FSC reflected in scientific and professional literature
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3. Impact on forest policy: 3.3 Governments <strong>and</strong> policy development<br />
A new culture of multi-stakeholder processes<br />
“One of certification’s most relevant contributions to positive policy developments has<br />
been the <strong>in</strong>troduction of a new culture of multi-stakeholder processes that is characterized<br />
by an <strong>in</strong>creased awareness of SFM. New forms of dialogue have emerged where forestry<br />
issues are addressed at local, national, <strong>and</strong> even regional levels improv<strong>in</strong>g the transparency<br />
of forest practice, the underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g of what should be deemed good forestry <strong>and</strong><br />
the appropriate role of different groups <strong>in</strong> the process. This <strong>in</strong>fluence seems to have<br />
derived more from the outcomes related to the participatory processes for develop<strong>in</strong>g SFM<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards, than from the cumulative biophysical or sectoral impacts of <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />
certificates.” (Rametste<strong>in</strong>er 2000) 368<br />
Creation of <strong>in</strong>ter-sectoral dialogues <strong>in</strong> Russia<br />
Hirschberger’s study (2005) of certification reports from 12 Russian forest companies says <strong>in</strong><br />
the summary:<br />
“Another important improvement, which cannot be shown by an analysis of the CARs, is<br />
the creation of an <strong>in</strong>ter-sectoral dialogue between environmental NGOs, bus<strong>in</strong>ess representatives<br />
<strong>and</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration.” 369<br />
Measures to foster certification<br />
L<strong>in</strong>coln Quevedo (2006) 370 <strong>and</strong> other authors report that governments <strong>in</strong> some countries actually<br />
reduc<strong>in</strong>g regulatory requirements for certified operations, which partly <strong>in</strong>clude tax <strong>in</strong>centives<br />
for the forest management with <strong>FSC</strong> certification:<br />
368 Rametste<strong>in</strong>er, Ewald (2000): The role of governments <strong>in</strong> SFM-certification. In: Diskussionspapiere - Institut fuer<br />
Sozioökonomik der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft (Austria).<br />
369 Hirschberger, Peter (2005): The Effects of <strong>FSC</strong>-certification <strong>in</strong> Russia: an analysis of CARs. WWF Forest Programme.<br />
25 p. http://www.p<strong>and</strong>a.org/downloads/forests/fscanalysisrussia.pdf (as of June 2008)<br />
370 Quevedo, L<strong>in</strong>coln (2006): Forest Certification <strong>in</strong> Bolivia. In: Cashore, B.; Gale, F.; Meid<strong>in</strong>ger, E.; Newsom, D.<br />
(2006): Confront<strong>in</strong>g Susta<strong>in</strong>ability: Forest Certification <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> transition<strong>in</strong>g countries. In: Environment.<br />
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