Forest Certification in Indonesia

Abstract

Although it is often viewed as exclusively a market-driven tool for sustainable forest management, forest certification is actually much more: certification encourages collaboration, facilitates conflict resolution, builds confidence and trust, promotes partnership, and--of course—promises a premium price. These elements of a vision are a challenge for both private and communal forest managers. Certification, at least currently, may be a tool for breaking the impasse in forest management and moving gradually toward sustainable forest management for industrial and community forestry.