Centre for Econics and

Ecosystem Management

Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development

Faculty of Forest and Environment

Alfred-Möller-Str. 1
D-16225 Eberswalde

+49 3334 657-178 - pibisch[a]hnee.de

Member of the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative

+++ 14 February 2020. Another paper communicating our research on boreal forest use under the FSC label (Forest Stewardship Council) has been published in Ecological Processes. The title of the study is Clearcuts and related secondary dieback undermine the ecological effectiveness of FSC certification in a borel forest.

Another paper on the ecological effectiveness with a special focus on the clearcutting practices endorsed by FSC was published in Ecological Indicators.

Our first paper on effectiveness of FSC was published in 2018 in Challenges in Sustainability. Amongst others, we concluded that large-scale clear-cutting practice within Intact Forest Landscapes, which means the logging of primary forests, feeds doubts about the consistency of FSC and its credibility +++

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