(HCVF) Toolkit for Malaysia - HCV Resource Network

The types of HCVF areas defined by FSC are listed below.
HCV
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2
3
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
5
6
Element
Forest areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant concentrations of
biodiversity values
Protected areas
Threatened and endangered species
Endemic species
Critical temporal use
Globally, regionally or nationally significant large landscape-level forests
Forest areas that are in or contain rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems
Forest areas that provide basic services of nature in critical situations
Forests critical to water catchments
Forests critical to erosion control
Forests providing barriers to destructive fire
Forest areas fundamental to meeting basic needs of local communities
(e.g. subsistence, health)
Forest areas critical to local communities’ traditional cultural identity
The ‘HCV’ 1-6 numbering system used by the Global HCVF Toolkit (Jennings et al., 2003) is generally
accepted and is adopted for this toolkit.
The identification and management of HCVFs at the Forest Management Unit (FMU) level requires the
following steps:
1. Interpret the global definition (this toolkit)
2. Identify potential HCVF (desktop “preliminary assessment”)
3. Identify specific HCVF components in the field & through consultation
4. Zone HCVF areas, buffer zones and note compartments
5. Identify limits of acceptable change (LAC) for maintaining HCVF
6. Plan precautionary management prescriptions for HCVF compartments
7. Implement management activities
8. Monitor impact of management activities
9. Evaluate impact of management activities
10. Adapt management where appropriate
These steps fit into an adaptive management framework (Figure 1). Steps 1-6 involve planning, Step 7
action, 8 monitoring, 9 evaluation and 10 planning again.
PLAN
EVALUATE
ACT
MONITOR
Figure 1. The Adaptive Management Cycle.
A detailed approach to managing and monitoring HCVFs is given by the Global Toolkit.
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