Forest Management Auditing: Certification of Forest Products and Services

ISBN-13: 9781138816671 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 264 str.

Opis

Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and chain of custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, non-timber forest products, wood energy and fair trade certification. Forest managers, auditors and project developers require a range of skills, capacities and expertise to monitor these issues. This book outlines the market-based tools that are required by such professionals to ensure corporate social responsibility in the forestry sector.

It shows how a mutual learning process between established forest certification processes and innovative markets is needed. It addresses key topics such as the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and High Conservation Value (HCV) approaches, the role of independent certification versus due diligence process and the engagement of smallholders and SMEs. Beginning with a market and policy analysis, the book fosters a deeper understanding of standards, methodologies and auditing techniques. Numerous case studies are included from a wide range of contexts, including both temperate and tropical forests, developed and developing countries. Overall, the book analyses all the steps towards forest management and forest products and services certification.

Spis treści

1. Cutting-edge: sustainability in the forestry sector  PART I: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR  2. Emerging policies and legality requirements: the initiatives of public institutions  3. Corporate governance and related voluntary tools: Codes of Conduct, Sustainability Reporting, Compensation and Commitments  4. Certification schemes and process  5. Certified forest products and services: a market snapshot  PART II: STANDARDS AND SYSTEMS OF FOREST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CERTIFICATION  6. FSC® Forest Management certification  7. FSC® Chain of Custody certification  8. Forest carbon offsetting and standards  9. Woody biomass certification standards  10. Certification standards applicable to Non Wood Forest Products  11. Fair Trade certification of forest products  12. At the frontier: towards Ecosystem Services certification  PART III: AUDITING TECHNIQUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR  13. FSC® Forest Management auditing  14. FSC® Chain of Custody auditing  15. Forest carbon project cycle and auditing  16. Auditing requirements of the Sustainable Biomass Program  17. Non Wood Forest Products certification and auditing