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National Forest Stewardship Standard of Russian Federation ® Forest Stewardship Council The FSC National Forest Stewardship Standard of Russian Federation FSC International Center gGmbH · ic.fsc.org · FSC® F000100 Adenauerallee 134 · 53113 Bonn · Germany T +49 (0) 228 367 66 0 · F +49 (0) 228 367 66 65 Geschäftsführer | Directors: Dr. Hans-Joachim Droste and/und Stefan Salvador Handelsregister | Commercial Register: Bonn HRB12589 ® Forest Stewardship Council Photo credit From left to right: Photo 1: Wild strawberry in Arhangelsk region (FSC Russia) Photo 2: Forestry worker in the Komi Republic (FSC Russia) Photo 3: FSC certified logs in Karelia region (FSC Russia) NOTE ON THIS ENGLISH VERSION: This is the official version of the National Forest Stewardship Standard that is approved by FSC International, and it is available at ic.fsc.org. Any translation of this version is not an official translation approved by FSC International. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the approved English version and any translated version, the English version shall prevail. FSC-STD-RUS-02-2020 EN THE FSC NATIONAL FOREST STEWARDSHIP STANDARD OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION – 2 of 151 – ® Forest Stewardship Council Title The FSC National Forest Stewardship Standard of Russian Federation Document reference code FSC-STD-RUS-02-2020 EN Status Approved National Natural forests and plantations Scope All organization types SLIMFs included NTFPs included Submission date 4 December 2018 Approval date 10 August 2020 Approval body Policy and Standards Committee Publication date 22 September 2020 Effective date 22 March 2021 Transition period 12 months from the effective date Validity period Five years from effective date or until revised, replaced or withdrawn Country contact Nikolay Shmatkov, Director FSC Russia [email protected] FSC International Center - Performance and Standards Unit - Adenauerallee 134 FSC Performance and 53113 Bonn, Germany Standards Unit contact +49-(0)228-36766-0 +49-(0)228-36766-65 [email protected] © 2020 Forest Stewardship Council, A.C. All rights reserved. FSC®F000100 No part of this work covered by the publisher’s copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, recording taping, or information retrieval systems) without the written permission of the publisher. The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) is an independent, not for profit, non-government organization established to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. FSC’s vision is that the true value of forests is recognized and fully incorporated into society worldwide. FSC is the leading catalyst and defining force for improved forest management and market transformation, shifting the global forest trend toward sustainable use, conservation, restoration, and respect for all. FSC-STD-RUS-02-2020 EN THE FSC NATIONAL FOREST STEWARDSHIP STANDARD OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION – 3 of 151 – ® Forest Stewardship Council Table of content 1. Preface .................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1. Descriptive statement of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) .................................... 5 1.2. Descriptive statement of the National Office / Standard Development Group ................ 5 2. Preamble ............................................................................................................................... 6 2.1. Purpose of the standard .................................................................................................. 6 2.2. Scope of the standard ..................................................................................................... 7 2.3. Process of the standard development ............................................................................ 7 3. Version of the standard ....................................................................................................... 8 4. Context ................................................................................................................................. 9 4.1. Note on applicability extent of the standard’s requirements ........................................... 9 5. References ........................................................................................................................... 9 6. Structure of the standard, the use of indicators and wording ...................................... 10 7. Procedural character of some principles and criteria .................................................... 11 8. Translation .......................................................................................................................... 12 9. Scale Intensity and Risk (SIR) .......................................................................................... 12 10. Basic differences when compared with the previous version .................................... 12 11. Acknowledgement ........................................................................................................... 14 12. List of abbreviations ....................................................................................................... 17 13. Principles, criteria and national indicators ................................................................... 18 14. Annexes to the Forest Stewardship Standard .............................................................. 64 Annex A. Minimum list of applicable laws: Russian Internationally-ratified treaties, conventions and agreements and Federation regulations .................................... 64 Annex B1. Applicable Articles of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169 ......................................................................... 78 Annex B2 (new). Indigenous Peoples .................................................................................. 82 Annex B3 (new). Customary Rights (Reference Materials) ................................................. 83 Annex B4 (new). FPIC.......................................................................................................... 84 Annex C (new). Types of habitat features* being identified at harvest areas during timber harvesting operations and measures for their protection* .................................... 89 Annex D1. High Conservation Values .................................................................................. 93 Annex D2. Methodological Approaches and Recommendations for Zoning Intact Forest Landscapes and Tracts in the Southern Russian Far East................................. 121 Annex D3. Methodological Approaches and Recommendations for Zoning Intact Forest Landscapes in the Siberian Federal District ....................................................... 123 Annex E. Application of the concept of scale, intensity and risk (SIR) in Criteria* 6.2 and 6.3 ............................................................................................................................ 126 15. Glossary of terms .......................................................................................................... 130 FSC-STD-RUS-02-2020 EN THE FSC NATIONAL FOREST STEWARDSHIP STANDARD OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION – 4 of 151 – ® Forest Stewardship Council 1. Preface 1.1. Descriptive statement of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) The Forest Stewardship Council A.C. (FSC) was established in 1993, as a follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro, 1992) with the mission to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Environmentally appropriate forest management ensures that the production of timber, non- timber products and ecosystem services maintains the forest’s biodiversity, productivity, and ecological processes. Socially beneficial forest management helps both local people and society at large to enjoy long term benefits and also provides strong incentives to local people to sustain the forest resources and adhere to long-term management plans. Economically viable forest management means that forest operations are structured and managed so as to be sufficiently profitable, without generating financial profit at the expense of the forest resource, the ecosystem, or affected communities. The tension between the need to generate adequate financial returns and the principles of responsible forest operations can be reduced through efforts to market the full range of forest products and services for their best value (FSC A.C. By-Laws, ratified, September 1994; last revision in June 2011). FSC is an international organization that provides a system for voluntary accreditation and independent third-party certification. This system allows certificate holders to market their products and services as the result of environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable forest management. FSC also sets standards for the development and approval of FSC Stewardship Standards which are based on the FSC Principles and Criteria. In addition, FSC sets standards for the accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies (also known as Certification Bodies) that certify compliance with FSC’s standards. Based on these standards, FSC provides a system for certification for organizations seeking to market their products as FSC certified. 1.2. Descriptive statement of the National
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