An Introduction to Forest Certification
http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EC1518.pdf
Forest certification, or green certification is an attempt to identify forestland that is managed towards the goal of sustainability.
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Comparison of Certification Schemes of Interest to USA Landowners
http://sfp.cas.psu.edu/Certification_matrix.pdf
Matrix of forest certification schemes including sponsor, costs, etc. by program.
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Comparison of Two Forest Certification Systems & Oregon Legal Requirements
http://sfp.cas.psu.edu/publications.htm#compare_oregon
by Rick Fletcher, Paul Adams, Steve Radosevich. The purpose of the project is to document, compare and summarize the various standards and requirements of Oregon forest landowners under applicable state and federal laws, with two major, voluntary forest certification systems. It is not a assessment of implementation, but instead a policy analysis.
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Green Certification and the Future of Family Forests
http://www.vardaman.com/greensheets/greencert.php
Forest certification is a hot topic; it is difficult to pick up a forestry publication without reading about it. Most writers view it positively and think America's forests "need" certification. This is cause for concern because it is a huge assumption. It also happens to be wrong.
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Private Landowners Rate Forest Certification
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_vlosky001.pdf
Article on how forest landowners perceive forest certification
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Society of American Foresters Certification
http://www.safnet.org/certified/cfprogram.htm
How the SAF certifies foresters.
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Standards - Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fscstandards.org
Welcome to the new FSC Standards web site.
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Sustainable or Certified Forestry?
http://www.vardaman.com/greensheets/tms.php
In the past two years, "Sustainability", "Stewardship" and "Certification" have emerged as keywords in forest industry literature and media releases. The majority of forest industry 2000 Annual Reports contain at least one of these terms. At Timber Mart-South, we ask how this trend affects timber markets and what forces work to drive it.
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Understanding Forest Certification
http://sfp.cas.psu.edu/ufc_northeast.htm#ufcnortheast
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