Forest Management Auditing

Lucio Brotto is Co-Founder and Director of the Sustainable Investments Unit at ETIFOR, a spin-off company of the University of Padova, Italy. He is active in developing and auditing forest-based projects and has experience in Europe, Costa Rica, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cambodia and Vietnam. Typically Lucio is involved with sustainable planning and management of forests according to voluntary certification standards such as the FSC and carbon standards. Davide Pettenella is Professor of Forest Policy and Economics at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Padova, Italy. He has worked with numerous organizations including the World Bank, FAO, European Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ENCC in developing countries and economies in transition.

1. Cutting-edge: sustainability in the forestry sector PART I: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR 2. Emerging policies and legality requirements: the initiatives of public institutions 3. Corporate governance and related voluntary tools: Codes of Conduct, Sustainability Reporting, Compensation and Commitments 4. Certification schemes and process 5. Certified forest products and services: a market snapshot PART II: STANDARDS AND SYSTEMS OF FOREST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CERTIFICATION 6. FSC® Forest Management certification 7. FSC® Chain of Custody certification 8. Forest carbon offsetting and standards 9. Woody biomass certification standards 10. Certification standards applicable to Non Wood Forest Products 11. Fair Trade certification of forest products 12. At the frontier: towards Ecosystem Services certification PART III: AUDITING TECHNIQUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR 13. FSC® Forest Management auditing 14. FSC® Chain of Custody auditing 15. Forest carbon project cycle and auditing 16. Auditing requirements of the Sustainable Biomass Program 17. Non Wood Forest Products certification and auditing