effects of forest certification
A symposium analyzing forest certification in 16 countries around the world will take place on Thursday and Friday, June 10 and 11, at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
Titled "Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Societies: Social, Economic and Ecological Effects," the symposium will probe forest certification's social, economic, ecological and environmental effects on forest-dependent communities, and on the regions in which they exist. The forest certification program, established a decade ago, is intended to provide market incentives to foster better stewardship of forests around the world.
An international, interdisciplinary team will assess the direct and indirect effects of forest certification on silvicultural practices, biodiversity and forest function, local communities, the transparency of policy making, market flow of certified wood products, illegal logging, and rural livelihoods in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, a panel will discuss themes related to forest certification that transcend regions, including incorporating local land rights, traditional land use, local economies and governance.
Visit the website at www.yale.edu/forestcertification/symposium for online registration, information on the 16 countries that were studied and a draft agenda. Or contact Elizabeth Gordon, symposium coordinator for the Yale Program on Forest Certification, at elizabeth.gordon@yale.edu.
The symposium is the result of a partnership between the Yale Program on Forest Certification of the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Tasmania in Australia and the Rainforest Alliance. The event is sponsored by GTZ, Rainforest Alliance, International Tropical Timber Organization, United States Forest Service-International Programs, the World Bank, the World Wide Fund for Nature, Yale Program on Forest Certification, the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, the Yale Council on Southeast Asia Studies, Forest Trends and South Cone Trading Company.
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