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The biodiversity of tropical forests represent the richest form of terrestrial ecosystem worldwide, being home to 50 % of all species, with the majority located in South America, the Congo Basin and the Asia-Pacific. Against this background, the development of new forest relevant standard initiatives becomes increasingly important for the maintenance of tropical forests and their biodiversity, especially for the interface between forest area and agricultural land.
This chapter is based on the GIZ Study: Scaling up impacts of forest relevant initiatives to the maintenance of tropical forests and their values, by Alexander Hinrichs, Heiko Liedeker, Liviu Amariei.
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recommends that in the context of conformity assessment the term ‘sustainability’ should not be used, and no claims should be made with regards to achieving sustainability. This is the reason why some forest related standard initiatives have opted for using terms like ‘responsible forest management’ rather than ‘sustainable forest management’. However, in this context, the term ‘sustainable forest management’ is used in accordance with the German Strategy on Forests and Sustainable Development (BMZ 2002).
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It is important to note that FAO considers forest degradation one of the topics where no agreed definitions or assessment methodologies exist. Therefore, the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 does not present figures on forest degradation. This is one of the topics that are subject to focused studies, with more results expected during 2011 (FAO 2010).
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Hansmann, B., Essel, S., Klose, S. (2014). Evaluation of the Interrelation Between Voluntary Standard Initiatives and Regulatory Approaches Relevant to Forest Management. In: Schmitz-Hoffmann, C., Schmidt, M., Hansmann, B., Palekhov, D. (eds) Voluntary Standard Systems. Natural Resource Management in Transition, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35716-9_12
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