1st Edition

Forest Certification in Sustainable Development Healing the Landscape

By Walter Smith, Chris Maser Copyright 2001
    256 Pages
    by CRC Press

    256 Pages
    by CRC Press

    From recycled products to organic food, the movement to be "environmentally friendly" is now expanding into the forestry field. Recognizing this impact, Home Depot has committed to giving preference to selling "certified wood," proven to come from forests that meet certain biological and social sustainablility standards. Retailers and vendors can offer certified wood through the international Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and FSC accredited organizations like SmartWood, recently featured in People magazine.

    INTRODUCTION
    WHAT IS FOREST CERTIFICATION?
    THE CERTIFICATION MOVEMENT
    FORESTRY AS AN EVOLUTION IN CONSCIOUSNESS
    PART ONE, A BRIEF LOOK AT TODAY'S FORESTRY
    CHAPTER 1, THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF TODAY'S FORESTRY, An Overview
    Defining the Problem
    PART TWO, SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CERTIFICATION
    CHAPTER 2, CERTIFICATION AND TRUSTEESHIP
    A Certified Forest as a Living Trust
    The Importance of Certification
    CHAPTER 3, THE HISTORY OF FOREST CERTIFICATION
    SmartWood
    Institute for Sustainable Forestry
    Forest Stewardship Council
    Things to Do Prior to Seeking Certification
    CHAPTER 4, HOW THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS WORKS
    In the Forest
    Chain-of Custody in General
    CHAPTER 5, SOME OF THE COMMON PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
    Forest Landowners and Forest Managers
    Forestry
    Environment
    Social and Economic
    Chain-of-Custody
    CONCLUSIONS

    Biography

    Walter Smith, Chris Maser

    "…I do not know of another book on this topic that combines the theoretical with the practical in such a clear and concise fashion. The book's content ranges from the visionary…to the actual mechanics of a forest assessment. It is [an] in-depth and objective clarification of the Forest Stewardship Council principles and criteria for forest management."
    -Hank Cauley, Executive Director, Forest Stewardship Council-U.S.