Conservation Tools and Forest Certification
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington, Seattle
Notes:
A brief overview on forest certification. Discusses the goals and objectives of forest certification; the major protocols being used; the costs and benefits; and the relationship of certification to other policy tools such as forest conservation easements, HCP’s, cost sharing, forest practice regulations and tax incentives.
Talk presented at Symposium on the Certification of State Lands, November 9, 2000, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 98195-2100