Ruth Nussbaum is Director of ProForest. Markku Simula is a senior consultant, member of the Board of Directors of Indufor and an external adviser on the State of the World's Forests for the FAO

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• Introduction * Part I: How Forest Certification Schemes Work * What is a Forest Certification Scheme? * Forest Standards * Certification * Accreditation * Product Tracing and Claims * Part II: Forest Certification in Practice * Getting Started * Implementing the Standard * Getting Certified * Setting up a Group Scheme * Implementing the System * Getting Certified and Making Claims * Part III: Existing Forest Certification Schemes * Introduction to Existing Schemes * Part IV: Certification in Context: Policy, Progress and Remaining Issues * Policy and the Institutional Context of Certification * The Enabling Conditions Framework * The Impacts, Costs and Benefits of Forest Certification * Phased Approaches to Forest Certification * Capacity Building * Small Forest Enterprises * Selecting a Forest Certification Scheme * New Applications of Forest Certification * Appendix 1: Overview of Existing Schemes * Appendix 2: Sources of Information * Glossary * References * Index

Ruth Nussbaum is Director of ProForest. Markku Simula is a senior consultant, member of the Board of Directors of Indufor and an external adviser on the State of the World's Forests for the FAO

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• Introduction * Part I: How Forest Certification Schemes Work * What is a Forest Certification Scheme? * Forest Standards * Certification * Accreditation * Product Tracing and Claims * Part II: Forest Certification in Practice * Getting Started * Implementing the Standard * Getting Certified * Setting up a Group Scheme * Implementing the System * Getting Certified and Making Claims * Part III: Existing Forest Certification Schemes * Introduction to Existing Schemes * Part IV: Certification in Context: Policy, Progress and Remaining Issues * Policy and the Institutional Context of Certification * The Enabling Conditions Framework * The Impacts, Costs and Benefits of Forest Certification * Phased Approaches to Forest Certification * Capacity Building * Small Forest Enterprises * Selecting a Forest Certification Scheme * New Applications of Forest Certification * Appendix 1: Overview of Existing Schemes * Appendix 2: Sources of Information * Glossary * References * Index

Ruth Nussbaum is Director of ProForest. Markku Simula is a senior consultant, member of the Board of Directors of Indufor and an external adviser on the State of the World's Forests for the FAO

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• Introduction * Part I: How Forest Certification Schemes Work * What is a Forest Certification Scheme? * Forest Standards * Certification * Accreditation * Product Tracing and Claims * Part II: Forest Certification in Practice * Getting Started * Implementing the Standard * Getting Certified * Setting up a Group Scheme * Implementing the System * Getting Certified and Making Claims * Part III: Existing Forest Certification Schemes * Introduction to Existing Schemes * Part IV: Certification in Context: Policy, Progress and Remaining Issues * Policy and the Institutional Context of Certification * The Enabling Conditions Framework * The Impacts, Costs and Benefits of Forest Certification * Phased Approaches to Forest Certification * Capacity Building * Small Forest Enterprises * Selecting a Forest Certification Scheme * New Applications of Forest Certification * Appendix 1: Overview of Existing Schemes * Appendix 2: Sources of Information * Glossary * References * Index