Final month, the Thammampatti wooden carvings from Salem obtained the a lot awaited geographical indication (GI) tag. For the reason that sculptures can now be marketed higher, the query turns to sourcing high quality uncooked materials — the positive textured wooden ‘vaagai’, ‘mavilangai’, ‘atti’ and teak. These timber grown outdoors forests may be bought for commercial use beneath prescribed tips. However with dangers of exploitation of sources, authenticity of the merchandise and intervention of middlemen, the necessity arises for a certification.
Whereas the Tamil Nadu Forest division’s help in planting of timber outdoors forests (TOF) has created many patches of tree development outdoors notified forests, this repository must be used sustainably by hand holding small and marginal land-owners. Sculptors might make use of forest certification to advertise the GI tagged Thammampatti wooden, concomitantly including worth to comparable industries within the state. The significance of forest certification is available in as a advertising and marketing mechanism to advertise sustainable use and administration of forests and as a stamp of high quality for customers.
At current, the light-coloured wood panels and idols from Thammampatti have low capital funding with an enormous export potential. Forest certification will help increase demand of those wood artifacts in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Japan, South Africa and Gulf international locations. The handicraft business of Tamil Nadu to cater to the export necessities wants to provide objects selling sustainable and accountable commerce assembly international requirements. Although tree growers desire to not contain authorities to keep away from further fees, they’re find yourself with a poor deal because the export market insists on certified products, regular of which might assist present a facelift to the Tamil Nadu wooden business.
Such a certification might additionally assist streamline forest operations including to effectivity and better management of manufacturing processes. Agroforestry plantations in Tamil Nadu might use the chance of forest certification by neighborhood based mostly group certification, compensating farmers with a good value for the produce by honest value certification. Honest commerce certification reveals whether or not a tree producer is getting adequately and pretty compensated for his produce, it might assist small-scale producers obtain a good and secure value for merchandise. Honest commerce certification demonstrates the way in which of doing commerce, which relies on partnership, equity and transparency. In a bunch, it might additionally promote social justice, financial safety and sound environmental practices.
To make sure sustainable provide of wooden for the business, personal growers of timber want to return collectively and take duty and management the inventory of timber outdoors forests. There have to be a transparent accounting of the utilization, the speed of the wooden rising inventory and the quantity that needs to be repeatedly replenished. The neighborhood of tree growers, together with small and marginal tree growers, as a bunch might apply for forest certification thus lowering the price of certification. The small land holders rising timber would then be empowered within the administration of native sources, selling conservation and sustainable use of tree plantations outdoors the forests.
Many in India think about certification prices to be excessive for small producers and corporations. With a digital framework, small landholders may be grouped collectively to group certification scheme and multi-chain of custody certification could possibly be adopted. The chain of custody certification helps observe timber from the place it’s grown until it reaches the buyer. The chain of custody documentation permits customers to hint the origin of wooden and additional might measure change of arms at each step alongside the provision chain. Blockchain is the newest know-how development that has potential to fulfil the necessities of forest certification.
When bodily technique of promotion are on the decline and potential of worldwide certifications as advertising and marketing instruments have elevated considerably, the long run patterns of forest useful resource administration must be restructured by cellular governance platforms to construct a people-powered motion for timber to make sure an environmentally sustainable future. The best way ahead lies in agroforestry neighborhood, wooden based mostly industries, artisans, forest division and different stakeholders becoming a member of arms by a digital platform to develop worthwhile fashions to be used of timber outdoors forests.
(The author is an Indian Forest Service officer, Tamil Nadu cadre)
Whereas the Tamil Nadu Forest division’s help in planting of timber outdoors forests (TOF) has created many patches of tree development outdoors notified forests, this repository must be used sustainably by hand holding small and marginal land-owners. Sculptors might make use of forest certification to advertise the GI tagged Thammampatti wooden, concomitantly including worth to comparable industries within the state. The significance of forest certification is available in as a advertising and marketing mechanism to advertise sustainable use and administration of forests and as a stamp of high quality for customers.
At current, the light-coloured wood panels and idols from Thammampatti have low capital funding with an enormous export potential. Forest certification will help increase demand of those wood artifacts in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Japan, South Africa and Gulf international locations. The handicraft business of Tamil Nadu to cater to the export necessities wants to provide objects selling sustainable and accountable commerce assembly international requirements. Although tree growers desire to not contain authorities to keep away from further fees, they’re find yourself with a poor deal because the export market insists on certified products, regular of which might assist present a facelift to the Tamil Nadu wooden business.
Such a certification might additionally assist streamline forest operations including to effectivity and better management of manufacturing processes. Agroforestry plantations in Tamil Nadu might use the chance of forest certification by neighborhood based mostly group certification, compensating farmers with a good value for the produce by honest value certification. Honest commerce certification reveals whether or not a tree producer is getting adequately and pretty compensated for his produce, it might assist small-scale producers obtain a good and secure value for merchandise. Honest commerce certification demonstrates the way in which of doing commerce, which relies on partnership, equity and transparency. In a bunch, it might additionally promote social justice, financial safety and sound environmental practices.
To make sure sustainable provide of wooden for the business, personal growers of timber want to return collectively and take duty and management the inventory of timber outdoors forests. There have to be a transparent accounting of the utilization, the speed of the wooden rising inventory and the quantity that needs to be repeatedly replenished. The neighborhood of tree growers, together with small and marginal tree growers, as a bunch might apply for forest certification thus lowering the price of certification. The small land holders rising timber would then be empowered within the administration of native sources, selling conservation and sustainable use of tree plantations outdoors the forests.
Many in India think about certification prices to be excessive for small producers and corporations. With a digital framework, small landholders may be grouped collectively to group certification scheme and multi-chain of custody certification could possibly be adopted. The chain of custody certification helps observe timber from the place it’s grown until it reaches the buyer. The chain of custody documentation permits customers to hint the origin of wooden and additional might measure change of arms at each step alongside the provision chain. Blockchain is the newest know-how development that has potential to fulfil the necessities of forest certification.
When bodily technique of promotion are on the decline and potential of worldwide certifications as advertising and marketing instruments have elevated considerably, the long run patterns of forest useful resource administration must be restructured by cellular governance platforms to construct a people-powered motion for timber to make sure an environmentally sustainable future. The best way ahead lies in agroforestry neighborhood, wooden based mostly industries, artisans, forest division and different stakeholders becoming a member of arms by a digital platform to develop worthwhile fashions to be used of timber outdoors forests.
(The author is an Indian Forest Service officer, Tamil Nadu cadre)
