High Conservation Value Areas
The concept of High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA) was developed by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in 1999 as a means of defining regions with a specific environmental, socioeconomic, biodiversity or landscape value for use within forestry management certification systems. An area of High Conservation Value is identified as such to cover a range of conservation priorities and in order to allocate these principles each will be categorised as one of the following;
HCVA 1 -Areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant concentrations of biodiversity values (e.g. endemism, endangered species, refugia).
HCVA 2 -Globally, regionally or nationally significant large landscape-level areas.
HCVA 3 -Areas that are in or contain rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems.
HCVA 4 -e.g. watershed protection, erosion control.
HCVA 5 -Areas fundamental to meeting basic needs of local communities (e.g. subsistence, health).
HCVA 6 -Areas critical to local communities’ traditional cultural identity (areas of cultural, ecological, economic or religious significance identified in cooperation with such local communities).
See also
Conservation
Ecoregions
Crisis Ecoregions
High-Biodiversity Wilderness Areas
High Conservation Value Forest
References
- Kaechele, Karin, 'Mapping High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA) in Mato Grosso State', Instituto Centro de Vida, Brazil
External links
- A-Z of Areas of Biodiversity Importance: High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA)
The High Conservation Value Resource Network - World Wildlife Fund: High Conservation Value Areas
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