from the emergence of the certification innovation.en
dcterms.issued2008
dcterms.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
fsc.evidenceCategoryFSC effect-related studies
fsc.focus.forestTypePlantation
fsc.focus.forestZone(not yet curated)
fsc.focus.sustainDimension2. Environmental
fsc.focus.sustainDimension3. Social
fsc.focus.tenureManagement(not yet curated)
fsc.focus.tenureOwnership(not yet curated)
fsc.issue.environmental(not yet curated)
fsc.topic.environmental2.1. Forest cover
fsc.topic.environmental2.2. Forest degradation
fscdoc.hashidden.adminyes
fscdoc.hashidden.useryes
is.coverage.country(not yet curated)
is.coverage.region(not yet curated)
is.evaluation.collectionFocus groups
is.evaluation.collectionGovernment Data
is.evidenceSubTypeSystematic review
is.evidenceTypeSynthesis paper
is.extent.pages187-211
is.extent.volume33
is.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.environ.33.013007.103754
is.identifier.fscdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international327
is.journalNameAnnual Review of Environment and Resources
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