Forest Management Auditing: Certification of Forest Products and Services (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management)

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-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification. Forest managers, auditors and project developers require a new 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 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 in developed and developing countries. Overall, the book analyses all the steps towards forest management and forest products and services certification. Series page 3 TItle page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of figures 9 List of tables 10 List of boxes 12 List of acronyms and abbreviations 14 List of contributors 16 1 Cutting edge: sustainability in the forestry sector • Lucio Brotto, Davide Pettenella and Alex Pra 18 Part 1: Corporate social responsibility in the forestry sector 28 2 Emerging policies and legality requirements: the initiatives of public institutions • Mauro Masiero, Oliver Cupit and Davide Pettenella 30 3 Corporate governance andr elated voluntary tools: codes of conduct, sustainability reporting, compensation and commitments • Aynur Mammadova and Davide Pettenella 48 4 Certification schemes and processes • Laura Secco and Mauro Masiero 59 5 Certified forest products and services: a market snapshot • Lucio Brotto, Diego Florian, Enrico Vidale, Alex Pra, Nicola Andrighetto, Ariadna Chavarria, Giulia Corradini and Alessandro Leonardi 74 Part 2: Standards and systems of forest products and services certification 96 6 FSC® Forest Management Certification • Diego Florian, Ilaria Dalla Vecchiaand Mauro Masiero 98 7 FSC® Chain of Custody certification • Mauro Masiero and Diego Florian 110 8 Forest carbon offsetting and standards • Alex Pra and Lucio Brotto 130 9 Woody biomass certification standards • Ondřej Tarabus and Nicola Andrighetto 155 10 Certification standards applicable to Non-Wood Forest Products • Giulia Corradini, Enrico Vidale and Davide Pettenella 164 11 Fair Trade certification of forest products • Alessandro Leonardi 179 12 At the frontier: towards ecosystem services certification • Lucio Brotto, Alex Pra, Ariadna Chavarria and Alessandro Leonardi 189 Part 3: Auditing techniques in the forest sector 202 13 FSC® forest management auditing • Mateo Cariño Fraisse 204 14 FSC® Chain of Custody auditing • Mauro Masiero 218 15 Forest carbon project cycle and auditing • Alex Pra and Lucio Brotto 232 16 Auditing requirements of the Sustainable Biomass Program • Ondřej Tarabus 251 17 Non-Wood Forest Products certification and auditing • Enrico Vidale and Sabrina Tomasini 257 Index 275