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Sgs Qualifor Forest Management Certification SGS QUALIFOR Doc. Number: AD 36-A-03 (Associated Document) Doc. Version date: 20 November 2006 Page: 1 of 53 FOREST MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION REPORT SECTION A: PUBLIC SUMMARY Project Nr: 7268-NZ Client: NZ Forest Managers Ltd Web Page: www.nzfm.co.nz Address: PO Box 304, Turangi Country: New Zealand SGS-FM/COC-001016 Forest Management Certificate Nr. Certificate Type: 28 July 2007 27 July 2012 Date of Issue Date of expiry: Evaluation Standard SGS Generic Forest Stewardship Standard (AD33) adapted for NZ Plantations, version 03 of 20 December 2010 . Temperate Forest Zone: 48,679.3 hectares Total Certified Area Forest Management of plantations in the Lake Taupo and Lake Rotoaira regions of New Scope: Zealand for the production of softwood and hardwood timber. Location of the FMUs Turangi included in the scope Mr Chas Hutton Company Contact Person: PO Box 304 Turangi Address: 07 386 8757 Tel: 07 386 7020 Fax [email protected] Email: SGS services are rendered in accordance with the applicable SGS General Conditions of Service accessible at http://www.sgs.com/terms_and_conditions.htm SGS South Africa (Qualifor Programme) 58 Melville Road, Booysens - PO Box 82582, Southdale 2185 - South AfriAfricaca Systems and Services Certification Division Contact Programme Director at t. +27 11 681 -2500 [email protected] www.sgs.com /forestry AD 36-A-03 Page 2 of 53 Evaluation dates: 20 – 23 March 2007 Main Evaluation 7 – 9 April 2008 Surveillance 1 10 – 12 March 2009 Surveillance 2 20 – 22 April 2010 Surveillance 3 10 – 12 May 2011 Surveillance 4 © 2010 SGS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Copyright: All rights reserved AD 36-A-03 Page 3 of 53 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SCOPE OF CERTIFICATE .................................................................................................................... 6 2. COMPANY BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 Ownership ..................................................................................................................................................10 2.2 Company Key Objectives ............................................................................................................................10 2.3 Company History ........................................................................................................................................11 2.4 Organisational Structure .............................................................................................................................11 2.5 Ownership and Use Rights ..........................................................................................................................11 2.6 Other Land Uses .........................................................................................................................................12 2.7 Non-certified Forests ...................................................................................................................................12 3. FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Bio-physical setting .....................................................................................................................................12 3.2 History of use ..............................................................................................................................................13 3.3 Planning process ........................................................................................................................................14 3.4 Harvest and regeneration ............................................................................................................................17 3.5 Monitoring processes ..................................................................................................................................18 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT ................................................................... 20 4.1 Social aspects .............................................................................................................................................20 4.2 Environmental aspects ................................................................................................................................21 4.3 Administration, Legislation and Guidelines ..................................................................................................21 5. CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT, HARVESTING, SILVICULTURE AND MONITORING ....................... 22 6. PREPARATION FOR THE EVALUATION ........................................................................................... 23 6.1 Schedule .....................................................................................................................................................23 6.2 Team ..........................................................................................................................................................23 6.3 Checklist Preparation ..................................................................................................................................23 6.4 Stakeholder notification ...............................................................................................................................24 7. THE EVALUATION .............................................................................................................................. 24 AD 36-A-03 Page 4 of 53 7.1 Opening meeting .........................................................................................................................................24 7.2 Document review ........................................................................................................................................24 7.3 Sampling and Evaluation Approach .............................................................................................................24 7.4 Field assessments ......................................................................................................................................24 7.5 Stakeholder interviews ................................................................................................................................25 7.6 Summing up and closing meeting ...............................................................................................................25 8. EVALUATION RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 25 8.1 Findings related to the general QUALIFOR Programme ...............................................................................26 PRINCIPLE 1: Compliance with law and FSC Principles ................................................................................26 PRINCIPLE 2: Tenure and use rights and responsibilities ..............................................................................27 PRINCIPLE 3: Indigenous peoples’ rights ......................................................................................................27 PRINCIPLE 4: Community relations and workers rights .................................................................................28 PRINCIPLE 5: Benefits from the forest .........................................................................................................29 PRINCIPLE 6: Environmental impact ...........................................................................................................30 PRINCIPLE 7: Management plan ..................................................................................................................32 PRINCIPLE 8: Monitoring and evaluation ......................................................................................................33 PRINCIPLE 9: High Conservation Value Forests ...........................................................................................34 PRINCIPLE 10: Plantations .............................................................................................................................35 9. CERTIFICATION DECISION ............................................................................................................... 37 10. MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION ................................................................................................. 37 11. RECORD OF CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUESTS (CARs) ................................................................ 40 12. RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS .......................................................................................................... 42 13. RECORD OF STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS AND INTERVIEWS ....................................................... 45 14. RECORD OF COMPLAINTS ............................................................................................................... 53 ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS (not part of the Public Summary) AD 20: Evaluation Itinerary AD 21: Attendance Record AD 26: Corrective Action Requests AD 36-B: Evaluation - Observations and Information on Logistics AD 36-A-03 Page 5 of 53 Complaints and Disputes Procedures for submitting complaints, appeals and disputes, and the SGS processing of such are published on www.sgs.com/forestry . This information is also available on request – refer contact details on the first page. AD 36-A-03 Page 6 of 53 INTRODUCTION The purpose of the evaluation was to evaluate the operations of NZ Forest
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