Abstract

Since sustainable forestry is a complex endeavor, paradoxes naturally exist in the certification criteria and indicators. There are different ways to establish the sustainability horizon and alternative harvest profiles that, although sustainable, may not meet specific criteria. The application of historic range of variation data and criteria must confront issues of time and spatial scales as well as how much human disturbance is natural. Defining “local” in the bioregional context is important for addressing socioeconomic criteria. The forester’s ability to deal with the self-contradictions in the criteria and indicators of sustainable forestry will improve with experience in the certification process.

Publication Date

2001

Journal Title

Bois et forêts des tropiques

Publisher

CIRAD: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT

Scientific Contribution Number

2079

Document Type

Article

Comments

This is an article published by CIRAD: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT in Bois et forêts des tropiques in 2001, available online: http://bft.cirad.fr/revues/notice_en.php?dk=483446

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