Progress towards a national HCV interpretation for Brazil

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Proforest is a unique, non-profit group. We support companies, governments, civil society and other organisations to work towards the responsible production and sourcing of agricultural and forest commodities.

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At Proforest we’re passionate about helping people produce and source agricultural and forest commodities responsibly. That’s why we support companies throughout supply chains to have positive social and environmental outcomes in the places where commodities are produced.

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Our work supports agricultural commodity production and sourcing that can deliver positive social and environmental outcomes. This means working with producers and supply chains to have positive impacts for the people and places where commodities are produced.

Progress towards a national HCV interpretation for Brazil

The Global HCV toolkit gives an overview of the High Conservation Value concept and how different users can apply it. HCVs are, however, best identified at the national level. Many countries have already established National Interpretations of HCVs. A workshop held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2013 on practical experiences of working with HCVs identified the need for a national interpretation for Brazil.

The workshop in December was attended by over 30 people representing certification schemes, NGOs, certifying bodies, consultants, universities and other organizations from a variety of different agricultural commodity sectors, including Forestry, Oil Palm, Sugar and Soy. The discussions focused on the main challenges in using the HCV concept in Brazil, including the experiences of small producers, as well as on the creation of a working group to start the development of the national interpretation.

The main outcome was a proposal to create the Brazilian HCV Working Group, with a wider Advisory Group, composed of an array of stakeholders working with HCVs, and an executive group of 7 representatives, to develop a proposal for the process of national Interpretation, based broadly on the discussions held at this event.