FSC Forest Certification

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2. Description of Forest Management
2.1 Management Context
2.1.1 Regulatory Context
- Pertinent Regulations at the National Level
- Pertinent Regulations at the State / Local
Level
- Regulatory Context Description
The relevant national legislation to forest management
was evaluated considering the Brazilian Forest Code
(Law #12.651/2012) and other environmental
legislation (i.e. Law #5.197/67, Law #6.938/81, Law
#7.802/89, Law #9.605/98, Law #9.985/2000, Law
#12.305/10,etc.), operational i.e. Law # 5.868/72, Law
#4.947/66, Law # 6.496/77, Law #6.739/79, Law
#10.711/03, etc.), tributary (Law #9.393/96, RBF
Normative Instruction #971/09), labor and
occupational health and safety legislations (i.e. Law
#5.889/73, Decree-Law #5.452/43, Regulating Rules,
etc.). The framework consulted and evaluated during
the audit consists of federal, state and municipal laws,
as well as Decrees, Ordinances, Resolutions,
Normative Instructions, Regulatory Norms and other
legal instruments of the country. International
agreements and treaties on which Brazil is a signatory,
such as ILO, CITES, CBD, among others, are also
evaluated.
2.1.2 Environmental Context
Environmental safeguards:
Both measures and programs are implemented to protect fauna, flora, water resources, soil and air. The
measures and programs, in turn, are meant to safeguard the natural resources that occur in the FMU.
There is a patrimony surveillance system in place which is comprised by expert vigilance personnel who
patrol the FMU on a regular basis. Signs that inform and alert that illegal activities are not allowed are
placed in strategic places and at the farms entrances. Additionally, most areas are properly fenced. The
enterprise has a partnership with Santa Catarina environmental police to control poaching, fishing and
collect of materials.
There is a program in place to prevent and control forest fire. Such a program is comprised by the
following: (a) equipments (tank trucks, machines, mufflers, radio communication, etc.) and (b) a highly
trained staff to tackle eventual forest fire. Both firebreaks and roads are repaired constantly to prevent
fire from propagating to the preservation areas. Fire is not allowed to be used in the silviculture-related
activities and it is a key measure to prevent forest fire. There is an awareness program in place and the
neighbors are alerted about indiscriminate use of fire and its consequences.
The permanent preservation areas are interspersed with commercial plantation areas forming a mosaic
that is meant to even act as a natural protection against pests. The fragments are connected via external
ecological corridors which are meant to favor the biodiversity gen flow. The permanent preservation
areas and/or legal reserves are duly demarked before the plantation of the commercial areas. Such a
measure is meant to assure that the vegetation strips are respected as per the current forestry