CITES
Climate
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- CIDA Forestry Advisers Network. 2004. Forests, trees, and climate
change: Recent experiences in Asia. Ottawa: CIDA.
- Harmon, M.E., W.K. Ferrel, and J. Franklin. 1990. Effects of carbon storage of conversion of old-growth forests to young forests. Science 247, 669-702.
- IPCC's Good practice guidance and uncertainity management in national greenhouse gas inventories.
- Global Issues, Climate
change and global warming: carbon sinks, forests and climate change.
- Miner, R. 2003. Characterizing carbon sequestration in forest
products along the value chain. NCASI.
- Pew Center on Global Climate
Change website.
- Putt del Pino, S. 2006. Switching
to green: A renewable energy guide for office and retail companies
- Shugart, H., R. Sedjo and B. Sohngen. 2003. Forests
and global climate change: Potential impacts on US forest resources. Washington
DC: Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
- Union of Concerned Scientists. 2006. Recognizing
forests’ role in climate change website.
- WBCSD and WRI – GHG
Protocol Initiative
Efficiency
Deforestation and land-use conversion
Environmental Management Systems
Forest Certification
Forest Certification Comparisons
Selected list; certification standards and their requirements have changed over time, particularly schemes associated with PEFC. Thus, some comparisons might be
outdated.
- Alliance for Credible Forest Certification
- Auld, G. and G. Q. Bull. 2003. “The institutional design of forest
certification standards initiatives and its influence on the role of science:
the case of forest genetics resources”. Journal of Environmental Management, 69. Ecologic Institute for International and European Policy. 2006.
- Public
procurement and forest certification: assessment of the implications for policy, law, and international trade; comparison of major certification. Berlin: Ecologic.
- Comparative
analysis of the forest stewardship council and sustainable forestry initiative
certification programs.
- Ozinga, S. 2001. Behind the logo, an
environmental and social assessment of forest certification schemes. Gloucestershire, UK: FERN.
- Ozinga, S. 2004. Footprints in the
forest. Current practice and future challenges in forest certification. Gloucestershire,UK: FERN.
- Purbawiyatna, A. and M. Simula. 2007. Comparability and
acceptance of forest certification systems. Report for the FAO. Helsinki: Ardot.
- Rana, N. 2005. A comparison of guidelines
for the FSC and other standards of SFM. Washington DC: Pinchot Institute.
- UPM and WWF. 2005. Parallel
fields testing of forest certification standards. Finland: UPM.
- Wingate, K.G. and P. N. McFarlane. 2005. “Chain-of-custody and
ecolabelling of forest products: A review of the requirements of the major
forest certification schemes”. International forestry review 7(4).
Legality
Recycled content
- Bourke, I.J. 1995. International
trade in forest products and the environment. UnasilvaNo. 183. Rome: FAO.
- CEPI. 2006. Responsible
management of recovered paper: Guidelines on responsible sourcing and quality control. Brussels: CEPI.
- Center for a New American Dream, Conservatree, Co-op America,
Dogwood Alliance, Environmental Defense, ForestEthics, the Green Press
Initiative, the Markets Initiative, Natural Resources Defense Council, the
Recycled Products Purchasing Cooperative. November 20th, 2002. “A common vision for transforming the paper industry: Striving for environmental and social
sustainability”.
- Environmental Paper Network
- European Recovered Paper Association’s European declaration on paper
recycling website.
- FPAC information on recycling
- Ince, P.J. and D.B. McKeever. 1995. Recovery of paper and
wood for recycling: actual and potential. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL–GTR–88. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
- Metafore’s Fiber
Cycle Project.
- Ona, T. 2004. Improvement of forest resources for recyclable
forest products. Springer.
- Paper Calculator
- Recycler’s World website
- US Forest
service – Forest Products Laboratory.
- US Federal Trade Commission – Guides for the use of environmental marketing claims website.
- US Federal Trade Commission – A users’ guide to the language of recycling.
Social issues
Source reduction and life cycle analysis
- American Center for LCA
- CORRIM
- CSIRO. 2006. Furniture life cycle
assessment reportAustralian National Association of Forest Industries.
- Franklin Associates
- Gower, S.T., A. McKeon-Ruediger, A. Reitter, M. Bradley, D.J.
Refkin, T. Rollefson, F.J. Souba Jr., A. Taup, L. Embury-Williams, S. Schavone,
J. Weinbauer, A.C. Janetos and R. Jarvis. 2006. Following the paper trail: The impact of magazine and dimensional lumber production on greenhouse gas emissions: A Case Study
- INFORM
- ISO Standards on LCA (14040, 14041, 14042, 14043, and 14048)- (Available for purchasing at www.iso.org
- International Journal of LCA
- Life cycle assessment: Measuring environmental impact. USDA Forest Services.
- Metafore’s Fiber
Cycle Project.
- Paper Calculator
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory; U.S. Life-cycle Inventory Database
- Society for Promotion of LCA
- US Department of Energy – Industrial assessment centers
Special Places
Sustainable forest management
Traceability
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