Forest Certification in Sustainable Development: Healing the Landscape

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CRC Press, 2000 M09 27 - 256 pages
From recycled products to organic food, the movement to be "environmentally friendly" is now expanding into the forestry field. Recognizing this impact, Home Depot has committed to giving preference to selling "certified wood," proven to come from forests that meet certain biological and social sustainablility standards. Retailers and vendors can o
 

Contents

Introduction
1
An Overview
15
2 Certification and Trusteeship
57
3 The History of Forest Certification
83
4 How the Certification Process Works
95
5 Some of the Common Problems Encountered during the Certification Process
187
Endnotes
229
Appendices
233
Back Cover
236
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Walter Smith, Chris Maser

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