Approaches to Measuring the Conservation Impact of Forest Management Certification

Sustainable forest management (SFM) certification emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as a mechanism to promote responsible forest use and as an alternative to boycotts of forest products amid growing concerns about forest degradation and destruction. S...

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Main Authors:	Romero, Claudia, Castrén, Tuukka
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Program on Forests (PROFOR), Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTION PLAN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AUDITING BASELINE INFORMATION BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BEHAVIORAL STUDIES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BRAZILIAN AMAZON BUFFER ZONES CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH CERTIFICATION BODIES CERTIFICATION BODY CERTIFICATION PROCESS CERTIFICATION RESEARCH CERTIFICATION SCHEME CERTIFICATION SCHEMES CERTIFICATION STANDARDS CERTIFIED FORESTS CERTIFIED TIMBER CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WARS COLLABORATION COMMERCIAL LOGGING COMMERCIAL LOGGING OPERATIONS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONCESSION CONSERVATION INTERVENTIONS CONSERVATION VALUE CONSULTATION CONSULTATION PROCESSES CONSULTATIONS CONSUMER AWARENESS CONSUMERS CORRECTIVE ACTION COSTS OF CERTIFICATION CREDIBILITY CROW DEFORESTATION ECOSYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS EVALUATION OF IMPACTS EVALUATORS FAIR TRADE FAIR TRADE MOVEMENT FEASIBILITY FIELD STUDIES FIGURES FISH FOREST FOREST ADMINISTRATION FOREST AREAS FOREST AUTHORITIES FOREST CERTIFICATION FOREST CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOREST CERTIFICATION SYSTEM FOREST CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS FOREST CONCESSIONS FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST INDUSTRY FOREST INDUSTRY SECTOR FOREST LAW FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION FOREST MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES FOREST MANAGER FOREST MANAGERS FOREST OPERATION FOREST OPERATIONS FOREST OWNERS FOREST POLICIES FOREST POLICY FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST SECTOR FOREST STAKEHOLDERS FOREST STEWARDSHIP FOREST USE FOREST USER FORESTRY FORESTS GENETIC ILLEGAL LOGGING ILLEGAL TIMBER INTEREST GROUPS INTERMEDIARIES INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION INTERVENTION INTERVIEWS ISSUES LAND TENURE LEGAL REGIMES LOGGING NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL FOREST POLICIES NATIONAL FOREST POLICY NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NEGATIVE IMPACTS PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES POPULATION DENSITY PREPARATION PROGRAM EVALUATION PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC POLICIES RAINFOREST RAINFOREST ALLIANCE REGENERATION RESEARCH CENTER ROAD TO CERTIFICATION SELF-INTEREST SOCIAL EQUITY SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL MAPPING SPECIES SPILLOVER EFFECTS STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SUPPLIERS SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS TEMPERATE FORESTS TIMBER TIMBER CERTIFICATION TIMBER HARVESTING TIMBER INDUSTRY TIMBER MARKET TIMBER PRODUCTION TIMBER PRODUCTS TIMBER TRADE TRANSPARENCY TREE TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTRY WILDLIFE WOOD WOOD PRODUCTION WOOD PRODUCTS WORKERS UNION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17782502/approaches-measuring-conservation-impact-forest-management-certification http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16498