ABSTRACT

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 is a complete and up-to-date source of information on all aspects of developing, selecting and operating a forest certification programme that provides both market security and raises standards of forest management.

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part One|66 pages

How Forest Certification Schemes Work

chapter 2|7 pages

What is a Forest Certification Scheme?

chapter 3|14 pages

Forest Standards

chapter 4|18 pages

Certification

chapter 5|10 pages

Accreditation

chapter 6|15 pages

Product Tracing and Claims

part Two|56 pages

Forest Certification in Practice

part Three|16 pages

Existing Forest Certification Schemes

chapter 13|14 pages

Introduction to Existing Schemes

part Four|68 pages

Forest Certification in Context: Policy, Progress and Remaining Issues

chapter 15|10 pages

The Enabling Conditions Framework

chapter 17|10 pages

Phased Approaches to Forest Certification

chapter 18|5 pages

Capacity-building

chapter 19|5 pages

Small Forest Enterprises

chapter 20|10 pages

Selecting a Forest Certification Scheme

chapter 21|6 pages

New Applications of Forest Certification