FSC reflected in scientific and professional literature
FSC reflected in scientific and professional literature
FSC reflected in scientific and professional literature
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Forest Stewardship Council<br />
Globally, <strong>FSC</strong> certified forests represent <strong>in</strong> early 2008 the equivalent of 7% of production forests.<br />
Table 1: <strong>FSC</strong> <strong>in</strong> figures (from <strong>FSC</strong> certificate database)<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> <strong>in</strong> figures<br />
end end Sept. 2008<br />
2000 2006<br />
Number of <strong>FSC</strong> members 357 647 811<br />
Number of <strong>FSC</strong> National Initiatives 19 39 53<br />
Regional offices 0 4 1<br />
+ 2 National Offices<br />
+ 1 Network Manager<br />
Number of certification bodies 5 16 19<br />
Forest area certified (million ha.) 24.4 82.6 105.4<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> Global South* 6.1 41.4 52.6<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> Global North* 18.3 41.2 52.8<br />
Number of forest management certificates 284 860 944<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> Global South 94 432 483<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> Global North 190 428 461<br />
Number of cha<strong>in</strong>-of-custody certificates 1’138 5’178 11’111<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> Global South 323 1’554 2’582<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> Global North 815 3’624 8’529<br />
No. of countries where <strong>FSC</strong> certificates are issued<br />
49 73 97<br />
No. of approved forest management st<strong>and</strong>ards 5 26 29<br />
* <strong>FSC</strong> Global North <strong>and</strong> Global South refers to the OECD categories: <strong>FSC</strong> Global South <strong>in</strong>cludes not only all the<br />
OECD develop<strong>in</strong>g countries, but also the countries <strong>in</strong> transition from the former Soviet Union, while countries like<br />
Australia <strong>and</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, situated geographically <strong>in</strong> the South are economically part of the “<strong>FSC</strong> Global North”.<br />
<strong>FSC</strong> has led the way <strong>in</strong> def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g responsible forest stewardship <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> cutt<strong>in</strong>g across historic<br />
barriers to create new levels of collaboration <strong>and</strong> shared commitment to forest conservation<br />
across social, environmental <strong>and</strong> economic <strong>in</strong>terests. An extensive body of <strong>scientific</strong> <strong>literature</strong><br />
has been developed over the years, which exam<strong>in</strong>es the impacts of certification <strong>in</strong> general. A<br />
smaller number of papers focus more explicitly on cases of <strong>FSC</strong>’s impact on forest management<br />
<strong>and</strong> on markets deal<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>FSC</strong> certified products. The <strong>literature</strong> covers a broad range<br />
of issues <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>fluence of certification on community forestry, impacts on workers, impacts<br />
on health <strong>and</strong> safety, <strong>and</strong> stakeholder <strong>in</strong>volvement, why operations certify, impacts on<br />
access<strong>in</strong>g markets, certification as a policy tool <strong>and</strong> the creation <strong>and</strong> effectiveness of nongovernment<br />
regulatory systems. This paper tries to make <strong>FSC</strong>’s impact on the global forest<br />
debate <strong>and</strong> forest stewardship worldwide more visible, through highlight<strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs of<br />
researchers conduct<strong>in</strong>g <strong>FSC</strong>-related studies all over the world.<br />
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