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forest certification in developing and transitioning countries
Table 4
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Lembag Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) comparison
Items FSC LEI
Standard
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More focus on conservation.
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Focus on TPTI (selective
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10 principles and 56 criteria cutting) and other forest
designed for global application. management requirements set
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Certifiers develop indicators by government.
for specific jurisdictions.
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Criteria and indicators are
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Focus is on the implementation tailored specifically to
of planning documents. Indonesian forest conditions
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Places emphasis on performance – 57 indicators (21 on production
and SFM compliance.
19 on environment, and 17 on
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Planning & monitoring should
be publicly accessible.
social requirements).
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Verifiers defined to check
that forest management
implemented according to the
standard.
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Emphasis placed on the system
applied by the forest management
unit.
Assessment
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Scoping is voluntary.
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Screening by Expert Panel I
process
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Assessments directly conducted (compulsory).
by the accredited certifiers.
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Scoping (compulsory).
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The weakest indicators are
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Public meeting and certification
subject to pre-conditions. monitoring is link with the
established FKD (Forum
Komunikasi Daerah / Regional
Communication Forum).
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Stronger indicators can compensate
for weaker ones.
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More criteria.
Decision-
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Decision to certify is
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Decision-making done by an
making responsibility of certifier. independent Expert Panel II
process
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At least two peer reviewers for based on data from the certifier
decision verification.
assessment process.
∑
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FSC not involved in the decision Application of Analytical
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making process.
Hierarchy Process approach.
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Assessors act as data enumerators/data
collectors.
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LEI makes decision to certify.
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