2.1.4

Principle 2: Sustainable use of biodiversity

Criteria	Guidance	Evidence & Scoring	Importance & Applicability
Criteria 2.1: Criteria 2.1: Practices are adopted to ensure sustainable use of the species cultivated or wild collected, and to prevent or mitigate negative impact on other species 2.1.4 Cultivation and wild collection activities do not intentionally introduce invasive species	Invasive species is alien flora and fauna which becomes established in natural or semi-natural ecosystems or habitat, is an agent of change, and threatens native biological diversity. In some cases, invasive species are listed as such in the ‘Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species.’ In other cases, they are classified as such by local and scientific knowledge. Examples of intentional introduction because of sourcing activities are: invasive plants are cultivated invasive fauna (e.g., mammal, insects, worms and other) is used for the purposed of cultivation, wild collection and related activities (e.g., insects used to combat other species, worms used for composting) Field operators - pickers or farmers - are to comply with this requirement and refrain from any intentional introduction of invasive species for farming, wild collection and related activities.	OBSERVATION No presence of invasive flora and fauna observed in the fields during the audit can be used as evidence of compliance. INTERVIEWS Conversations with key informants that show awareness of what invasive species are present in the cultivation and collection areas and state they did or did not introduce them because of cultivation/collection activities can be used as evidence. DOCUMENTATION Documents mapping species present in cultivation/collection fields and showing or not showing the presence of invasive species can be used as evidence. Scoring guidance 0 - Invasive species are introduced because of cultivation and wild collection activities 1 - Invasive species that are introduced because of cultivation and wild collection activities are identified together with possible corrective actions 2 - Most of the corrective actions identified are implemented, however there is still room for improvement; the introduction of invasive species is significantly reduced and does not represent a systemic problem but it is not completely stopped 3 - Invasive species are not introduced because of wild collection and cultivation activities and/or all corrective actions to stop the introduction of invasive species are implemented N/A – in the justification, please explain why	Importance Critical Applicability Cultivation & wild collection Field operators

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Criteria 2.1: Criteria 2.1: Practices are adopted to ensure sustainable use of the species cultivated or wild collected, and to prevent or mitigate negative impact on other species

2.1.4

Cultivation and wild collection activities do not intentionally introduce invasive species

Invasive species is alien flora and fauna which becomes established in natural or semi-natural ecosystems or habitat, is an agent of change, and threatens native biological diversity. In some cases, invasive species are listed as such in the ‘Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species.’ In other cases, they are classified as such by local and scientific knowledge. Examples of intentional introduction because of sourcing activities are:

invasive plants are cultivated

invasive fauna (e.g., mammal, insects, worms and other) is used for the purposed of cultivation, wild collection and related activities (e.g., insects used to combat other species, worms used for composting) Field operators - pickers or farmers - are to comply with this requirement and refrain from any intentional introduction of invasive species for farming, wild collection and related activities.

OBSERVATION

No presence of invasive flora and fauna observed in the fields during the audit can be used as evidence of compliance.

INTERVIEWS

Conversations with key informants that show awareness of what invasive species are present in the cultivation and collection areas and state they did or did not introduce them because of cultivation/collection activities can be used as evidence.

DOCUMENTATION

Documents mapping species present in cultivation/collection fields and showing or not showing the presence of invasive species can be used as evidence.

Scoring guidance

0 - Invasive species are introduced because of cultivation and wild collection activities
1 - Invasive species that are introduced because of cultivation and wild collection activities are identified together with possible corrective actions
2 - Most of the corrective actions identified are implemented, however there is still room for improvement; the introduction of invasive species is significantly reduced and does not represent a systemic problem but it is not completely stopped
3 - Invasive species are not introduced because of wild collection and cultivation activities and/or all corrective actions to stop the introduction of invasive species are implemented

N/A – in the justification, please explain why

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Cultivation & wild collection

Field operators

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2.1.4

Principle 2: Sustainable use of biodiversity

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