FSC Forest Certification
Forest Management & Stump-to-Forest Gate Chain-of-Custody Certification Evaluation Report | PUBLIC
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corresponds to 470.03 hectares.
This is the only FME area which is not under the certification scope
because it is 137 km farm from Caçador. Therefore, transporting
this timber to the group industrial facility becomes economically
unfeasible. Therefore, the enterprise has opted not to include it
under the certification scope.
Control measures to prevent
mixing of certified and non-
certified product (C8.3):
Only one area is not under the certification scope. Such an area is
137 km farm from Caçador (Santa Catarina) where all the FMU
certified timber is assigned. The timber coming from this area which
is not under the certification scope is traded locally as uncertified.
Therefore, there is no risk of comingling certified and uncertified
timber. Additionally, the FME forestry database identifies that this
area in uncertified.
Moreover, there is a CoC controlling guidebook which describes all
the procedures that are to be adopted to identify and track down
FSC products from the harvesting site up to the legal possession
transference.
Description of FMUs excluded from or forested area excised from the scope of certification:
Name of FMU or Stand
Location (city, state, country)
Size ( ha or ac)
Estância da Cruz
Palmas – Paraná – Brasil
470.03 (effective plantation)
1.4 Social Information
Number of forest workers (including contractors) working in forest within scope of certificate
(differentiated by gender):
267 male workers
8 female workers
Occupational Accidents Frequency Rate (latest 12
months)
12.96
Occupational Accidents Severity Rate (latest 12 months)
544.35
1.5 Pesticide and Other Chemical Use
FME does not use pesticides.
Commercial name
of pesticide /
herbicide
Active ingredient
Quantity applied
annually
(kg or lbs)
Size of area
treated annually
(ha or ac)
Reason for use
Blitz
Fipronil
59.54
480
Combat to Ants
1.6 Standards Used
1.6.1 Applicable FSC-Accredited Standards
Title
Version
Date of Finalization
Harmonized Certification Bodies’ Forest
Stewardship Plantation Standard for the
Federative Republic of Brazil (FSC-STD-BRA-01-
2014).
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July 28, 2014
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