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Reasons for choosing forest stewardship council (FSC) and sustainable green ecosystem council (SGEC) schemes and the effects of certification acquisition by forestry enterprises in Japan

dc.contributor.authorSugiura, K.
dc.contributor.authorOki, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:56:09Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:56:09Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/723
dc.titleReasons for choosing forest stewardship council (FSC) and sustainable green ecosystem council (SGEC) schemes and the effects of certification acquisition by forestry enterprises in Japanen
dcterms.abstractThe Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Sustainable Green Ecosystem Council (SGEC) are deployed as forest certification schemes in Japan. This study aimed to identify the reasons that enterprises choose the FSC or the SGEC scheme and the effects of certification. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 126 forestry enterprises with certification as of May 2014. The results of questionnaire tabulation found different reasons for choosing FSC (high reliability of the international certification system) or SGEC (examination costs and difficulty of acquisition, certification acquisition by neighboring enterprises in the region, and guidance and information from familiar people and enterprises). The results suggest that choosing FSC or SGEC depended on international or domestic emphasis, reliability, cost, and difficulty of acquisition. Both schemes reportedly improved management planning, environmental impact assessments, and monitoring, but increased timber value was not reported. Japanese consumers' understanding of forest certification should be enhanced and attention to forest management certification in Japan should increase because the SGEC now offers international certification. If SGEC certification is easier to obtain than FSC certification, and FSC is relatively expensive, the SGEC forest area should continue to expand.en
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dcterms.bibliographicCitationSugiura, K. and Oki, Y., 2018. Reasons for choosing Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Sustainable Green Ecosystem Council (SGEC) schemes and the effects of certification acquisition by forestry enterprises in Japan. Forests, 9(4), p.173.en
dcterms.issued2018
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
fsc.evidenceCategoryFSC impact-related
fsc.focus.sustainDimensionEconomic
fsc.subjectForests
fsc.subjectBaseline
fsc.subjectCertification
fsc.subjectBrazil
fsc.subjectNatural forest
fsc.subjectTropical Forests
fsc.subjectFSC
fsc.subjectImpacts
fsc.subjectEmpirical Data
fsc.subjectPolitical Economy
fsc.subjectAdoption
fsc.subjectRetain Certification
fsc.subjectAmazon
is.availability.fullTextFull text available
is.contributor.funderTypeUnreported
is.contributor.memberForest Stewardship Council
is.coverage.countryJapan
is.coverage.countryAlpha2JP
is.coverage.geographicLevelCountry
is.coverage.latitude36.204824
is.coverage.longitude138.252924
is.coverage.regionAsia
is.evaluation.collectionInterviews/surveys with certified entities and their representatives and workers/producers
is.evaluation.dataSourceIndependent researcher data
is.evidenceSubTypeDescriptive information - contextual and operational
is.evidenceTypeDescriptive information
is.extent.number4
is.extent.volume9
is.focus.productsForestry products
is.focus.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
is.focus.sectorsAgriculture
is.focus.sectorsForestry
is.focus.sustainDimensionEconomic
is.focus.sustainIssueConsumers and supply chains
is.focus.sustainLensMultiple certification
is.focus.sustainOutcomeConsumer preferences
is.focus.sustainOutcomeSustainability Claims
is.focus.systemElementMandE outcomes and impacts
is.focus.systemElementMandE performance monitoring
is.identifier.codeImpacts
is.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/f9040173
is.identifier.fscdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international698
is.identifier.schemeNameForest Stewardship Council
is.item.reviewStatusPeer reviewed
is.journalNameForests
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