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Forest Certification: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges for Sus Dev’t Frontiers in Forest Centenary Conference St Anne’s College, Oxford December 6, 2005. Ishmael Dodoo Project Manager, ProForest. Introduction. What is forest certification? Where did the idea come from? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Forest Certification: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges for
Sus Dev’t
Frontiers in Forest Centenary ConferenceSt Anne’s College, Oxford
December 6, 2005
Ishmael DodooProject Manager, ProForest
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Introduction
• What is forest certification?• Where did the idea come from?• Existing certification schemes• Case study: origin of FSC• Risks, opportunities and challenges• Key issues for consideration
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What is Forest Management Certification?
• A process in which an independent organisation verifies that a forest holding is being managed in accordance with a specified standard.
• A means of informing customers and consumers about the origins of raw materials used in products.
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What does it mean?
• It’s about a lot more than just timber production– Sustainable production of timber and
non-timber forest products– Conservation and enhancement of
landscape– Conservation and enhancement of
biodiversity
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What does it mean?
– Conservation of archaeological and cultural heritage
– Access and recreation– Protection of water resources– Supporting rural development
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Where has the idea come from?
• Growing awareness of the importance of forests for sustainable development
• Concern about the destruction and misuse of global forest resources
• Growing demand to broaden forest and forestry industry values to include social and environmental as well as economic values
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Genesis
• Environmental concerns of consumers
• Failure of governments to address deforestation
• Failure of boycotts of tropical timber to stop deforestation
• Environmental competitiveness in marketing mix
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Some certification initiatives
• FSC– Belgium– Denmark– Germany– Ireland– Netherlands– Poland– Sweden– Switzerland– United Kingdom
• PEFC– Austria – Finland– France– Germany– Ireland– Latvia– Norway– Portugal– Spain– Sweden– Switzerland
Europe
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• FSC– Canada– USA– Mexico– Colombia– Bolivia– Brazil– Chile– Nicaragua
• Others– Canada (CSA)– USA (SFI)– Chile– Brazil (Cerflor)– Malaysia (MTCC)– Indonesia (LEI)
Americas
&
Asia
Some certification initiatives
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Existing certification schemes
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative (AF&PA,USA)
• Canadian Standards Association• Pan European Forest Certification
Scheme• Forest Stewardship Council• Finnish Forest Certification System
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Certified Forests in the World by Scheme ( July 2003)
Certified Forests in the world by Scheme (2003) - millions of ha
21.9 FFCS
FSC 36.9
SFI 29.9
CSA 17.4
PEFC 47.7
Autor: Tasso Azevedo / [email protected] / p991151e
Case: Origin of FSC Governmental initiatives failed
Campaigns to boycott forest products did not have the expected effect
Certification is an alternative
Proliferation of labels
Source: GTZ
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Different interest groups
• Retailers: want to sell products and protect brand name
• Forest products industry: want to sell timber and paper products
• ENGOs: want to protect forests• Forest owners and managers: want
to make a living
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The Solution = Certification
• Produce an acceptable definition of good forest management - a standard;
• Develop a credible system to assess which forests meet the standard - certification;
• Source products from certified forests.
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• Market of a given region prioritizes the non-certified product
Risks of Certification
• Costs of adapting to improved management may not be absorbed
• Not receiving approval in the assessment and remaining exposed to criticism
• Not being able to maintain the certificate
Source: GTZ
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Opportunities in the context of Sus Dev’t
• Enhances of multiple forest benefits in environmental, social and economic terms
• Improves corporate social responsibility performance
• Improves resource governance and participatory forest management
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Challenges in the context of Sus Dev’t
• Lack of adequate capacity to understand and implement certification
• Certification is very expensive and does not always guarantee sustainability
• Understanding of Sus. Dev’t is not fully developed; linkages with certification is not always clear
• Forest managers do not always think Sus. Dev’t
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Key Issues
• How do we improve understanding of certification among information providers?
• How do we package certification/SFM info to make them relevant and useable by practitioners?
• How do we identify key thematic certification/ SFM issues for policy debate?
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Thank You!