scholarly journals NÚMEROS ATUAIS DA CERTIFICAÇÃO FLORESTAL NO BRASIL

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Carlos Roberto Sanquetta ◽  
Celine Mildemberg ◽  
Leticia Maria Sella Marques Dias
Keyword(s):  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Forest Stewardship

A certificação florestal é um importante instrumento de gestão e garantia da sustentabilidade no setor florestal. Para avaliar o estado atual da certificação é necessário se ter números atualizados e detalhados. Este estudo visou analisar os números atuais da certificação florestal no Brasil. Para a análise, foram utilizados dados disponibilizados nas plataformas da internet dos sistemas FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) e Cerflor/PEFC® (Sistema Brasileiro de Certificação Florestal/Plan for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes), considerando os sistemas e as certificadoras, os tipos de certificação, a localização e os produtos certificados. A maior área florestal certificada no Brasil atualmente é pelo sistema FSC. Há mais florestas plantadas certificadas do que nativas. Minas Gerais é o Estado com a maior área de manejo certificada, tanto pelo FSC quanto pelo Cerflor/PEFC. Imaflora e SCS são as certificadoras com mais certificados e áreas certificadas de manejo florestal. O produto predominante declarado pelas unidades de manejo florestal certificadas é a madeira em toras. Há um número muito superior de certificações CoC (cadeia de custódia) pelo FSC do que pelo CERFLOR. A maioria das certificações CoC refere-se a indústrias de produtos madeireiros, notadamente materiais de papel e de madeira serrada. As certificadoras mais atuantes em CoC são Imaflora, SCS e Control Union. Os números da certificação florestal em manejo florestal no Brasil ainda são modestos, considerando a dimensão de sua cobertura florestal. O mesmo pode ser dito em relação ao número de indústrias certificadas em cadeia de custódia. Por isso há um amplo espaço para crescimento.

scholarly journals Effects of forest certification towards sustainable community forestry in Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pem N Kandel
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
Forest Stewardship ◽  
Forest Users

In early 2005, 10,045 ha Community Forests (CFs) were certified in Bajhang and Dolakha districts of Nepal by using the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme. After two years of forest certification, subsequent questions are being asked such as: What benefits have certification brought for the Forest Users Groups (FUGs)? What tangible differences are there in forest management system because of forest certification? and What lessons have been learnt from the certified forests? In an attempt to answer these questions, a study was carried out in April 2007 in Dolakha district where 11 (2,182 ha) community managed forests were certified in 2005. On the basis of field study from two certified forests (Vitteripakha and Suspa) of the district, this paper analyzes the effects of forest certification and its implications for enhancing Sustainable Community Forestry (SCF) in Nepal. Key words: Sustainable forest management, forest certification, community forestry Banko Janakari: A journal of forestry information for Nepal Vol.17(1) 2007 pp.11-16

Does forest certification conserve biodiversity?

Oryx ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Gullison
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Tropical Countries ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
Forest Stewardship

Forest certification provides a means by which producers who meet stringent sustainable forestry standards can identify their products in the marketplace, allowing them to potentially receive greater market access and higher prices for their products. An examination of the ways in which certification may contribute to biodiversity conservation leads to the following conclusions: 1) the process of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certification generates improvements to management with respect to the value of managed forests for biodiversity. 2) Current incentives are not sufficient to attract the majority of producers to seek certification, particularly in tropical countries where the costs of improving management to meet FSC guidelines are significantly greater than any market benefits they may receive; available incentives are even less capable of convincing forest owners to retain forest cover and produce certified timber on a sustainable basis, rather than deforesting their lands for timber and agriculture. 3) At present, current volumes of certified forest products are insufficient to reduce demand to log high conservation value forests. If FSC certification is to make greater inroads, particularly in tropical countries, significant investments will be needed both to increase the benefits and reduce the costs of certification. Conservation investors will need to carefully consider the biodiversity benefits that will be generated from such investments, versus the benefits generated from investing in more traditional approaches to biodiversity conservation.

scholarly journals Contribuição da certificação florestal ao atendimento da legislação ambiental e social no estado de Minas Gerais

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Maria Basso ◽  
Laércio Antônio Gonçalves Jacovine ◽  
Ricardo Ribeiro Alves ◽  
Áurea Maria Brandi Nardelli
Keyword(s):  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Forest Stewardship

Nas últimas décadas, a maior preocupação ambiental vem tendo reflexos em vários setores da economia e na maneira como os produtos são avaliados pelos consumidores. Especificamente com relação aos produtos florestais, o mercado passou a exigir garantias de que estes não sejam oriundos de atividades ilegais. Um dos instrumentos desenvolvidos para tal fim foi a certificação florestal, representada atualmente no Brasil pelos sistemas Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) e CERFLOR/PEFC. A certificação, além de atestar o sistema de manejo da operação florestal, exige o cumprimento das legislações nacionais vigentes no país. O Brasil, apesar de possuir legislação ambiental e trabalhista bastante completa, apresenta, de forma geral, dificuldade em seu efetivo cumprimento. Nas organizações florestais, o quadro não é diferente, pois as questões legais foram um dos principais desvios verificados nos relatórios de certificação. Assim, este trabalho teve por objetivo verificar a contribuição da certificação florestal no Estado de Minas Gerais no que diz respeito a aspectos de conformidade com a legislação ambiental e social. Para isso, buscaram-se os dados nos relatórios públicos das unidades de manejo florestal certificadas pelo FSC até dezembro de 2008. A análise teve foco em dois dos 10 princípios do FSC: Princípio 1 "Obediência às leis a aos princípios e critérios do FSC" e Princípio 4 "Relações comunitárias e direitos dos trabalhadores", que estão diretamente ligados ao atendimento das questões ambientais e sociais. Os resultados indicaram que o principal problema no âmbito legal foi o descumprimento da legislação ambiental, especificamente relacionado às áreas de preservação permanente e reserva legal. Já as questões sociais mais relatadas se referem aos requisitos de saúde e segurança do trabalho, em especial à Norma Regulamentadora NR -31. Para que se obtenha e mantenha o certificado de manejo, é exigido que todas as não conformidades sejam tratadas no sentido de serem corrigidas. Dessa forma, concluiu-se que a certificação florestal é um mecanismo que efetivamente contribui para o cumprimento da legislação ambiental e social do setor florestal no Estado de Minas Gerais.

scholarly journals Forest Certification, its Scheme and Process

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 125-132
Author(s):  
Bishnu Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Certification Process ◽  
The People ◽  
Forest Stewardship

Forest Certification (FC) is a process of certifying any forest by an independent party. During the 80’s when forest was heavily destructed, the need of the forest certification was felt, and was accepted worldwide. he interest for FC varies as per the needs of the people and/or organizations involved. Various organizations are involved in the certification process, major ones being Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Program for the Endorsement of the Forest Certification (PEFC) and other process vary from country to country. This article deals with the certification bodies, process involved and the responsibilities of the stakeholders.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/init.v4i0.5546The Initiation Vol.4 2011 125-132

scholarly journals Assessment and Monitoring Protocols to Guarantee the Maintenance of Biodiversity in Certified Forests: A Case Study for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Forests in Southwestern Spain

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 705
Author(s):  
Antonio Sánchez-Almendro ◽  
Pablo Hidalgo ◽  
Rosario Galán ◽  
José Carrasco ◽  
Javier López-Tirado
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Assessment And Monitoring ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
Conservation Values ◽  
Forest Stewardship ◽  
Monitoring Protocols

(1) Biodiversity, sustainable development and nature conservation are fundamental issues nowadays. All companies, administrations, governments and international organisations take these issues into consideration. Sustainable forest management always requires a compromise between profitability and conservation and in this fragile equilibrium, forest certification plays a key scheme. This sustainable management is of great importance in the European Union (EU), with the Forest Stewardship Council playing a fundamental role in forest certification. This certification forms the basis of the ecosystem conservation and improvement strategy in Ence, Energía y Celulosa, the leading company dedicated to the production of eucalyptus in Spain; (2) A three-phase protocol (identification of High Conservation Values, assessment of conservation areas and monitoring program), has been developed, providing clear, objective criteria, particularly concerning FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Principle 9, the primary goal being the development and application of these objective criteria in the Ence conservation areas in the province of Huelva (Spain). One of the main criteria for habitat classification was correspondence with the habitats listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive. The compatibility between forest exploitation management and conservation proposed by the Natura 2000 network encouraged us to use this methodology for the identification, classification and assessment of High Conservation Values considered in FSC forest certification: Principle 9; (3) The study encompasses 183 forest management units covering 52,022 ha, with a total of 11,847.45 ha being identified as High Conservation Value Areas. Through the identification and assessment of the conservation areas, the described methodology played a crucial role in demonstrating the positive impact of Ence’s certified forest management on the conservation of biological diversity; (4) This study demonstrates that an objective and reliable identification, assessment and monitoring methodology, with a proven high degree of accuracy in the location and characterisation of interesting and representative habitats in the region, can be implemented. Due to its objectivity, this strategy can be easily applied to other European sustainable forest management sites and possibly to other countries outside the EU.

Performing an FSC audit

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Cook ◽  
Esther Turnhout ◽  
Séverine van Bommel
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Dual Purpose ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Forest Stewardship ◽  
Back Stage ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThe Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) intends to promote responsible forestry through its certification scheme. The primary engine that drives this promotion is auditing. Audits serve a dual purpose: they make forest managers accountable for their claim of meeting the FSC standard, and they make the actions of auditors and auditee account-able, or able to be put into an account. The latter of these is rarely investigated, despite it being crucial to understanding how FSC audits are done.Design/methodology/approachThis article examines FSC forest certification audits as practices where the FSC standards gain meaning. In-depth analysis of these practices enables insight into how different values related to forest certification and auditing are articulated and negotiated in practice, characterizing particular modes of auditing. In this paper, the authors examine the practices of FSC forest management auditors in multi-day audits in Africa and in Spain. Their materials were analyzed and coded using Goffman’s elements of dramaturgy.FindingsThe authors’ findings show that auditing practices entail a series of nested performances in which the auditors and auditees interact together and in which front stage and back stage performances constantly alternate as auditors and auditees perform for each other and simultaneously for an absent audience.Originality/valueThe authors’ analysis demonstrates how in these performances, professional values related to following auditing rules and ensuring that audits are rendered account-able in a particular way take a prominent position. This risks overshadowing the accountability of the FSC system which is ultimately grounded in its ambition to improve forest conservation and management.

The efficacy of forest certification: Perceptions of Canadian forest products retailers

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (05) ◽  
pp. 636-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Chen ◽  
Anna Tikina ◽  
Robert Kozak ◽  
John Innes ◽  
Peter Duinker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Certified Wood ◽  
Forest Stewardship ◽  
Nation Wide Survey

A nation-wide survey of wood products retailers was conducted to examine their perceptions related to forest certification and its impacts in the market place. Four widely accepted forest certification standards were taken into account: International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) 14001, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z809 Standard. The survey inquired about the economic impacts of forest certification, namely wood purchasing policies and the potential for price premiums on certified wood products. The responses indicated that most retailers had no particular purchasing policies for certified products. However, they reported up to a 20% price premium on certain certified products, although the number of consumers who request certified wood products was small (less than 10%). The retailers also indicated that the most important reasons for buying or selling certified forest products revolved around improved company image, being an environmental leader in the field, and maintaining or increasing market share. Finally, respondents felt that forest certification had minimal impacts on the social aspects of forest management, while the environmental and economic aspects of forest management were perceived to be subject to more marked changes.

The State Strikes Back

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Bartley
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Land Grabs ◽  
Forest Stewardship ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Blind Spots

This chapter examines the rise of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification in China, as well as the challenges of implementation and competition from a state-sponsored homegrown system. Despite challenges to its operations, the FSC grew rapidly in China, especially in comparison to Indonesia. To make sense of this puzzle, the chapter identifies a “dual logic of certifying in authoritarian places”, in which the state crowds the space of private regulators but also edits out the messiness and contention that can otherwise impede certification. Using interview and documentary evidence, the chapter identifies the implications and blind spots of forest certification in China and shows how authoritarian governance suppressed underlying ambiguity and conflict over rights to forest land, making it easier for apparent land grabs to be certified as compliant with the FSC’s high standards.

How environmental certification can affect the value of organizations? The case of Forest Stewardship Council certification

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-543
Author(s):  
M.E. Sansalvador ◽  
J.M. Brotons
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Environmental Certification ◽  
Business Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Business Valuation ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Forest Stewardship ◽  
Public Opposition

Forest certification appeared in the 1990's as a way to deal with forest deterioration. Currently, however, public opposition can limit its effectiveness. Business policy makers should analyze how Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification can affect the value of companies. Yet, the relation between financial performance and forest certification systems is a subject which has not been explored to a great extent, and the measures used for evaluating financial performance in published studies are not based on business valuation. In this study, Spanish companies with FSC certification are valuated under the premises of implementation and non-implementation of FSC certification. Given the uncertainty inherent in the second option, the use of fuzzy mathematics has been considered a suitable tool. According to the results obtained, it can be concluded that regardless of size or business sector, FSC certification is effective in increasing the value of companies. The pap er offers economic arguments for managers to become more environmentally responsible.

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