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d. Purchasers implementing precautionary purchasing policies Purchasers implementing HCVF policies could utilise landscape-level information about the presence of HCVs, or use the nationally defined sets of HCVs to also undertake evaluations for the presence of HCVs in specific FMUs, or in setting precautionary purchasing policies. Many purchasers and retailers have complex supply chains and so would normally need either maps of HCVFs or possibly clear guidelines (rather than maps or guidelines of areas that potentially contain HCVs) that are recognised by a wide range of stakeholders. e. Investors and donors Investors and donors are increasingly concerned to provide safeguards to ensure that investments or donations do not promote socially or environmentally irresponsible actions from potential recipients. This might take the form of either screening potential recipients or introducing requirements that the recipients fulfil their social and environmental responsibilities. By concentrating on the most critical environmental and social values, the HCVF framework provides a potential mechanism for ensuring that donors and investors fulfil their own environmental and social policies The HCVF WG limited the use of the Toolkit in compliance with the 9 th Principle of FSC by companies undergoing FSC accredited certification. While the HCVF WG realized the potential applications of the Toolkit outside of the certification process, it emphasizes the importance of keeping the use of the Toolkit part and partial to the remaining 9 Principles of FSC which provide the full scale of checks and balances to responsible and sustainable forest management in Papua New Guinea. Any application or adaptation of the Toolkit outside of FSC certification would have to be done as part of comprehensive social, environmental, and economic sustainability criteria and would need approval from PNG FSC National Working Group. The Toolkit could be used for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with the FSC Controlled Wood Standards (FSC-STD-30-010 and FSC-STD-40-005), whereby non-FSC certified forest management enterprises and/or wood trading companies need to prove to FSC accredited assessors that harvest of this wood does not endanger HCVF, in order for it to be allowed to be mixed with FSC certified material (FSC, 2004). Use of this toolkit requires specialized knowledge of the conservation and social issues in Papua New Guinea which constitute the High Conservation Values. This will require an understanding of the uniqueness of forest areas, land/forest owners and the threats to their resources. Toolkit users would need to rely on national or international experts (scientists, research institutions, NGOs) to evaluate the quality of data and information on the conservation values in a particular forest area. 1.3 How was the Papua New Guinea HCVF toolkit developed? The Papua New Guinea HCVF toolkit is based upon an interpretation of the generic, global definitions of High Conservation Values by the FSC. The toolkit follows the methodology developed by Proforest 3 to interpret the parameters, values, and thresholds within the context of Papua New Guinea as believed appropriate within the country. The following table shows the steps, the tasks and the people involved in the development of the toolkit. 3
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. 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. HCVF working group, PNG FSC National Standards Working Group and other stakeholders HCVF Working Group and stakeholders 5 2 weeks August 23- 25,2005 2 weeks 6 October 1-12, 2005 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. i) Preliminary Final Draft presented at the Western Province Forest Plan meeting in Kiunga for further community consultation. During the meeting the HCVF working group plus all other stakeholders, both in the country and abroad HCVF Working Group, stakeholders and community 4
Page 1 and 2: High Conservation Value Forest Tool
Page 3 and 4: Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...........
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary The Papua New Gui
Page 7: HCV5. Forest areas fundamental to m
Page 11 and 12: Who are regional and national exper
Page 13 and 14: HCV1. Forest areas containing globa
Page 15 and 16: Within Wildlife Management Areas ti
Page 17 and 18: Compile ecological studies, if any,
Page 19 and 20: endemic species, as they are compil
Page 21 and 22: Rationale It is likely that many cr
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Page 25 and 26: Identify small blocks of forest tha
Page 27 and 28: Identification of HCV 3 Tasks Deter
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Page 31 and 32: Definition A forest should be consi
Page 33 and 34: Management and monitoring for HCV 4
Page 35 and 36: Employment, income and products are
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Page 43 and 44: Glossary (all definitions are taken
Page 45 and 46: Local endemics CA Management Plan P
Page 47 and 48: Bibliography 1. Anders, S.B., Banka
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Page 51 and 52: Appendix 1 - Critically endangered,
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Ecoregion Class Genus Species Commo
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Appendix 6 - List of Expert Consult
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Name Expertise/Position Novotny Voj
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Name Position Organisation Address
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Appendix 8 - The Vegetation Types o
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Table 2 Alpha code Classification o
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Appendix 9 - Threatened Trees of Pa
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Appendix 10 - Highly Threatened Spe
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Appendix 11 - Map of Protected Area
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