The Perception Analysis of Forest Products Certification in the Wood and Wood Products Sector in Turkey

Abstract

Industrialisation has improved a manufacturing-oriented comprehension in the forest industry along with the entire industry sector. The forestry and forest products certification, which has been developed to ensure a sustainable development and to reduce the pressure of this comprehension on the forest resources, is gradually gaining importance. In this research, it is aimed to carry out a perception analysis of the wood and wood products sector in Turkey towards the forestry and forest products certification. Therefore, a face-to-face survey has been conducted in 131 managements operating in the wood and wood products sector throughout the country. In the survey, the problems, which are expected to be encountered with the effect of certification on sector employees, forestry activities, and forest products market, are addressed to the participants in such a way that includes the sub-propositions. As a result of the analysis conducted, a significant diversity is observed concerning the opinions of executives on certification and environmental certificate possession status of managements. It is confirmed that there are noteworthy differences in opinions of executives about certification in regard to target market status of the businesses. In addition to this, the location and activity area of businesses creates significant diversity in views of business executives towards the certification. On the other hand, it is understood that the operating period, number of employees and annual sales revenue of businesses don’t influence on the certification perception of business managers. As a consequence, it has been determined that forestry and forest products certification perception of the wood and wood products sector needs to be improved.

Keywords

• Certification,Wood and wood products sector,Sustainable forest management

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