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The HCVF
National Toolkit
for Papua New
Guinea
Prepared by Ted Mamu
HCV Technical Panel Meeting
@ Oxford Hotel, UK
July 31, 2008

PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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Background Information
Where did HCVF come from?
What is the HCVF National Toolkit for PNG?
How will it to be used?
How was the Toolkit developed?
What is in it?
Endorsement & Launch of Toolkit
HCVF in PNG Forest Policies
Challenges & Next Steps

Background Information
Development of HCVF Toolkit was decided & agreed during a special
meeting held in 2004 facilitated by PNG FSC National Initiative.
It is the Pre-condition#3 of FSC International prior to accreditation be
effected
HCVF Toolkit of PNG was developed from ProForest Global template for
PNG Context.
Participatory/consultative approach involving various key partners rs and
stakeholders in the development of the Toolkit (c.12 meetings & peer
reviewing).
HCVF NWG composed of 3 CHAMBERS – environmental, social, and
biological.
There are 5 High Conservation Values (HCV(
HCV’s) ) in PNG Context.
Provides practical guidance to forest managers & other stakeholders ers in PNG
to identify, manage, & monitor HCVFs within FSC accredited
certification/time bound management improvement activities leading to FSC
certified forest management.
Toolkit is driven towards forest management certification.
Toolkit is intended to help forest managers comply with 9 th Principle of PNG
FSC National Standards for forest management referenced in current Nat.
Forest Management Standards for PNG.

Global to Local
HCVF Definition
Guidance
from
ProForest’s
Global
Toolkit
interpreted
in PNG
context
National
Local

How will it be used?

IN PNG
THE HCVF TOOLKIT IS INTENDED FOR
USE AT THE FMU LEVEL
FOR FOREST MANAGERS
and
FSC CERTIFICATION AUDITORS

IT WILL HELP
IDENTIFY,
MANAGE, AND
MONITOR
FORESTS OF HIGH
CONSERVATION
VALUE

How was it being developed?

Summary of the HCVF Toolkit Development
STEP PERIOD/DATE TASK/PROCESS PEOPLE INVOLVED
1 February 28 to
March 2, 2005
Preliminary first draft developed through a drafting
workshop on Motupore Island, Port Moresby. The
workshop was facilitated by a Smartwood
consultant.
Social scientists, biologists, ecologists,
foresters, cartographers,
cartographers, planners and
certification specialists from WWF-PNG,
Wildlife Conservation Society,
Department of Environment and
Conservation, National Forest Service,
Rainforest Alliance, FORCERT and a
Smartwood consultant
2 March 28 to April
8, 2005
i) Preliminary first draft field-tested with a small
scale community-owned logging operation
undergoing certification under the FORCERT group
certification scheme in Danaru and Kalifilum villages,
Usino Bundi district of Madang Province.
ii) A Smartwood consultant peer-reviwed the
preliminary first draft
iii) Recommendations/comments made by these
people were consolidated into a preliminary 2 nd draft
Expert field biologists and social
scientists, HCVF Working Group,
Smartwood, villagers in small scale
logging operation in Madang Province
3 Two weeks i) 2 nd draft report by the HCVF WG and was
presented to the PNG FSC National Standards
Working Group for their input and endorsement for
wider stakeholder consultation.
ii) 2 nd draft of the toolkit circulated for stakeholder
comments.
HCVF working group, PNG FSC National
Standards Working Group and other
stakeholders

Continued…..
4 July 15, 2005 General stakeholder meeting convened at Holiday
Inn, Port Moresby. Issues and concerns raised
during the stakeholder reviews were further
discussed with HCVF WG and incorporated into
working document.
5 2 weeks
August 23-25,2005
2 weeks
i) This revised 2 nd draft again circulated for final
stakeholder comments.
iI) This document also presented at the South-East
Asia HCVF conference at Bali, Indonesia.
iii) Document recognised as preliminary final draft
which was again circulated for final stakeholder
comments.
6 October 1-12, 2005 i) Preliminary Final Draft presented at the Western
Province Forest Plan meeting in Kiunga for further
community consultation. During the meeting the
issues of HCVF and forest planning were addressed
in practice.
ii) Final comments obtained from stakeholders and
HCVF NWG incorporated those comments into
preliminary final draft.
7 November 16, 2005 Final meeting held at Gateway Hotel, Port Moresby
in which the HCVF NWG incorporated the changes
and/or recommendations made by final peer
review.
8 November 18, 2005 Final Draft was reviewed, discussed, amended and
endorsed by the PNG FSC National Standard
Working Group at WWF PNG Country Office, Port
Moresby.
Thus, the First Edition of the PNG HCVF National
Toolkit was completed and ready for publication.
HCVF Working Group and stakeholders
HCVF working group plus all other
stakeholders, both in the country and
abroad
HCVF Working Group, stakeholders
and community
HCVF working group and stakeholders
HCVF working group and PNG FSC
National Standard Working Group

HCVF NWG
Sector
Contact Person
Organisation
Phone
Email
Biological
Ted Mamu
WWF 320 0149 tmamu@wwfpacific.org.pg
Environmental
James Sabi
Dr Osia Gideon
Alimel Bellet
Henry Kawas
DEC 323 0279 cons@daltron.org.pg
UPNG/Biology 326 7154 oggideo@upng.ac.pg
PNGFA 325 6399 abellet@pngfa.gov.pg
VDT 472 1666 henrykawas@hotmail.com
Social
Bazakie Baput
Simon Passingan
Elizabeth Tongne
FPCD 852 3536 bazakie@fpcd.org.pg
Barefoot 982 9758 barefoot@online.net.pg
ENBSEK 982 9525 widebay@global.net.pg
Betty Lovai
UPNG 326 0900 Lovaibp@upng.ac.pg

HCV5. Forest areas fundamental to meeting basic
needs of local communities (e.g. subsistence,
health) and critical to local communities’ traditional
cultural identity (areas of cultural, ecological,
economic or religious significance in cooperation
with such local communities)
e.g. areas that supply building materials,
traditional medicine, bush meat for Papua
New Guinea’s s rural majority
e.g. Ples Tambu or sacred sites in forest
areas around rural villages in Papua New
Guinea

Assessing HCVs
Preliminary Assessment
Full Assessment
Manage HCVs
Global data sets,
Easy-to-answer
questions
Detailed questions,
Judgement (NI or
expert)
HCVFs managed
to maintain or
enhance the
identified value(s)

HCVF Toolkit Endorsement
• Endorsement of
HCVF Toolkit by
PNG FSC NI on
March 12, 2008
• Publication of
Toolkit and
distribution to key
partners &
stakeholders
PNG FSC Secretariat at the launch

HCVs Included in PNG Forest
Policies & FMPs
• Provincial Forest
Plans
• National Forest
Plan of PNG
• Other relevant
forest management
plans &
environmental
standards
Stakeholder consultation during provincial
forest plan meetings

Challenges
• Use of HCVF outside of SFM and forest
certification
• Convincing large scale logging companies to use
HCVF
• Require strong political will to pursue forest
certification at all levels
• Understanding the use of HCVF in REDD &
other climate change initiatives

Next Steps
• Circulation of First Edition of PNG National
HCVF Toolkit to wider community on website
• Conduct field trials (small, medium, large scale)
• Simplify National Toolkit for focal audiences
• Preparation of photographic species leaflet
• Compilation of comments, suggestions, and
recommendations from forest practitioners and
HCV users for the second edition.

Tenkyu tru…..