An Analysis of Non-State and State Approaches for Forest Certification in Mexico
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Title: | An Analysis of Non-State and State Approaches for Forest Certification in Mexico |
Author: | García-Montiel, Emily Cubbage, Frederick Rojo Alboreca, Alberto Lujan-Álvarez, Concepción Montiel-Antuna, Eusebio Corral-Rivas, José Javier |
Affiliation: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Enxeñaría Agroforestal |
Subject: | State and non-state forest certification systems | FSC | MFCS | NMX-143 | |
Date of Issue: | 2017 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | García-Montiel, E.; Cubbage, F.; Rojo-Alboreca, A.; Lujan-Álvarez, C.; Montiel-Antuna, E.; Corral-Rivas, J.J. An Analysis of Non-State and State Approaches for Forest Certification in Mexico. Forests 2017, 8, 290 |
Abstract: | Mexico has had a non-state forest certification system under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) since it was initiated in 1993, and developed a new state-sponsored Mexican Forest Certification System (MFCS) that began in 2008. Several analyses have been made of FSC forest certification in Mexico, but none have summarized the new MFCS system or compared its standards with FSC. We compare the implementation of the non-state FSC market forest certification with the state-sponsored MFCS system in Mexico, and review literature on forest certification, focusing on all studies in Mexico. MFCS has had substantial enrollment of more than 902,802 ha by 2016, compared to 900,388 ha for the more-established FSC program. MFCS can be acceptable for stand-alone forest certification, and might be viewed as a stepwise path to FSC certification. The merits of both systems are analyzed in terms of standard content, likely sustainable forestry practices, access to markets, and community forestry enterprises. |
Description: | The first author expresses thanks to CONACYT for her doctoral-awarded scholarship (Grant 362184) |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080290 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/17609 |
DOI: | 10.3390/f8080290 |
ISSN: | 1999-4907 |
Rights: | © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
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