High Conservation Value

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 […]

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    “We wanted to thank you for contributing to this work through your review of the draft document. This process was very helpful for us and significantly increased the quality of the final version.” – Ainsley Butler, Diamond Development Initiative