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| Wong Abdullah, I.; Panchanathan, D. | |
| High conservation value forests (HCVF) in forest management practises and biodiversity conservation | |
| 2007 Conference Proceeding | |
High Conservation Values Forests (HCVF), developed by Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), was first published in 1999. HCVF are forests with environmental and social values, which are considered of outstanding significance or critical importance, such as rare species, recreational sites or resources harvested by people. By identifying these key values, it encourages good forest management practices and biodiversity conservation. To define the High Conservation Values (HCVs), it is important to decide on what the relevant forest values are and defining the thresholds for each value that would designate such value as HCVs. Forest management should be planned in such a way as to maintain or enhance the identified HCVs and put in place a monitoring programmed to check that this is being achieved. The HCVF toolkit provides practical methodology to be used at national or regional level or in specific locations. Beyond its original use, the HCVF concept is also expanded to a larger landscape level, which is relatively new. |
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