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Training and capacity building

  • FSC guide for biodiversity management in small and low intensity forests

    D Robinson, P G George, T Rayden, C Stewart | 2009 | Forest Stewardship Council

    This new guide, produced by ProForest and FSC, is intended to help managers and owners of small-scale and low intensity forest operations maintain or implement the management of biodiversity and High Conservation Values (HCVs) within their forests. The guide is designed to help them meet FSC certifi... Read more

  • Meeting the RSPO certification requirements for the management and monitoring of biodiversity and High Conservation Values

    C Stewart, P G George, T Rayden | 2009 | ProForest for GIZ

    Guidance document designed to help smallholder groups and schemes meet the HCV and biodiversity requirements of RSPO certification. This publication was commissioned and supported by GTZ. Read more

  • Group Certification for Forests: A Practical Guide

    R Nussbaum | 2002 | Forestry Research Programme, Proforest

    With input from the Soil Association Woodmark Programme, the Rainforest Alliance SmartWood Network and SGS Qualifor. Read more

  • High Conservation Value Forest toolkit

    N Judd, R Nussbaum, S Jennings, T Evans | 2003 | Proforest

    The High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) toolkit was the first comprehensive guidance on the High Conservation Values concept. The toolkit comes in 3 parts. Part 1 gives a general introduction to the concept of HCVF and how different users can apply it. Part 2 provides a practical methodology to be... Read more

  • FSC briefing notes and case studies for smallholders and community forestry operations

    2008 | Forest Stewardship Council, Worldwide Fund for Nature, Proforest

    Proforest has collaborated with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to develop a package of FSC endorsed user-friendly information on topic of importance to smallholders and communities. The material is designed to be used by small forest owner associations, ... Read more

  • Assessment, Management & Monitoring of High Conservation Values: A practical guide for forest managers

    T Rayden | 2008 | Proforest

    This guide is intended for forest and land managers. It should help those interested in the sustainable management of forests and those committed to certification against the Forest Stewardship Council’s Principles and Criteria for Responsible Forest Management. This guide is intended to help with... Read more

  • A Sourcebook for Landscape Analysis of High Conservation Value Forests

    J Jarvie | 2003 | Proforest

    With input from Nigel Dudley and Ketut Deddy. The concept of High Conservation Value Forests (HCVFs) originated as a means to ensure that the most important forest values were correctly managed in the context of Forest Stewardship Council certification, and hence in individual forest management uni... Read more