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Rights &
Responsibilities
administrative or juridical liabilities.
ownership paperwork from the
properties that comprise the FMU,
namely the FME own areas and the
farms that are administrated under
leasing, have been made available.
For the leased areas, copies of the
registrations and the leasing
contracts have been presented.
However, when the leasing contracts
were compared to the respective
areas that are under the certification
scope, it was observed that, even
though the FME has responsibilities
over the preservation, such areas are
not mentioned in the leasing
contracts. OBS 2017-02
P3: Indigenous Peoples’
Rights
The FME does not border the
indigenous reserve; however, the
records of the visitations that had
been held to monitor the indigenous
population that was identified next
to the FMU (Xokleng) have been
made available.
None
P4: Community
Relations & Workers’
Rights
The enterprise provides several job
and training opportunities to the
local communities and residents.
.
The assessment observed during the
field inspection of the different
activities that the cooperators were
wearing the PPEs as per the
environmental risk prevention
program for their specific activities.
Moreover, it was noted that the PPEs
are distributed to the cooperators
without any charge and that the PPEs
delivery forms are signed accordingly.
The work fronts foremen and the
safety technicians are tasked to the
responsibility of monitoring whether
PPEs are being worn accordingly.
The following gap was detected when
the block Fazenda Cachoeira (Project
2007- Stand 21 L) was inspected:
 Two chainsaw operators
were working with their
visors raised next to an
operator who was cross-
cutting timber.
This is a risky situation that
jeopardizes the cooperators´ eyes
and faces. Minor CAR 2017-03