The Context Of Natural Forest Management And Fsc Certification In Brazil

Author : Claudia Romero,Manuel R. Guariguata,Francis E. Putz,Erin O. Sills,Guilherme R. Lima,Luciana Papp,Maureen Voigtlaender,Edson Vidal
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786023870257

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The context of natural forest management and FSC certification in Brazil by Claudia Romero,Manuel R. Guariguata,Francis E. Putz,Erin O. Sills,Guilherme R. Lima,Luciana Papp,Maureen Voigtlaender,Edson Vidal Pdf

Management decisions on appropriate practices and policies regarding tropical forests often need to be made in spite of innumerable uncertainties and complexities. Among the uncertainties are the lack of formalization of lessons learned regarding the impacts of previous programs and projects. Beyond the challenges of generating the proper information on these impacts, there are other difficulties that relate with how to socialize the information and knowledge gained so that change is transformational and enduring. The main complexities lie in understanding the interactions of social-ecological systems at different scales and how they varied through time in response to policy and other processes. This volume is part of a broad research effort to develop an independent evaluation of certification impacts with stakeholder input, which focuses on FSC certification of natural tropical forests. More specifically, the evaluation program aims at building the evidence base of the empirical biophysical, social, economic, and policy effects that FSC certification of natural forest has had in Brazil as well as in other tropical countries. The contents of this volume highlight the opportunities and constraints that those responsible for managing natural forests for timber production have experienced in their efforts to improve their practices in Brazil. As such, the goal of the studies in this volume is to serve as the foundation to design an impact evaluation framework of the impacts of FSC certification of natural forests in a participatory manner with interested parties, from institutions and organizations, to communities and individuals.

Author : Claudia Romero,Francis E Putz,Manuel R Guariguata,Erin O Sills,Ahmad Maryudi,Ruslandi
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786023870028

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The context of natural forest management and FSC certification In Indonesia by Claudia Romero,Francis E Putz,Manuel R Guariguata,Erin O Sills,Ahmad Maryudi,Ruslandi Pdf

Management decisions on appropriate practices and policies regarding tropical forests often need to be made in spite of innumerable uncertainties and complexities. Among the uncertainties are the lack of formalization of lessons learned regarding the impacts of previous programs and projects. Beyond the challenges of generating the proper information on these impacts, there are other difficulties that relate with how to socialize the information and knowledge gained so that change is transformational and enduring. The main complexities lie in understanding the interactions of social-ecological systems at different scales and how they varied through time in response to policy and other processes. This volume is part of a broad research effort to develop an independent evaluation of certification impacts with stakeholder input, which focuses on FSC certification of natural tropical forests. More specifically, the evaluation program aims at building the evidence base of the empirical biophysical, social, economic, and policy effects that FSC certification of natural forest has had in Indonesia as well as in other tropical countries. The contents of this volume highlight the opportunities and constraints that those responsible for managing natural forests for timber production have experienced in their efforts to improve their practices. As such, the goal of the studies in this volume is to serve as the foundation to design an impact evaluation framework of the impacts of FSC certification of natural forests in a participatory manner with interested parties, from institutions and organizations, to communities and individuals.

Author : Virgilio M. Viana
Publisher : IIED
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781899825912

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Instrumentos para o manejo sustentável do setor florestal privado no Brasil by Virgilio M. Viana Pdf

Author : Claudia Romero,Francis E. Putz,Manuel R. Guariguata,Erin O. Sills,Paolo O. Cerutti,Guillaume Lescuyer
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786021504062

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An overview of current knowledge about the impacts of forest management certification by Claudia Romero,Francis E. Putz,Manuel R. Guariguata,Erin O. Sills,Paolo O. Cerutti,Guillaume Lescuyer Pdf

The often-claimed environmental and social benefits of forest certification remain to be empirically evaluated. Despite numerous publications on the impacts of tropical forest certification, virtually all are based on secondary sources of information and not on field-based measurements. This paper proposes an empirical research framework for a carefully designed field-based evaluation of the ecological, social, economic, and political impacts of tropical forest management certification taking into account location-specific contextual factors which shape certification outcomes. The paper also suggests that solid methodological quantitative and qualitative approaches be used to build proper counterfactuals on which to base the comparisons for inferring impacts, all informed by a thorough theory-of-change and through processes that bring stakeholders together. The proposed research framework represents a first step towards the design and future implementation of evaluation research in the context of tropical forest certification on a global basis. It is hoped the research framework proposed contributes to learning from past mistakes, building on lessons learned and enhancing decision-making towards the maintenance of forest values over the long term, and for the benefit of society as a whole.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IIED
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9781899825875

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Certification's Impacts on Forests, Stakeholders and Supply Chains by Anonim Pdf

People like forests- they have many emotional and cultural attachments to them. They also like forest products - and need increasing quantities of them. But they often don't like, don't understand, and don't trust what comes in between: forest management, which lies at the interface of public services (biodiversity, watersheds, etc) and private goods (timber, food, etc). Certification was developed to independently verify the quality of forest management, to communicate this to market players, and so to improve market benefits for the products of good management. The growing influence of the Forest Stewardship Council is one of the most striking recent developments in forestry. Certification is increasingly common in all continents. But has it actually improved forest management? Has it created sufficient market incentives? Above all, has it enabled trust to develop between stakeholders, so that they can work together better, to build the institutions required for sustainable forest management? This book is the result of two years' study by IIED and collaborators in several countries: it provides evidence for considerable policy and institutional change as a result of certification, and the beginnings of change in forest and market practice.

Author : Virgílio M. Viana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060528655

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Certification of Forest Products by Virgílio M. Viana Pdf

As public awareness of the problem of deforestation has grown, a variety of consumer-based approaches to addressing the issue have emerged. One of the most innovative of those is forest product certification. Products derived from forests that have been managed and harvested in a sustainable manner are certified as such, thus providing consumers with a direct means of addressing deforestation and creating a positive incentive for improving forest management practices around the world.This volume presents an overview of the mechanics, background, and implications of voluntary certification programs. It features perspectives from all parties involved, from both southern and northern hemispheres, including the forest products industry, indigenous communities, academics, biologists, certifiers, policymakers, environmental activists, and retailers.Among the topics considered are: the development of market-based conservation initiatives elements involved in certification biological aspects of forest auditing implications of forest product certification importance of cooperation among all parties involved The book traces the history of certification, the development of an internationally agreed upon set of forest management principles, and the various certification programs currently underway. In addition to providing the most current information on the certification process itself, it includes a valuable discussion and analysis of the social and political context in which certification must function.Certification of Forest Productsbrings clarity to a highly debated and poorly understood topic, and is an important work for anyone concerned with deforestation and the methods available for addressing it.

Author : Francis E Putz,Claudia Romero
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786023870165

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Futures of tropical production forests by Francis E Putz,Claudia Romero Pdf

Forests are landscape-embedded complex systems with fates determined by multitudes of changing and interacting factors that are sectoral and extra-sectoral, biophysical and political, predictable and chaotic. The diversity of forest states (e.g. secondary, degraded, fragmented, invaded and managed) and the fact that none of these states is permanent gives reason for hope; even deforestation need not be permanent. With so many forest values recognized to different degrees by different people, the future of tropical production forests is likely to represent an ever-changing mosaic of a gradient of forested-type landscapes. To assure that this future is as environmentally, socioeconomically and politically sound as possible, researchers need to synthesize and evaluate what is known and then build on that knowledge while they continue learning. There is a critical need for interdisciplinary research at appropriate scales with the best designs possible to capture the impacts of relevant silvicultural treatments on the full range of response variables

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251305478

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Making forest concessions in the tropics work to achieve the 2030 Agenda by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The specific objective of these Voluntary Guidelines is to promote the sustainable management of public production natural forests in tropical countries through forest concessions, thereby fulfilling their potential contribution to the achievement of Agenda 2030. Forest concession regimes are treated here as forest policy instruments, and should be aligned with the sustainable forest management objectives agreed by countries in the UNFF. The current Guidelines intend to serve as guidance for making forest concessions an effective economic instrument of forest policy in the context of the 2030 Agenda, transforming them into an instrument capable of delivering sustainable forest management in all its dimensions, and generating socio-economic benefits to relevant stakeholders.

Author : Cristina Eghenter,Bernard Sellato,G. Simon Devung
Publisher : Cifor
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : MINN:31951D02269164M

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Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo by Cristina Eghenter,Bernard Sellato,G. Simon Devung Pdf

The sustainable forestry challenge. The failure of implementation of forestry laws in Brazil. Enforcement of forestry laws in Finland. Analysis and recommendations.

Author : Patricia Shanley,Alan Pierce,Sarah Laird,Dawn Robinson
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Non-timber forest products
ISBN : 9789791412445

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Beyond Timber: Certification and Management of Non-timber Forest Products by Patricia Shanley,Alan Pierce,Sarah Laird,Dawn Robinson Pdf

A focus on forest management standards. NTFPs within the forest management certification framework: chalenges and recommendations. Accessibility and applicability of NTFP certification. A Country case study: NTFP certification in Brazil. Opportunities and challenges of NTFP certification. Social opportunities and challenges. Market and economic opportunities and challenges. Legal and institutional opportunities and challenges. Broader applications for standards and certification. Collaboration and Harmonization: the way forward?.

Author : H. S. Gupta,M. Yadav,D. K. Sarma,A. M. Singh
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788179934951

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Ensuring Sustainability in Forestry by H. S. Gupta,M. Yadav,D. K. Sarma,A. M. Singh Pdf

Ensuring Sustainability in Forestry: certification of forests details the concepts and approaches required to meet the desired international standards of forest certification. It brings together important issues related to forest certification, which need to be applied and utilized in the context of forests in India in the present scenario. It also focuses on economic factors, greening of certification processes, and the interface between technical and business knowledge. Drawing on a wealth of information provided by valuable studies across the globe, this volume discusses forest certification and its impact on conservation and development of biodiversity. It is a comprehensive and detailed guide for forest managers, owners, and consultants; government foresters; and forest product traders.

Author : Abraham Guillen,Sarah A Laird,Alan R Pierce,Patricia Shanley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136555244

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Tapping the Green Market by Abraham Guillen,Sarah A Laird,Alan R Pierce,Patricia Shanley Pdf

There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics. This volume explains the use and importance of certification and eco-labelling for guaranteeing best management practices of non-timber forest products in the field. Using extensive case studies and global profiles of non-timber forest products, this work not only seeks to further our comprehension of certification processes but also broaden understanding of non-timber forest product management, harvesting and marketing. It should be useful to forest managers, policy-makers and conservation organizations as well as for academics in these areas.

Author : Erin O Sills,Stibniati S Atmadja,Claudio de Sassi,Amy E Duchelle,Demetrius L Kweka,Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo,William D Sunderlin
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786021504550

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REDD+ on the ground by Erin O Sills,Stibniati S Atmadja,Claudio de Sassi,Amy E Duchelle,Demetrius L Kweka,Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo,William D Sunderlin Pdf

REDD+ is one of the leading near-term options for global climate change mitigation. More than 300 subnational REDD+ initiatives have been launched across the tropics, responding to both the call for demonstration activities in the Bali Action Plan and the market for voluntary carbon offset credits.

Author : Laura A. Henry,Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197530252

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Bringing Global Governance Home by Laura A. Henry,Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom Pdf

The world's problems--climate change, epidemics, and the actions of multinational corporations--are increasingly global in scale and beyond the ability of any single state to manage. Since the end of the Cold War, states and civil society actors have worked together through global governance initiatives to address these challenges collectively. While global governance, by definition, is initiated at the international level, the effects of global governance occur at the domestic level and implementation depends upon the actions of domestic actors. NGOs act as "mediators" between global and domestic political arenas, translating and adapting global norms for audiences at home. Yet the role of domestic NGOs in global governance has been neglected relatively in previous research. Bringing Global Governance Home examines how NGO engagement at the global level shapes domestic governance around climate change, corporate social responsibility, HIV/AIDS, and sustainable forestry. It does so by comparing domestic reception of global standards and practices in the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). These newly emerging global powers, representing a range of regime types, aspire to become global policy makers rather than mere policy takers and have banded together through periodic summits to devise alternative approaches to economic development and global challenges. Nevertheless, these countries still engage the world primarily through existing global governance institutions that they did not create themselves. Ultimately, this book explores the interplay of international and domestic factors that allow domestically-rooted NGOs to participate globally, and the extent to which that participation shapes their ability to mediate and promote global governance perspectives within the borders of their own countries with varying regimes and state-society relations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P01067912T

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Developing Forest Certification by Anonim Pdf