Evaluasi dampak sertifikasi Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) terhadap pengelolaan hutan alam di daerah tropis

Abstract

The purpose of this projectForest management certification is a non-governmental, voluntary, market-based mechanism designed to promote sustainable use of forest resources. It recognizes responsible management through independently verified compliance with agreed-upon principles, criteria and indicators that describe the acceptable ecological, social, economic and policy outcomes of forest management. The hoped-for outcomes of certification include maintenance of forest values (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem service provision), enhancement of the social welfare of forest owners, workers and local people (e.g., health and education, access to credit, increased assets), and improved financial and legal status of certified FMUs (forest management units) of concessions, private landowners and communities.This project represents the first field-based evaluation of forest certification carried out by independent researchers with the goal of critically assessing when, where, how, to what extent, why, at what cost to whom and for how long certification has changed the ways forests are managed. Included in this broad assessment is the question of whether, in response to certification, forest cover is maintained and whether and how local people benefit. These questions will be addressed as part of a theory-based empirical impact evaluation, employing both quasi-experimental qualitative and Core research team

Negative Emissions: Priorities for Research and Policy Design

“…Tropical regions are therefore the most attractive places for forest growth practices, because the combined effect of carbon sequestration and albedo change are assumed to lead to a net cooling (Kreidenweis et al, 2016). Whilst some authors have warned against potential side effects, such as food price increase and land use change (Calvin et al, 2014;Kreidenweis et al, 2016) of intense afforestation in such regions, case studies detailing such socio-economic impacts at the local level, are still scarce in the literature (Stoy et al, 2018). In many regional approaches, the role of water and land for BECCS deployment is relatively nuanced, because of the 2-fold flexibility of biomass feedstock supply.…”

Reconciling certification and intact forest landscape conservation

“…A challenge is to reconcile these approaches. Forest certification typically stands for land sharing as it promotes responsible forest management, allowing for the integration of timber extraction and forest conservation in the same forest management unit (Romero et al 2017). Yet, in 2014, the General Assembly of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) adopted a new policy of intact forest landscapes (IFLs) protection that leans toward a land-sparing approach.…”