FSC Conversion Remedy

Procedure Version 1-0

Public consultation for draft 1-0
Webinar – April 2020
OVERVIEW

1. BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION

2. FIRST DRAFT OF FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION

4. NEXT STEPS

5. OPEN DISCUSSIONS (40 Mins)

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OVERVIEW

1. BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION

2. FIRST DRAFT OF FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION

4. NEXT STEPS

5. OPEN DISCUSSIONS (40 Mins)

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HISTORY OF DISCUSSIONS ON CONVERSION

MOTION 7

MOTION 12
Technical
Working
Working
FSC Plantations Group
Review MOTION 18 Group
– Technical Phase –
Review of FSC
Conversion Policy

2008 - 2009
MOTION 7 IMPLEMENTATION
Working
Group
Policy on Conversion
1. 1994 cut-off date: To retain, remove or
change the rules to address past
conversion.
2. Principles for compensation on past
conversion, in terms of:
a) restoration and/or conservation of
environmental values
b) restitution of socio-economic values
3. Concept of acceptable conversion as
defined under current FSC rules.
Technical
Working
Group
Operationalize the Policy
1. Criteria, indicators and thresholds for
conversion across the normative
framework. Instructions for Standard
Developers to address any revised IGIs
on conversion in NFSS and INS
2. Develop a compensation procedure
and proposals for verification
3. Draft text for a possible motion to
the 2020 General Assembly to reword
FSC Forest Management Standard
Principles & Criteria
MOTION 7 TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
Technical
Working
Group

M7 TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

Name Background
Jamie Lawrence Forest Economy Lead, The Nature
Conservancy (TNC)
Karen Kirkman ESG Consultant based in South Africa

Michael Allen Brady Principal Scientist & Team Leader, Value

Chains, Finance and Investment, Center
for International Forestry Research
(CIFOR)
Vera Lex Engel Associate Professor, São Paulo State
University (UNESP)
 MOTION 7 WG MEMBERS

Working
Group

M7 WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

Name Organization Chamber Country

Amanda Naismith New Forests ECON-N US
Francisco Javier Rodriguez Aspillaga CMPC celulosa ECON-S Chile/LATAM
Annika Terrana WWF ENV-N US
Michal Zrust Individual ENV-S Indonesia/ Asia Pacific
Marcus Colchester Individual SOC-N UK
Verma Dharam Pal Singh Consultant SOC-S India/ Asia Pacific
OVERVIEW

1. BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION

2. FIRST DRAFT OF FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION

4. NEXT STEPS

5. OPEN DISCUSSIONS (40 Mins)

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 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE: PART 1
Organizations applying for
Organizations applying to
FSC forest management certification
associate with FSC
of a Management Unit*

Is the organization directly

No or indirectly involved* in conversion* on the
No Is there evidence
Management Unit*?
of non-compliance?
Yes
Prior Nov 1994 When did the Post Oct 2020 Yes
conversion* occur?
Nov 1994 to Oct 2020
When did the conversion* occur?
For new land acquisition,
No does the change of land use* constitute
conversion*?

Yes Prior Nov 1994 Post Nov 1994

Was the establishment of ancillary

Yes Infrastructure necessary for implementing
responsible forest management? Eligible to apply for Remedy Procedure
association with FSC shall be used
No

Does the conversion*

Yes meets the FSC criterion for affecting
a very limited portion* of the Management
Unit*?

No

Not eligible to
Eligible to submit the Remedy Procedure
submit the MU* for
MU* for certification shall be used
certification
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE: PART 1
Organizations applying for
Organizations applying to
FSC forest management certification
associate with FSC
of a Management Unit*

Is the organization directly

No or indirectly involved* in conversion* on the
No Is there evidence
Management Unit*?
of non-compliance?
Proposed
Yes Conversion
Prior Nov 1994 When did the Post Oct 2020 Yes
Threshold
conversion* occur?
Nov 1994 to Oct 2020
When did the conversion* occur?
For new land acquisition,
No does the change of land use* constitute
conversion*?

Yes Prior Nov 1994 Post Nov 1994

Was the establishment of ancillary

Yes Infrastructure necessary for implementing
responsible forest management? Eligible to apply for Remedy Procedure
association with FSC shall be used
No

Does the conversion*

Yes meets the FSC criterion for affecting
a very limited portion* of the Management
Unit*?

No

Not eligible to
Eligible to submit the Remedy Procedure
submit the MU* for
MU* for certification shall be used
certification
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE: PART 2

Environmental aspects Environmental aspects

Forest types Land use and management
Forest condition classification
Biodiversity Forest condition
Environmental values Biodiversity
Successional phase Environmental values
Management
Level of degradation Successional phase
Unit
Landscape context Level of degradation
Degradation drivers
Social aspects Landscape context
Tenure* and use rights
Community needs Social aspects
Cultural values Tenure* and use rights
Ecosystem services Community needs
Cultural values
Ecosystem services

PRIOR TO CONVERSION POST TO CONVERSION

 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE: PART 2

04 IDENTIFY PRIORITY 01 AFFECTED STAKEHOLDERS

• Priority activities
• Shall be made aware of their rights;
• Priority conflicts associated
• Baseline and analysis on
with conversion
environmental harm as agreed with
Conflict Resolution processes
affected stakeholders and experts;
must be established and agreed
• Baseline and analysis on social
together with the affected
harm as determined through FPIC
stakeholders.
process with affected stakeholders.
Management
• Restitution actions as agreed with
Management
03 SITE SELECTION Unit
Unit
affected stakeholders

Maximum conservation outcomes

and social benefits;
02 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDY
• Restoration;
Locations should be prioritized in
• Reforestation;
consecutive order:
• Enhancement;
(1) in the converted area
• Preservation;
(2) within FMU
• Conservation;
(3) adjacent to FMU
• Substitution.
(4) within the landscape the FMU is
Remedy shall be proportionate and
located
equivalent to the scale and harm
(5) within the province or country
caused by conversion.
the FMU is located.
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
 PART 3 PART 4
CONCEPT NOTE FULL REMEDY PLAN

APPROVED
BY
COMPETENT
AUTHORITY

1) Each required action identified in consultation

1) Evaluation of resources;
with local stakeholders;
2) Recommendations for the most effective
2) Priority activities;
remedy options;
3) Timeframes and benchmarks, e.g. the initial
3) Proposed timelines to achieve:
implementation phase;
• The initial implementation phase, including
4) Evaluation of resources;
priority activities to be completed.
5) Identification of restoration reference models*
• Progress against key objectives in the plan
and ecosystem attributes;
• Estimated full implementation of remedy plan
6) Parameters for monitoring;
4) Organization implementing the remedy plan.
7) Referencing and justifying best practice
guidelines;
8) The plan shall be approved by affected
stakeholders and experts.
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE: PART 5
1. Initial implementation of the Remedy Plan
THE RESTORATIVE
CONTINUUM
Improving biodiversity, ecological health,
And ecosystem services

Proposed
Threshold

2. Advice FSC Competent Authority* when initial implementation

outcomes has been achieved

3. FSC Competent Authority* conduct verification audit for initial

implementation

Achieved the planned initial

Non-conformance/s exist
implementation

Eligible to apply for FSC Dispute Resolution

Eligible to apply for Corrective Action
certification of the Mechanism may be
association with FSC Requests raised
Management Unit initiated
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
 FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Criteria for Social and Concept Note Development Implementation Ongoing
applying the Remedy Environmental for the of the full of the monitoring of the
Procedure Baseline Assessment Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan Remedy Plan
FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE: PART 6

Part 6: Ongoing monitoring of the Remedy Plan

Apply for certification of the Apply for association

Management Unit* with FSC

Has the Organization

Not achieved
achieved FSC Forest Management
certification?

Achieved

Certification Bodies conduct ongoing Competent Authority* conduct ongoing

monitoring and compliance verification monitoring and compliance verification
through during annual assessments through annual surveillance audits
FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE: PART 6

Part 1: Applicability criteria of the Remedy Procedure

Part 2: Social and environmental baseline assessment

Part 3: Concept Note for the Remedy Plan

Part 4: Development of the Remedy Plan

If organization ends
annual audits,
the re-entry point is
Part 3: concept note
Part 5: Implementation of Remedy Plan

Part 6: Ongoing monitoring of the Remedy Plan

OVERVIEW

1. BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION

2. FIRST DRAFT OF FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION

4. NEXT STEPS

5. OPEN DISCUSSIONS (40 Mins)

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Background: Motion 7 & its implementation Part 3: Concept Note for the Remedy Plan

Introduction on FSC Conversion Remedy Procedure Part 4: Development of the Remedy Plan

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Part 1: Applicability criteria of the Remedy Procedure Part 6: Ongoing monitoring of the Remedy Plan

Part 2: Social and environmental baseline assessment Closing questions

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OVERVIEW

1. BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION

2. FIRST DRAFT OF FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION

4. NEXT STEPS

5. OPEN DISCUSSIONS (40 Mins)

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OVERVIEW

1. BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION

2. FIRST DRAFT OF FSC CONVERSION REMEDY PROCEDURE

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION

4. NEXT STEPS

5. OPEN DISCUSSIONS (40 Mins)

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