Publication: Impacts of sustainable forestry certification in European forest management operations
Impacts of sustainable forestry certification in European forest management operations
| dc.contributor.author | Hain, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ahas, R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:57:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:57:24Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/927 | |
| dc.title | Impacts of sustainable forestry certification in European forest management operations | en |
| dcterms.abstract | The article evaluates impacts of forest certification in promoting sustainable forest management in Europe. Forest certification is one of the most widespread non-governmental initiatives for sustainable forest management with 400 million ha being certified by 2011.We have analysed 1000 non-conformities raised by certification bodies during 245 FSC forest management audits in 32 European countries. The raised non-conformities indicate the areas where certification has had largest impact on enforcing sustainable forest management. Results reveal biggest challenges in ensuring protection of nature values and stakeholder communication. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Hain, H. and Ahas, R., 2011. Impacts of sustainable forestry certification in European forest management operations. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 148, pp.207-218. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2011 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Social | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| fsc.subject | Forests | |
| fsc.subject | Certification | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contributor.funderType | Unreported | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.coverage.geographicLevel | Site | |
| is.coverage.region | Europe | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Company/certified entities /co-op data records | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | Not applicable | |
| is.evaluation.dataSource | Data by scheme / tool under evaluation | |
| is.evaluation.notes | This study provides CARs analysis from 245 audits in 32 European countries. A total of 1000 non-conformities have been studied. The biggest challenges were found for environmental criteria. Therefore, the authors conclude that addressing better protection of environmental values is one of the two areas where certification brings most of the impacts. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | “Protection of ecologically valuable forest areas is challenging for managers, since this topic received the highest number of non-conformities (109, 13%).” | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | “Usage of too many or unsafe chemicals also appears to be problem, since almost 10% of the non-conformities have been raised in relation to this.” | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | “About 5% of the non-conformities are related to insufficient protection of threatened and endangered species.” | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | “Regional comparison between Eastern and Western Europe reveals some interesting differences. The most significant difference by and large was related to threatened and endangered species. 73% of the non-conformities in this topic were raised in Eastern Europe. Significant shortcomings in the inventory of the species habitats as well as actual protection of the known habitats were identified by auditors.” | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | “Environmental impact assessment (EIA), which is somewhat novel concept in forestry, appears much more difficult to adoption Eastern Europe since 72% of the non-conformities in relation to this system element were raised there.” | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | “64% of non-conformities in relation to soil damage and erosion were raised in Western Europe." | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | The authors conclude that: “non-conformities requiring the share of protected areas to be increased; conducing an inventory of high conservation value forests; stopping usage of certain dangerous chemicals; reducing the volume of used chemicals; leaving ecological elements (such as deadwood, biodiversity trees) on felling sites; These are attainable and objectively measurable requirements and we believe positive changes are happening in relation to these aspects in the certified operations.” | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Monitoring report - collective | |
| is.evidenceType | Monitoring report | |
| is.focus.products | Other forestry and logging | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption | |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Social | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Forests and other ecosystems | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Audits and assurance | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Ecosystem quality | |
| 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-international361 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
| is.journalName | Ravage of the Planet | |
| is.link.url | https://www.witpress.com/Secure/elibrary/papers/RAV11/RAV11020FU1.pdf |