Publication: Forest certification and communities: Looking forward to the next decade
Forest certification and communities: Looking forward to the next decade
| dc.contributor.author | Molnar, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:57:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:57:57Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1004 | |
| dc.title | Forest certification and communities: Looking forward to the next decade | en |
| dcterms.abstract | To understand the impact of certification on communities and suggest actions for the future, we carried out a comprehensive evaluation of the existing studies and case material, interviewed and organized discussions with more than 60 individuals involved in forest certification as certifiers, accreditors, clients, researchers, or promoters, assembled detailed case studies for Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, and Bolivia, and presented the hypotheses and conclusions in a June seminar in Vancouver, Canada, and the November meetings of the FSC General Assembly in Oaxaca. Comments by experts on a draft circulated in late 2002 have been incorporated. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Molnar, A., 2003. Forest certification and communities: looking forward to the next decade. Forest Trends | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2003 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | en |
| dcterms.publisher | Forest Trends | |
| dcterms.type | Report | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Social | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| fsc.focus.tenureManagement | Community | |
| fsc.focus.tenureOwnership | Community | |
| fsc.issue.economic | Benefits, motivations, reasons for certification | |
| fsc.issue.economic | Costs, obstacles, barriers to certification | |
| fsc.issue.social | Local communities | |
| fsc.issue.social | Indigenous peoples | |
| fsc.issue.social | Workers | |
| fsc.subject | Forests | |
| fsc.subject | Brazilian Amazon | |
| fsc.subject | Certification | |
| fsc.subject | Disturbance patterns | |
| fsc.subject | Forest degradation | |
| fsc.subject | Forest landscape | |
| fsc.subject | Landsat imagery | |
| fsc.subject | Logging impacts | |
| fsc.subject | Remote sensing | |
| fsc.subject | Spatial and temporal indicators | |
| fsc.topic.economic | Market access | |
| fsc.topic.social | Local communities | |
| fsc.topic.social | Indigenous peoples | |
| fsc.topic.social | Rights | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contributor.funderType | Mixed sources | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Literature review | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
| is.evaluation.notes | The report deals with the impacts of certification on communities in forest environments. Benefits are found, especially in regard to participation in dialogue and decision-making, and indigenous interest were better integrated in policy reforms. Additionally working conditions, tenure security mainly in large-scale operations in countries with poor legal security, and technical training and professional support for community forest enterprises that are committed to environmental sustainable forest management. The barriers for forest communities to enter the certification systems are recognized too, so that complementary instruments are requested, e.g. the commercialization of NTFPs. But due to the fact, that there are political and regulatory barriers too, support from politics, certification bodies and private organizations are crucial to overcome these barriers and to foster communities ability to develop own stable institutions. But the biggest problem remain the diversity of forest communities that request different actions and support. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | It is one thing to apply a set of universal business standards to a set of companies and industries with a similar product base. It is another to apply universal standards to community values, lifestyle choices, and social organizations, which regulate their forest resource base. It is also counterproductive to the development of viable, self-sustainable community forest enterprises. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | All communities face serious challenges in accessing markets for certified products, related to a host of barriers that are both structural and historical. In parallel with certification efforts, donors need to pay serious attention to the marketing issue, supporting the exchange of information and helping create linkages to buyers | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | The finding of this review is that forest certification has evidently led to an awareness of the need for and greater attention to forest tenure and livelihood rights, conditions of employment and worker health and safety, and forest sustainability. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | There have been some important benefits to forest dwellers and forest communities from forest certification, both for those directly certified as forest management units and for those who live in or work in public and private forests and private and public forest enterprises. Certification has brought improved labor conditions and employment, has helped legitimate local land tenure rights, and provided continued access to forests for non-industrial uses. Forest communities have been able to leverage donor and government financial and technical support. They have expectations that certification will help them access new markets and get a premium price for their products. A few communities are already getting a premium. | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Synthesis paper - systematic review with meta-analysis | |
| is.evidenceType | Synthesis paper | |
| 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 | Environmental | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Forests and other ecosystems | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Rights of indigenous peoples and local communities | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Participant costs and benefits | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Consumers and supply chains | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Transnational governance | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Audits and assurance | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Indigenous peoples | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Smallholders | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Supply chain benefits | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Deforestation and forest protection | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Governance mechanisms | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Land rights | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Cost of inputs | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Sustainable sourcing | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Consumer preferences | |
| 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-international493 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.link.url | http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/reports/forest_communities.pdf |