SGS QUALIFOR Doc. Number: AD 36-A-01 (Associated Document) Doc. Version date: 1 February 2005 Page: 1 of 53 FOREST MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION REPORT SECTION A: PUBLIC SUMMARY Project Nr.: 6528-ZW Client: The Wattle Company Limited Web Page: www.wattle.co.zw Address: P.O. Box 250, Mutare, Country: Zimbabwe Certificate Nr. SGS-FM/COC-000655 Certificate Type: Forest Management Date of Issue 05 June 2006 Date of expiry: 21 March 2011 Scope: The management of exotic Pine, Eucalyptus and Wattle plantations on Nyanga and Dunsinane Estates in Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe, and the manufacture and sale of FSC Pure sawn timber, mouldings and structural finger jointed products from the Nyanga Sawmill and operating sub-sites. (Using the transfer system.) Company Contact Alois Mabutho Person: Address: P.O. Box 250, Mutare, Zimbabwe Tel: 263 20 63821 Fax 263 20 64564 Email: [email protected] Evaluation dates: Main Evaluation 31 January to 4 February 2006 Surveillance 1 5-7 March 2007 Surveillance 2 24 -25 March 2009 Surveillance 3 Surveillance 4 SGS QUALIFOR, Unit 5 Mifa Park, 399 George Rd, Randjespark, Midrand, South Africa CONTACT PERSON: Programme Director, Tel: +27 (0)11 652 1441, Fax: +27 (0)11 652 1403 WWW.SGS.COM/forestry AD 36-A-01 Page 2 of 53 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SCOPE OF CERTIFICATE ...........................................................................................................5 2. COMPANY BACKGROUND.........................................................................................................7 2.1 Ownership ...................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Company Key Objectives................................................................................................................ 7 2.3 Company History ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.4 Organisational Structure ................................................................................................................. 8 2.5 Ownership and Use Rights ............................................................................................................. 9 2.6 Other Land Uses ............................................................................................................................ 9 3. FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM...........................................................................................10 3.1 Bio-physical setting....................................................................................................................... 10 3.1.1 Geology ......................................................................................................... 10 3.1.2 Topography.................................................................................................... 10 3.1.3 Soils............................................................................................................... 11 3.1.4 Hydrology....................................................................................................... 11 3.1.5 Climate .......................................................................................................... 12 3.1.6 Rainfall........................................................................................................... 12 3.1.7 Temperature .................................................................................................. 13 3.1.8 Wind .............................................................................................................. 13 3.2 History of use................................................................................................................................ 13 3.3 Planning process .......................................................................................................................... 13 3.4 Harvest and regeneration ............................................................................................................. 14 3.5 Monitoring processes.................................................................................................................... 16 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT ........................................................16 4.1 Social aspects .............................................................................................................................. 16 4.2 Environmental aspects ................................................................................................................. 17 4.2.1 Flora .............................................................................................................. 17 4.2.2 Weeds and Invader Species.......................................................................... 17 4.2.3 Conservation Areas ....................................................................................... 17 4.3 Administration, Legislation and Guidelines ................................................................................... 18 5. CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT, HARVESTING, SILVICULTURE AND MONITORING...........19 6. PREPARATION FOR THE EVALUATION.................................................................................19 6.1 Schedule....................................................................................................................................... 19 6.2 Team ............................................................................................................................................ 20 6.3 Checklist Preparation.................................................................................................................... 20 6.4 Stakeholder notification ................................................................................................................ 20 7. THE EVALUATION .....................................................................................................................20 7.1 Opening meeting .......................................................................................................................... 20 7.2 Document review.......................................................................................................................... 20 AD 36-A-01 Page 3 of 53 7.3 Sampling and Evaluation Approach.............................................................................................. 21 7.4 Stakeholder interviews.................................................................................................................. 21 7.5 Summing up and closing meeting................................................................................................. 22 8. EVALUATION RESULTS ...........................................................................................................22 PRINCIPLE 1: Compliance with law and FSC Principles....................................................... 22 PRINCIPLE 2: Tenure and use rights and responsibilities..................................................... 23 PRINCIPLE 3: Indigenous peoples’ rights ............................................................................. 23 PRINCIPLE 4: Community relations and workers rights ........................................................ 24 PRINCIPLE 5: Benefits from the forest................................................................................. 25 PRINCIPLE 6: Environmental impact ................................................................................... 26 PRINCIPLE 7: Management plan .......................................................................................... 28 PRINCIPLE 8: Monitoring and evaluation.............................................................................. 31 PRINCIPLE 9: High Conservation Value Forests .................................................................. 32 PRINCIPLE 10: Plantations..................................................................................................... 33 9. CERTIFICATION DECISION ......................................................................................................34 10. MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION.......................................................................................35 11. RECORD OF CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUESTS (CARs) .....................................................37 11.1 CAR’s open from the previous certificate...................................................................................... 37 11.2 New CAR’s raised during the reassessment:................................................................................ 37 12. RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS .................................................................................................46 13. RECORD OF STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS AND INTERVIEWS............................................51 14. RECORD OF COMPLAINTS ......................................................................................................53 AD 36-A-01 Page 4 of 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 40: Stakeholder Reports Evaluation team CV’s List of stakeholders contacted 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