Vol. 57 No. 1 (2002):
Articles

Technical and scientific bases for the ecocertification of forest management

Orazio Ciancio
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Forestali, Università di Firenze.
Piermaria Corona
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente Forestale e delle sue Risorse, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo
Marco Marchetti
Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, Università di Palermo.

Published 2013-06-10

Abstract

Sustainable forest management issues and its links with ecocertification processes are discussed. The ideologica1 positions and the different approaches for the definition of sustainability and conservation criteria are firstly analyzed. The state-of-the-art about forest ecocertification systems and indicator systems is then synthetically illustrated. Finally, paradigmatic operational scenarios to which the forestry situation in Italy can referred are outlined.