Certification rewards stewardship and assures future markets for Montana timber
| dc.contributor.author | University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-28T00:53:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-28T00:53:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description | 2 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Ecologically sound practices often cost landowners more than less environmentally friendly tactics. However, some consumers are willing to pay more for the assurance of production practices they value. Third-party certification is a way to acknowledge sustainable production practices beyond what is required by law. The market for such products is often new and relatively small, but one company is betting that in the future, certification will be essential to market access. A certified timber company and sawmill in Northwest Montana is using log-buying policies to incentivize certified sustainable forestry practices on private lands. Stewardship is rewarded, and both landowners and the mill benefit by being better prepared in evolving markets. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This fact sheet series is part of a multi-state research collaboration involving Oregon State University, University of Oregon, and Sustainable Northwest, with funding from the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture, Grant #2009-85211-06102-C0405A. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/19585 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Payments for ecosystem services fact sheet series;fact sheet 4 | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.title | Certification rewards stewardship and assures future markets for Montana timber | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |