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HCV-HCSA Assessment Manual 2023 Comments

Comments from public consultation of the HCV-HCSA Assessment Manual 2023

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May 24, 2023

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Quality Assurance
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Terms and Conditions for the HCV Network Assessor Licensing Scheme (2023)

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May 1, 2023

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Quality Assurance
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ALS Specification (2023)

This document explains why the Assessor Licensing Scheme(ALS) was created and how it works. It is a useful resource for prospective assessors, current assessors and Organisations commisioning assessments.

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May 1, 2013

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Quality Assurance
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Nature Positive Farming Briefing Note

This briefing note explains how Nature Positive Farming can help support smallholder producers achieve Deforestation and Conversion Free sourcing requirements.

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Smallholders
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White Paper: HCV Screening for Sustainable Land Use

This white paper was produced as part of the HCV Network's session on HCV Screening for Sustainable Land Use: Prioritizing Conservation and Livelihoods in Production Landscapes at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Climate Hybrid Conference on November 6, 2021.

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December 30, 2021

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Landscapes & Jurisdictions
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Annual Report 2022

To ensure the HCV Approach continues to be widely adopted, in 2022 we increased our training course offering, we recruited a small team to grow our landscapes workstream, joined new partnerships and alliances, trialed new tools and continued to engage users of the HCV Approach such as financial institutions, commodity producers, and voluntary sustainability standards.

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April 1, 2023

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Application guidelines for prospective licensed assessors (2022)

This document provides guidance to those applying to become licensed assessors under the HCV Network (HCVN) Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS).

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October 24, 2022

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Quality Assurance
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HCV-HCSA Assessment Manual (2017)

This Manual is the official reference document for HCV-HCSA assessments. It is primarily targeted at guiding assessment teams through the HCV-HCSA assessment process. However, the manual is also useful for Organizations commissioning HCV-HCSA assessments and other stakeholders interested in the technical aspects of the assessment process and the details of HCV Network's Quality Assurance.

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December 30, 2021

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Quality Assurance
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HCV Screening Guide

HCV Screening: Guidance for identifying and prioritising action for HCVs in jurisdictional and landscape settings 

This document describes a methodology called High Conservation Value (HCV) screening. HCV screening is a desktop exercise that uses the six HCV definitions to characterize the environmental and social aspects of a landscape or jurisdiction. Screening considers: the likelihood that HCVs are present, identifies threats to those HCVs and indicates which values are most at risk. This guidance was first published in April 2019. In 2020 the guidance was updated to incorporate learning and experience from HCVN-coordinated screenings and inputs from other practitioners. HCV screening teams are the primary audience for the document, but it should also be informative for stakeholders involved in screening processes and for those involved in the wider project or initiative in which a screening is being conducted (e.g. government technical staff, NGOs, donors and investors).

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December 30, 2021

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Landscapes & Jurisdictions
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HCV Screening - Summary

This is a 4-page overview to explain what HCV Screening is and how it is used in practice.

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December 30, 2021

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Landscapes & Jurisdictions
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HCV Screening Course Leaflet

Learn about our self-paced online course: Introduction to HCV Screening

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December 30, 2021

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Landscapes & Jurisdictions
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HCV-HCSA Assessor Training Course (May 2023)

The course aims to ensure that prospective licensed assessors obtain an adequate level of understanding of Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS) procedures and good practice needed to competently lead an integrated HCV-HCSA assessment. Participants will learn about the High Conservation Value (HCV) and High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approaches and their joint use in practice.


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