wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

APPENDIX 52093. Quality of decision-making3.1 Before they develop peatlands do the supplier enterprises make adequateinformation publicly available and do they engage in adequate public consultation3.2 Are the enterprises’ decisions regarding the exploitation of mires and peatlandsbased on the best possible information3.3 Do the enterprises take into account the implications of their decisions for otherparties directly or indirectly affected; and do they take into account the effectson surrounding ecosystems, defined in the widest sense.3.4 Do the enterprises limit their interventions to the minimum necessary3.5 Have the enterprises located their extraction where it will cause least impact –could they or should they obtain their supplies from other sites3.6 Do the enterprises conduct their activities on the basis of sound commercialstrategy3.7 Do the enterprises operate on the basis of accepted principles of good corporategovernance3.8 Are decisions to exploit a mire or peatland taken on the basis of cost-benefitanalysis3.9 Do the enterprises take their decisions in relation to mires and peatlands inaccordance with the criteria outlined in Tables 5/3 and 5/44. Conditions under which peat is extracted4.1 Do the supplier enterprises operate in accordance with national land-use planninglaws and regulations4.2 Are the enterprises’ activities licensed. Do the enterprises act in accordancewith the licence conditions4.3 Do the enterprises operate environmental management systems4.4.1 Is every effort made to preserve the ecological processes necessary for thesurvival of species4.4.2 Do the enterprises seek to ensure, where possible, that any loss or damagecaused by extraction is reversible4.5 Do the enterprises- prevent- control- reduce- repair or- compensate forany damage consequent on peat extraction4.6 Do they bear the cost of these measures4.7 Do the enterprises seek to adapt their extraction processes to the naturalcharacteristics and constraints of the mires or peatlands