Measuring impacts of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) application on the economic efficiency of forest plantation in Viet Nam
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This study aims to identify the impacts of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) application on the economic efficiency of afforestation households in four districts Yen Son of Tuyen Quang province, Luong Son of Hoa Binh province, Thach Thanh of Thanh Hoa province, and Ba To of Quang Ngai province. The data for this study was collected from 346 households of which 173 households have applied FSC for their forest plantation, while other 173 households are non- FSC. The result from the propensity score matching showed that age, education, family size, area of forest land and forest plantation significantly relate to the probability of FSC application. FSC households have higher annual incomes than non FSC households. Moreover, the findings show that although FSC households have higher production cost per hectare than non FSC households, they have higher economic efficiency due to the higher productivity and selling price of FSC timber.
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Nghiên cứu được thực hiện nhằm đánh giá tác động việc trồng rừng theo tiêu chuẩn của hội đồng quản lý rừng (FSC) đến hiệu quả kinh tế của các hộ trồng rừng tại 04 huyện Yên Sơn thuộc tỉnh Tuyên Quang, huyện Lương Sơn thuộc tỉnh Hòa Bình, huyện Thạch Thành thuộc Thanh Hóa và huyện Ba Tơ thuộc Quảng Ngãi. Số liệu sử dụng cho nghiên cứu này thu thập từ 346 hộ trồng rừng, trong đó có 173 hộ trồng rừng theo tiêu chuẩn FSC và 173 hộ trồng rừng không theo tiêu chuẩn FSC. Bằng phương pháp ghép điểm xu hướng, kết quả cho thấy rằng xác xuất tham gia trồng rừng theo chứng chỉ FSC có liên quan đến các yếu tố tuổi, trình độ học vấn, số khẩu, diện tích lâm nghiệp và diện tích rừng trồng. Các hộ trồng rừng theo chứng chỉ FSC có thu nhập hàng năm từ rừng trồng cao hơn hộ trồng rừng không có chứng chỉ FSC. Mặc dù chi phí đầu tư mỗi ha rừng trồng theo FSC lớn hơn rừng trồng thông thường, tuy nhiên kết quả nghiên cứu chỉ ra rằng có hiệu quả kinh tế trên mỗi ha của hộ trồng rừng theo chứng chỉ FSC cao hơn hộ trồng rừng không theo FSC với nguyên nhân là do năng suất và giá bán gỗ từ rừng FSC cao hơn rừng thông thường.
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