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Social impacts of the Forest Stewardship Council certification (Summary)

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Published 2014 by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Authored by Cerutti, P. O., Lescuyer, G., Tsanga, R., Kassa, S. N., Mapangou, P. R., Mendoula, E. E., Missamba-Lola, A. P., Nasi, R., Eckebil, P. P. T. and Yembe, R. Y.

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Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Sustainability Issues:

Child rights and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
Rights of indigenous peoples and local communities

Outcomes of Interest:

Access to health care
Community development and infrastructure
Education

Specific Themes:

Remediation
Workers

Sectors:

Forestry

Products:

Other forestry and logging

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 4 - Quality Education
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Africa

Countries:

Cameroon
Congo
Gabon

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This is the summary of a 2014 occasional paper that assesses whether FSC certification in three Congo basin countries (Cameroon, Congo and Gabon) has had positive impacts on working and living conditions of workers and their families, effectiveness and legitimacy of the institutions set up to regulate relationships between logging companies and neighbouring communities, local populations' rights and customary uses of forests. Resource available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). To access full article click here: http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/OccPapers/OP-103/EnglishSummary.pdf

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Social impacts of the Forest Stewardship Council certification (Summary)

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Published 2014 by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Authored by Cerutti, P. O., Lescuyer, G., Tsanga, R., Kassa, S. N., Mapangou, P. R., Mendoula, E. E., Missamba-Lola, A. P., Nasi, R., Eckebil, P. P. T. and Yembe, R. Y.

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Social impacts of the Forest Stewardship Council certification - An assessment in the Congo basin

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Published 2014 by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Authored by Cerutti, P. O., Lescuyer, G., Tsanga, R., Kassa, S. N., Mapangou, P. R., Mendoula, E. E., Missamba-Lola, A. P., Nasi, R., Eckebil, P. P. T. and Yembe, R. Y.

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