Publication: Early Days in the Certification of Logging Concessions: Estimating FSC's Deforestation Impact in Peru and Cameroon.
Early Days in the Certification of Logging Concessions: Estimating FSC's Deforestation Impact in Peru and Cameroon.
| dc.contributor.author | Panlasigui, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Swenson, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Loucks, C.J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pfaff, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:55:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:55:21Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/560 | |
| dc.title | Early Days in the Certification of Logging Concessions: Estimating FSC's Deforestation Impact in Peru and Cameroon. | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Conservation and development agendas often are seen as in contradiction and, in the past, most forest policy was driven by only one such agenda. Yet leading conservation policies such as protected areas (PAs) increasingly are understood to vary in how development considerations are integrated, within PA types, given the starting point of conservation. Similarly, development policies such as logging concessions can integrate conservation. Sustainable forest management pushes integration from a starting point of development. One of the most visible initiatives of this type is the certification of logging concessions ? such as by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) ? to reduce various impacts of logging. The cost of sustainable management may lead a firm not to certify any given concession, yet the potential benefits could lead firms to voluntarily certify at least some concessions (including as perhaps firms could benefit from strategies that raise forest loss elsewhere). Our empirical analyses of two countries, Peru and Cameroon, aid in understanding what actually has happened in certified sites for the relatively 'early days' of such certifications. We control for unobserved factors' influences over space and time, without which impact ? sometimes perverse ? is mistakenly attributed to FSC certification (FSCC). For Peru, we see no average FSCC deforestation impact in our study area (almost all concessions). One region, Madre de Dios, has an average reduction of 0.07% per year. For Cameroon, we find a small average FSCC deforestation impact of 0.02% per year in our study area (all concessions), though in four of five regions there is no statistically significant effect. We suggest that, as available data improve, more impact may be seen in some conditions. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Panlasigui, S., Rico-Straffon, J., Swenson, J., Loucks, C.J. and Pfaff, A., 2015. Early days in the certification of logging concessions: Estimating FSC's deforestation impact in Peru and Cameroon. Duke Environmental and Energy Economics Working Paper EE, pp.15-05 | en |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Duke Environmental and Energy Economics Working Paper Series | |
| dcterms.issued | 2015 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Other | en |
| dcterms.publisher | Duke University | |
| dcterms.type | Working Paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.forestType | Natural Forest | |
| fsc.focus.forestZone | Tropical | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| fsc.focus.tenureManagement | Private | |
| fsc.focus.tenureOwnership | Public | |
| fsc.issue.environmental | Deforestation, tree cover loss | |
| fsc.subject | Deforestation | |
| fsc.subject | Tree cover loss | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contributor.funderType | Private funds (NGOs, companies, VSS self-funded etc) | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.coverage.country | Peru | |
| is.coverage.country | Cameroon | |
| is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | PE | |
| is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | CM | |
| is.coverage.geographicLevel | Country | |
| is.coverage.latitude | -9.189967 | |
| is.coverage.latitude | 7.369722 | |
| is.coverage.longitude | -75.015152 | |
| is.coverage.longitude | 12.354722 | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Company/certified entities /co-op data records | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | Yes | |
| is.evaluation.dataSource | Data by scheme / tool under evaluation | |
| is.evaluation.findings | The authors conclude that the impact on deforestation is quite low. Notably the authors found both positive and negative impact depending on the region considered. Also, the authors consider the hardly visible impact on forest degradation to be critical. | |
| is.evaluation.notes | The sampling and analysis design are robust. This study is among the best implemented to investigate the issue. | |
| is.evaluation.outcome | yes | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | Between 2006 and 2013, 34 logging concessions achieved FSC forest management certification in Loreto, Madre de Dios and Ucayali under this regulatory context (FSC Peru and WWF Peru). Timber companies now operate 550,516.54 certified ha of forest under FSC forest management certificates. [...] In total, 940.000 ha were operated under FSC certificates as of 2014 (Cerutti et al., 2014). | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | We presented statistics and panel regressions using concession-level data to conclude that, at the least for these data and this time period, we find very little deforestation impacts of certification. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | Even what is measured in the forest seems likely to change. The effects of selective logging, and thus very likely of FSC certification, may take the form of changes in level of forest degradation. That is a more subtle change than deforestation, yet can be absolutely critical to the provision of ecosystem services including carbon storage and species habitat. | |
| is.evaluation.scope | Analysis of the development of adoption of FSC-certification in the two countries. Comparing certified and non-certified logging concession in regard to the level of deforestation. | |
| is.evaluation.significance | Statistically significant | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Empirical study - with matched control, data collected post-intervention | |
| is.evidenceType | Empirical study | |
| is.focus.products | Other forestry and logging | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 13 - Climate Action | |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Forests and other ecosystems | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Audits and assurance | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Deforestation and forest protection | |
| 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-international832 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
| is.item.status | Final | |
| is.link.url | http://sites.nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/environmentaleconomics/files/2015/08/WP-EE-15-05-FULL-PDF.pdf |