FSC in der Schweiz: Über den Markt zu Nachhaltigkeit oderüber Nachhaltigkeit zum Markt? | FSC in Switzerland: Sustainability via the market,or the market via sustainability? (reviewed paper) | Zendy

Luzia Bieri | Zendy; Claudia R. Binder | Zendy; Michael Stauffacher | Zendy

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FSC in der Schweiz: Über den Markt zu Nachhaltigkeit oderüber Nachhaltigkeit zum Markt? | FSC in Switzerland: Sustainability via the market,or the market via sustainability? (reviewed paper)

Author(s) -

Luzia Bieri,

Claudia R. Binder,

Michael Stauffacher

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

schweizerische zeitschrift fur forstwesen

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.189

H-Index - 10

eISSN - 2235-1469

pISSN - 0036-7818

DOI - 10.3188/szf.2005.0378

Subject(s) - sustainability , certified wood , certification , business , forestry , forest management , geography , agroforestry , political science , environmental science , ecology , law , biology

At international level, FSC certification aims at a sustainable management of the forest. However, forest owners in Switzerland do not perceive it in this way, as Swiss forest law already regulates sustainable forestry. Interviews with forest owners and managers of the canton Zurich sho wed that the main reason for certifying the forest in Switzerland seems to be an economic one, namely to prevent future discrimination against own forest products in the market.

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