Assessors

Improving Assessor Quality

The High Conservation Value (HCV) concept was created by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and has been adopted, referenced or adapted by a wide range of programmes including the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the Roundtable for Sustainable Soy (RTRS) and BonSucro. RSPO was concerned that the HCV concept was not being consistently applied […]

  • What people say about us

    “Matthew supported the HCV Resource Network with initial thinking on how to design a scheme for quality control of High Conservation Value assessments and we were greatly helped by his creativity, experience and in-depth familiarity with standards and verification procedures” – Anders Lindhe, HCVRN Technical Manager