Effects of acquiring FSC forest management certification for Japanese enterprises using SmartWood Audits |
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Authors: | Katsuaki Sugiura Takuyuki Yoshioka Kouki Inoue |
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Institution: | Katsuaki SUGIURA Takuyuki YOSHIOKA Kouki INOUE College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan |
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Abstract: | We explore the organizational, environmental, and economic effects of sustainable forest management (FM) certification by
Smart-Wood (SW), one of the certification bodies accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to carry out certification
in Japan. We closely investigated three enterprises: the Yusuhara Forest Owners’ Cooperative, Yamanashi Prefectural Forest,
and Ryujin-mura Forest Owners’ Cooperative. Interviews with representatives of these entities provided crucial empirical information
regarding the influence of certification on environmental assessment, rare-species protection, landscape-management planning,
management objectives, and forest supervision. Attainment of FM status improved environmental awareness and engendered positive
changes in assessing and managing forests and other natural resources but simultaneously imposed heavier economic costs. |
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Keywords: | forest certification forest management FSC required improvements SmartWood |
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