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Forest Certification And Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: Assessing Awareness, Acceptance, And Educational Preferences, David Chester Mercker
Forest Certification And Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: Assessing Awareness, Acceptance, And Educational Preferences, David Chester Mercker
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In 1977, forest certification originated in West Germany through the Blue Angel Program by authorizing the use of eco-labels for certification of environmental products. Emerging as a tool to attain sustainable forestry, certification provided for a voluntary, market approach to sustainable forest management, rather than traditional regulatory approaches.
Forest certification moved swiftly into the global arena, and by the mid 1990s, it was a topic of intense interest in the United States. The situation for forest certification in the U.S. is somewhat unique because such a large percentage to total forest area is controlled by nonindustrial private forest owners. The …