Shared Values | FSC Connect

Shared Values in the wider landscape

FSC, together with an advisory group of members, has committed a study to identify if and when we can consider intensified forestry as sustainable, (Forestry Intensification for Shared Value). Coming from this work, we found that implementing shared value can make intensification sustainable if shared value is considered at the landscape level, not just at the FMU level.

Shared values are the positive result of (intensified) forestry, such as in plantations, which are commonly recognized amongst the different stakeholder groups (social, environmental and economic) across the wider landscape.

How can intensification deliver shared values?

For centuries, forestry has been intensified but today, with the increasing demand for more forest products and the urgent need to protect our forests at the same time, FSC has raise the question – Can we provide renewable forest materials to a growing world population, and increase contributions to biodiversity at the same time? And in this process, how do we foster ecosystem services, community resilience, and protect the rights of women, Indigenous Peoples, and workers? Can we identify how forestry practices provide not only enhanced productivity but also positive long-term contributions to achieve Can we identify how forestry practices provide not only enhanced productivity but also positive long-term contributions to achieve environmental and social benefits in the wider landscape.

FSC, together with certificate holders, rights holders and other stakeholders is seeking ways to identify if and how we can demonstrate that FSC certified intensified production is advancing responsible forest management while enhancing shared values in the wider landscape.