Timber Production Cost and Profit Functions for Community Forests in Mexico

Cubbage, Frederick W.; Davis, Richard; Paredes, Diana Rodríguez; Elsin, Yoanna Kraus; Mollenhauer, Ramon; Frey, Gregory E.

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“…In addition, some studies indicated that cost data was treated confidentially and as proprietary [105] or was not fully reported [116]. Despite this, most studies assessed perceived rather than actual on-theground impacts; only a few studies measured and reported the costs of forest certification based on actual organizational data [99,109,120,129,131]. While qualitative information can provide important insight into the local context and stakeholders' perceptions, the reliance on qualitative data creates a certain bias, e.g., linked to the researcher or participant.…”

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Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Wolff

Schweinle

2022

Forests

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In the face of accelerating forest degradation and deforestation, forest certification emerged in the early 1990s as a voluntary and market-based mechanism to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. A key goal of forest certification is to reduce forest degradation and deforestation while enhancing forest enterprises’ economic viability. However, whether forest certification contributes to meeting such goals is unclear. We conducted a systematic literature review on such impacts, reviewing empirical studies published between 1993 and 2021 regarding the impact of forest certification on forest degradation, deforestation, and economic viability. Drawing on 98 empirical studies, we analyzed these impacts and provide an overview of the studies’ findings in terms of geographical distribution, indicators considered, and the certification schemes assessed. We found that the impact of forest certification on deforestation has been specifically understudied (n = 11) compared to forest degradation (n = 42) and economic viability (n = 45). On deforestation, studies have focused on Africa (45%) and South America (36%); on forest degradation, studies have focused on Europe (40%) and Asia (20%); on economic viability, studies have focused on Asia (33%), Europe (33%) and South America (20%). We found positive-neutral (54%; 46%) impacts on deforestation, positive-neutral-mixed (70%; 21%; 9%) impacts on forest degradation and positive-negative-mixed (50%; 33%; 17%) impacts on economic viability. We did not find clear evidence that impact is linked to a specific region or certification scheme. However, scarce evidence on the impacts of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), the application of various methods, and site-specific indicators in the individual studies challenge such comparison and hamper the generalization of findings. This systematic review provides an overview of the state-of-the-art research on the effectiveness and economic viability of forest certification, evaluates and discusses the current evidence base, and concludes with future research lines.

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Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Wolff

Schweinle

2022

Forests

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“…There are two approaches to participatory forest management. Joint forest management https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss3/art6/ Blomley and Ramadhani 2006, Macqueen 2013, Anderson et al 2015, Cubbage et al 2015, de Jong et al 2016, Sanchez Badini et al 2018, Segura Warnholtz et al 2020 The ability to produce diverse forest products Foundjem-Tita et al 2018 A positive business environment in which to operate Cubbage et al 2015, de Jong et al 2016, Sanchez Badini et al 2018, Gnych et al 2020 Favorable market conditions for the product being sold and access to markets Gilmour 2016, Sanchez Badini et al 2018, Segura Warnholtz et al 2020 High-capacity community-level organizations for managing the enterprise occurs when communities enter into a joint forest management agreement with the central government or local district council to co-manage a government-designated forest reserve. Community-based forest management occurs when communities designate "village land forest reserves" on village lands.…”

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Community forests, timber production, and certification: success factors in the African context

Charnley¹,

Frey²,

Makala³

2022

E&S

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In Africa, forest tenure reform to decentralize forest management from central governments to local communities has been occurring since the 1990s to promote forest conservation, poverty alleviation, and sustainable forest-based livelihoods. African governments and donor organizations continue to invest in community forestry, raising the question of what contributes to "success." The present study examines social, economic, and biophysical factors that contribute to success, or lack thereof, in community forestry in southeastern Tanzania. There, community forest enterprises produce commercial timber from natural stands in community forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. We compare success across 14 certified community forests using local criteria, emphasizing total revenue earned because half of this revenue is invested in creating community benefits, which incentivize sustainable forest management. Our methods include financial analysis, analysis of potential linkages between success outcomes and attributes of villages and community forests, key informant interviews, and a survey of forest managers. We found that for community forestry with community forest enterprises that produce commercial timber to be most successful, success factors for both community forestry and small-scale, forest-based enterprises must be present and co-occur. In particular, we highlight the importance of having large community forests with a high natural endowment of merchantable timber species for success. A favorable national policy environment, good governance and support at the community and district government levels, secure tenure, tangible benefits, and long-term technical and financial support from a local organization were also important. In addition, we examine the role of forest certification in contributing to success, finding it does so by reinforcing many other success factors. We draw insights from the Tanzanian case that may be relevant for community forestry elsewhere in Africa where community forest enterprises producing commercial timber operate or are desired.

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“…En este sentido uno de los sectores que ha mantenido interés de análisis en el país es el sector de producción de madera, cuyos estudios se han enfocado en un análisis del comportamiento descriptivo y económico del sector nivel internacional (Frey et al 2019, Cubbage, et al 2015Rivas, et al 2018;Sánchez, et. al, 2021) como a nivel nacional (Estrada, 2018;Holguín y Delgado, 2018;Jácome et.…”

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Estimación de las brechas de productividad en el Ecuador del sector de producción de madera y fabricación de productos de madera. Periodo 2012 a 2021

Vallejo-Carvallo,

Sarmiento-Moscoso

2023

IRJ

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Analizar las diferencias en la productividad ha sido un tema de interés en los últimos años en Ecuador. En donde ha existido un rezago y disparidades evidentes en materia de productividad en comparación con los países más desarrollados. Estas brechas se explican fundamentalmente por las diferencias en la estructura productiva de los territorios. Por ejemplo, la presencia y participación de sectores intensivos en tecnología. Por lo tanto, el propósito de este estudio es examinar las brechas productivas en el sector C16 (producción de madera) de Ecuador. Para lo cual, se estimó la función de producción Cobb Douglas empleando las variables ventas, activo fijo neto e insumos intermedios, utilizando el enfoque GMM-SYS para abordar la simultaneidad y endogeneidad que puedan surgir al analizar los datos. En este sentido se calcularon las brechas productivas del sector, determinando que el factor que más contribuye a los ingresos por ventas de las empresas es el número de empleados, seguido del activo fijo neto y, por último, los insumos intermedios. La productividad de factores revela picos significativos entre los años 2018 y 2021, lo que indica una marcada disminución en la productividad del sector en ese periodo. Los resultados destacan la importancia de aumentar la productividad en empresas, especialmente, en las pequeñas y medianas mediante la aplicación del uso de prácticas de gestión efectivas, la adopción de la tecnología adecuada y acceso a recursos financieros.

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Timber Production Cost and Profit Functions for Community Forests in Mexico

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Community forests, timber production, and certification: success factors in the African context

Estimación de las brechas de productividad en el Ecuador del sector de producción de madera y fabricación de productos de madera. Periodo 2012 a 2021

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