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Forest Stewardship Council indicators: Development by Multi-stakeholder process assures consistency and diversity

dc.contributor.authorKarmann, M.
dc.contributor.authorMiettinen, P.
dc.contributor.authorHontelez, J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:58:48Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:58:48Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1114
dc.titleForest Stewardship Council indicators: Development by Multi-stakeholder process assures consistency and diversityen
dcterms.abstractIn more than 80 countries, forest operations are certified as being managed in accordance with the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This paper explains how FSC addresses regional and national differences in forest legislation, environmental conditions, social and political contexts, and stakeholder expectations in developing forest management standards. It describes how stakeholders reached consensus on the first set of FSC Principles and Criteria, the foundation of FSC's framework for forest stewardship, and how indicators are now negotiated to fill the framework and ensure that national forest management standards fit their context. It concludes with a discussion of why FSC's certification system, though voluntary, has been able to improve forest management by engaging stakeholders in developing national standards that reflect local conditions and community interests.en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKarmann, M., Miettinen, P. and Hontelez, J., 'Forest Stewardship Council indicators: Development by Multi-stakeholder process assures consistency and diversity', in Policy Matters , Castka, P., and Leaman, D. (Eds.), Gland, Switzerland, 2016.en
dcterms.issued2016
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Union for Conservation of Nature
dcterms.typeBook Chapter
dspace.entity.typePublication
fsc.subjectLegality and due diligence
fsc.subjectTransnational governance
is.contributor.funderTypePrivate
is.contributor.memberForest Stewardship Council
is.coverage.geographicLevelGlobal
is.evaluation.dataSourceData by scheme / tool under evaluation
is.evidenceResourceTypePrimary
is.evidenceSubTypeDescriptive information - contextual and operational
is.evidenceTypeDescriptive information
is.focus.sectorsForestry
is.focus.sustainDimensionEconomic
is.focus.sustainDimensionEnvironmental
is.focus.sustainDimensionSocial
is.focus.sustainIssueForests and other ecosystems
is.focus.sustainLensLegality and due diligence
is.focus.sustainLensTransnational governance
is.focus.sustainOutcomeDeforestation and forest protection
is.focus.systemElementMandE outcomes and impacts
is.focus.systemElementMandE performance monitoring
is.identifier.codeImpacts
is.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international535
is.identifier.schemeNameForest Stewardship Council
is.identifier.schemeTypeVoluntary Sustainability Standards
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