Testing the Applicability and Credibility of the High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) Toolkit: A Systematic Global Review

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Behnoosh Abbasnezhad¹, Jesse B. Abrams^1,2

¹Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

²Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

Tóm tắt

The evaluation of conservation practices has become increasingly important to many environmental scientists, land managers, and policymakers due to rising concerns regarding the continued provision of ecosystem services. As part of efforts to identify forests in need of special protection under Forest Stewardship Council principle 9, the High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) toolkit was designed and published in 2003 and has been applied to forestlands globally. Through a meta-analysis of research papers and technical reports, the present study explores the application of the toolkit in conservation efforts from 2003 to 2021. We analyzed 108 documents to extract information on measures and methods used through toolkit application, core conservation values considered, outcomes of the toolkit application in different geographic regions, challenges addressed, and possible solutions. Among six categories of HCVs identified using the toolkit, those related to biodiversity conservation were the most frequently mentioned. However, recent studies have also emphasized the importance of conserving forestlands offering a wide range of ecosystem services as well as forests with critical cultural values. Our analysis showed that the HCVF toolkit is a useful tool in identifying and prioritizing forestlands with high conservation values and that it has been used in contexts outside of its original intended purpose in support of forest certification processes. Yet there are challenges and limitations in using the toolkit in different countries with varied conservation regulations and socio-economic conditions that may require improvements in future updates of the toolkit.

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