FSC Forest Certification

Forest Management & Stump-to-Forest Gate Chain-of-Custody Certification Evaluation Report | PUBLIC
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1.2.3 Conservation Areas
Total area of forest and non-forest land protected from commercial
harvesting of timber and managed primarily for conservation objectives
18,119.16 ha
High Conservation Value Forest / Areas
High Conservation Values present and respective areas: Units: ha or ac
Code
HCV Type
Description & Location
Area
HCV1
Forests or areas containing globally,
regionally or nationally significant
concentrations of biodiversity values (e.g.
endemism, endangered species, refugia).
There are some rare, threatened
and vulnerable fauna species in
some areas where there are
more developed native
remnants, such as the farm São
Francisco do Chapecózinho.
1,722.98
HCV2
Forests or areas containing globally,
regionally or nationally significant large
landscape level forests, contained within,
or containing the management unit,
where viable populations of most if not all
naturally occurring species exist in natural
patterns of distribution and abundance.
Some considerable large areas,
where it was observed a
distribution and abundance
pattern for naturally occurring
species, have been identified.
The areas are the following:
farms Amparo, Rincão da Roça,
Recreio 4 & 5 and Santo Antônio
do Salto
1,690.59
HCV3
Forests or areas that are in or contain
rare, threatened or endangered
ecosystems.
HCV4
Forests or areas that provide basic
services of nature in critical situations (e.g.
watershed protection, erosion control).
HCV5
Forests or areas fundamental to meeting
basic needs of local communities (e.g.
subsistence, health).
HCV6
Forests or areas critical to local
communities’ traditional cultural identity
(areas of cultural, ecological, economic or
religious significance identified in
cooperation with such local communities).
Total Area of forest classified as ‘High Conservation Value Forest / Area’
3,413.56
1.3 Areas Outside of the Scope of Certification (Partial Certification and Excision)
N/A – All forestland owned or managed by the applicant is included in the scope.
Applicant owns and/or manages other FMUs not under evaluation.
Applicant wishes to excise portions of the FMU(s) under evaluation from the scope of certification.
Explanation for exclusion of
FMUs and/or excision:
Adami S.A. has a leased area (registration 5,836) which lies in
Palmas (Paraná) and whose pine plantation effective area
X
X
X
X