Details of recent and upcoming HCV related courses and events

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  TRAINING MATERIALS:

Introductory HCV Training Course for Forest Management (Proforest 2010)

• Introduction to HCVs
• The six HCVs
• Managing HCVs
• HCV assessment process
• HCV monitoring
• Global context of HCV applications
• The HCV Resource Network
• HCV framework and conservation planning
• National Interpretation
• Social HCVs
• HCV case studies

UPCOMING EVENTS

(last updated October 2011)

The 9th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT9) & 8th General Assembly (GA8): 22 – 24 November 2011, Sabah (Borneo)

Past Events

• Biodiversity Institute Symposium - Biodiversity conservation beyond protected areas: 21-22 September, 2011 - Biodiversity Institute, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)

The Biodiversity Institute’s research theme on Biodiversity Beyond Protected Areas aims to enhance understanding of increasing pressures on biodiversity and the conservation practices which need to take place beyond reserves to enable the persistence of biodiversity within these landscapes; the purpose of this symposium is to bring together the latest science and evidence for conserving biodiversity beyond protected areas. Topics will include modelling complexity, persistence of biodiversity, restoration of ecological processes to degraded lands, marine conservation, cultural landscapes, governance, and business and community connections in conservation.

A number of members of the HCV RN Steering Group will be giving presentations at a session entitled 'How the private sector plays an effective role in conservation?; click here for more details of the programme and to register to attend the symposium.

• ZSL workshop on Practical solutions for conserving species and habitats of HCV in oil palm landscapes: 13 September 2011, Bogor (Indonesia)

Background: Implementing effective measures to maintain and enhance species and natural habitats of High Conservation Value (HCV) is widely recognised as one of the most challenging aspects of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Principles & Criteria (RSPO P&C) to implement. This workshop will provide an opportunity for practitioners working to overcome these challenges to share their experience in order to identify practical solutions. The discussions over the course of this workshop will provide further input for the development of a ‘Practical handbook for conserving species and habitats of High Conservation Value in oil palm landscapes’, which will be produced by ZSL.

Presentations:

• Introductory presentation by Sophie Persey, Zoological Society of London
• Law enforcement in HCV areas by Suer Suryadi, Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia
•  Challenges of Conservation Management in HCV areas by Syahrial Anhar, Wilmar International
• Biodiversity Conservation in Oil Palm in Kalimantan by Monika Kusneti, REA Kaltim

• Introduction to the High Conservation Value approach - A practical tool for conserving critical values in production landscapes: 22 July 2011, Oxford (United Kingdom)

Part of the Proforest 10th Summer Training Programme, this 1-day course is aimed at anyone needing an understanding of how standards and certification address key issues in biodiversity conservation, the protection of affected peoples, and the involvement of local communities in natural resource management. The course will be of particular interest for forest and plantation managers, wood and vegetable oil processors, traders, retailers, organizations supporting conservation and development and those involved in policymaking and procurement decision-making, as well as anyone involved in legal and sustainable natural product purchasing and trade.

For more information and details of how to book, please visit the Proforest website 

• Sustainable palm oil: challenges, a common vision and the way forward: 5-6 May 2011, ZSL, London (United Kingdom)

A two-day ZSL symposium, organised by: Sarah Christie (ZSL), Helen Crowley (WCS), Matthew Hatchwell (WCS), Ruth Nussbaum (Proforest) and Sophie Persey (ZSL); the focus of this symposium will be to define a common vision for integrating environmental and socio-economic goals for more sustainable palm oil production and to identify and catalyse the stakeholder actions necessary to achieve this. As a first step, key scientists, policy makers, NGOs and private sector representatives will review the science and practicalities of reconciling continued global oil palm expansion with biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem functions. The second step will be to explore the processes, decisions and conditions necessary to make this common vision a reality, highlighting the roles of investors, policymakers, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, palm oil producers, retailers and NGOs.

13 June 2011 update: Click here to download the presentations made; please note that the symposium organisers are in the process of producing a short publication to summarise the key issues discussed over the course of the two-day meeting (which when completed will also be made available).

• FSC High Conservation Value Workshop: 24 – 26 January 2011, Bonn (Germany)

A workshop of HCV specialists held at FSC in Bonn, at the invitation of FSC and WWF. The detailed objectives are shown in the Agenda, Annex 1. Overall, the aim was to contribute to the development of guidance documents, approved by FSC, for the application of Principle 9 and the conservation of High Conservation Values.

• International Conference On Palm Oil and the Environment (ICOPE): February 2010, Bali (Indonesia)

Selected Presentations, Papers & Posters:

• HCV Workshop, organised by RSPO & HCV Resource Network : 3 November 2009, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

In conjunction with RT7, the 7th Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil, the RSPO Secretariat sponsored and organised a workshop together with the Resource Network , on HCV-related issues affecting palm oil producers in the region, with particular reference to RSPO members. Date, Time & Venue: Tuesday, 3 November 2009 (RT7 Day 2), 1730 -2030 at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur

Presentations made at this event are available to download from the Network Meetings & Briefing page of the Resource Centre; more information on RT7 is available from the RSPO website.

• HCV Resource Network Side-event at the World Forestry Congress: 21 October 2009, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

HCV RN Side Event in the Algarrobo room at the Yellow Pavilion on 19:00 on Wednesday 21 October at WFC 2009: High Conservation Values and the role of the HCV Resource Network in promoting responsible forest management

Presentations may be downloaded from the Network Meetings & Briefing page of the Resource Centre; more information on WFC is available from  the main congress website at: www.wfc2009.org.

•  WWF and IKEA Forest Projects Meeting: September 2009, Älmhult (Sweden)

HCV-related updates:

• The High Conservation Value Resource Network
• HCVF concept in Bulgaria: 2003-2005
• High Conservation Value Forests in Romania - Development , implementation and successes
• HCVF in Russia
• HCVF--China

•  HCV Resource Network Africa Regional Meeting: 12-16 November 2007, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)

One and a half day Regional HCV stakeholder meeting (13-14 November), and additional capacity building activities, organised by the Resource Network; a briefing note describing the event, a preliminary proposed schedule, and a first version of a list of invited participants may be downloaded here; outcomes and more information from this event are also available from the Network Meetings & Briefings section of the Resource Centre.

• Defining and Conserving High Conservation Value Forests: 10-14 September 2007, Valdivia (Chile)

A workshop organised by WWF to train members of Chilean NGOs, governement officials and forest industry, in the science and application of HCVF within native forest blocks; you can download more details of this training course here; additionally, you can see the report of the workshop outcomes (in Spanish only).

• HCVF in Northeastern Ontario: 31 July - 1 August 2007, Toronto (Canada)

2-day workshop organised by TNC to evaluate the status of HCVF assessments, prescriptions and monitoring in northeastern Ontario; more details of the workshop goals and agenda may be downloaded here.