Mapping certified forests for sustainable management - A global tool for information improvement through participatory and collaborative mapping

There are currently no spatially explicit, openly accessible data available on forest certification below national level, so understanding the drivers of certification in the past, examining the scope for further certification and using this information for development of future sustainable forest m...

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Vydáno v:Forest policy and economics Ročník 83; s. 10 - 18
Hlavní autoři: Kraxner, Florian, Schepaschenko, Dmitry, Fuss, Sabine, Lunnan, Anders, Kindermann, Georg, Aoki, Kentaro, Dürauer, Martina, Shvidenko, Anatoly, See, Linda
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.10.2017
Elsevier Science Ltd
Témata:
Accessibility
Certification
Citizen science
Collaboration
computer software
Decision makers
Experts
forest certification
Forest certification mapping
Forest management
Forestry
Forests
FSC
Geo-Wiki
Green parties
Information
Interest groups
Internet
Management
Mapping
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
PEFC
Russia
Scientists
stakeholders
Sustainability
Sustainability management
Sustainable development
Sustainable forestry
Validity
Visualization
Russia
Geo-Wiki
Citizen science
Forest certification mapping
FSC
PEFC
ISSN:1389-9341, 1872-7050
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Shrnutí:There are currently no spatially explicit, openly accessible data available on forest certification below national level, so understanding the drivers of certification in the past, examining the scope for further certification and using this information for development of future sustainable forest management strategies is challenging. Hence, this paper presents a methodology for the development of a global map of certified forest areas at 1km resolution in order to satisfy this information need. Validation of the map with certified areas in Russia showed reasonable results, but the lack of openly accessible data requires broadening the strategy for improving the global certification map in the future. Thus, the second aim of the paper is to present an online tool for visualization and interactive improvement of the global forest certification product through collaborative mapping, aiming at a range of stakeholders including third-party certifiers, green NGOs, forestry organizations, decision-makers, scientists and local experts. Such an approach can help to make more accurate information on forest certification available, promote the sharing of data and encourage more transparent and sustainable forest management, i.e. both producers and users can benefit from this online tool. •First spatially explicit global forest certification map at a 1km resolution•Validated using certified areas in Russia with an overall accuracy of 89%•Openly accessible via Geo-Wiki.org for visualization and feedback•To encourage transparency in forest certification with benefits to multiple users
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ISSN:1389-9341
1872-7050
DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2017.04.014