Forest Management Auditing Certification of Forest Products and Services

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.

1. Cutting-edge: sustainability in the forestry sector Lucio Brotto, Davide Pettenella and Alex Pra PART I: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR 2. Emerging policies and legality requirements: the initiatives of public institutions Mauro Masiero, Oliver Cupit and Davide Pettenella 3. Corporate governance and related voluntary tools: Codes of Conduct, Sustainability Reporting, Compensation and Commitments Aynur Mammadova and Davide Pettenella 4. Certification schemes and process Laura Secco and Mauro Masiero 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 PART II: STANDARDS AND SYSTEMS OF FOREST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CERTIFICATION 6. FSC® Forest Management certification Diego Florian, Ilaria Dalla Vecchia and Mauro Masiero 7. FSC® Chain of Custody certification Mauro Masiero and Diego Florian 8. Forest carbon offsetting and standards Alex Pra and Lucio Brotto 9. Woody biomass certification standards Ondrej Tarabus and Nicola Andrighetto 10.Certification standards applicable to Non Wood Forest Products Giulia Corradini, Enrico Vidale and Davide Pettenella 11. Fair Trade certification of forest products Alessandro Leonardi 12. At the frontier: towards Ecosystem Services certification Lucio Brotto, Alex Pra, Ariadna Chavarria and Alessandro Leonardi PART III: AUDITING TECHNIQUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR 13. FSC® Forest Management auditing Mateo Cariño Fraisse 14. FSC® Chain of Custody auditing Mauro Masiero 15. Forest carbon project cycle and auditing Alex Pra and Lucio Brotto 16. Auditing requirements of the Sustainable Biomass Program Ondrej Tarabus 17. Non Wood Forest Products certification and auditing Enrico Vidale and Sabrina Tomasini

Lucio Brotto is Co-Founder and Director of the Sustainable Investments Unit at ETIFOR, a spin-off company of the University of Padova, Italy. He is active in developing and auditing forest-based projects and has experience in Europe, Costa Rica, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cambodia and Vietnam. Typically Lucio is involved with sustainable planning and management of forests according to voluntary certification standards such as the FSC and carbon standards. Davide Pettenella is Professor of Forest Policy and Economics at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Padova, Italy. He has worked with numerous organizations including the World Bank, FAO, European Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ENCC in developing countries and economies in transition.