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Title
High Conservation Value Forest Assessment, Clayoquot Sound
Author
Tripp, Tania
Date
2010
Abstract
To meet their certification obligations, Iisaak Forest Resources Ltd. (Iisaak) hired Madrone Environmental Services Ltd. (Madrone) to complete a High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) Assessment for its managed forest land in Clayoquot Sound. This assessment is required under Principle 9 of the Forest Stewardship Council ? BC Standards (FSC-BC, 2005). A previous HCVF assessment was completed for Clayoquot Sound by Rachel Holt, R.P.Bio. and Greg Utzig, P.Ag. in March 2007. Holt & Utzig (2007) concluded that the entire area of Clayoquot Sound constituted an HCVF. They determined that many of Iisaak?s strategies, goals, protocols, and practice standards were at a level sufficient to maintain the values identified in the assessment, but that some were insufficient or incomplete. This assessment builds on their work with the completion of a series of more detailed HCVF analyses, including some recommendations for completion by Holt & Utzig (2007). Our work focuses on questions raised through the FSC-BC Audit, which indicated that the Holt & Utzig HCVF assessment report was not complete and that it had not yet addressed some basic questions regarding Principle 9 (Moore and Dunsworth, 2009). Completion of this HCVF Assessment required additional public consultation from Stakeholders, Rights holders, First Nations and any directly affected persons in accordance with the FSC-BC standards. This consultation process was designed to solicit any conservation values and any indicators they perceive as relevant to forest management in Clayoquot Sound.
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Final report - High Conservation Value Forest Assessment, Clayoquot Sound
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Maps - Kennedy River
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