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The Forest Certification Handbook - 2nd edition
Ruth Nussbaum and Markku Simula
Earthscan
January 2005
Hardback 288 pp ISBN 9781844071234
£40.00
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First published in 1995, The Forest Certification Handbook has become the landmark book concerning
all aspects of forest and wood product certification from policy to business to in-the-field technical issues.
Yet since first publication an enormous amount has happened in the field. This new second edition
has been entirely rewritten to incorporate the changes over the past decade and to provide a complete
and up-to-date source of information on all aspects of developing, selecting and operating a forest
certification programmes that provide both market security and raise standards of forest management.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: How Forest Certification Schemes Work
- What is a Forest Certification Scheme?
- Forest Standards
- Certification
- Accreditation
- Product Tracing and Claims
Part II: Forest Certification in Practice
- Getting Started
- Implementing the Standard
- Getting Certified
- Setting up a Group Scheme
- Implementing the System
- Getting Certified and Making Claims
Part III: Existing Forest Certification Schemes - An Overview
of Existing Schemes
Part IV: Certification in Context: Policy, Progress and Remaining Issues - The Policy and Institutional
Context of Certification
- A Decade of Forest Certification: Impacts, Costs and Benefits
- The Enabling Conditions
Framework: An Analytical Tool
- Phased Approaches to Forest Certification
- Capacity Building
- Small Forest
Enterprises and Certification
- Selecting a Forest Certification Scheme
- New Applications of Forest Certification
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