| Criteria | Guidance | Evidence & Scoring | Importance & Applicability |
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| Criteria 1.2: Concrete actions are taken to maintain, regenerate, or enhance biodiversity in cultivation or wild collection areas 1.2.1 Current cultivation, wild collection or related activities have not resulted in the conversion or deforestation of intact ecosystems, from 1 January 2014 onward |
OaS and field operators do not undertake activities related to cultivation/wild collection/storing/processing and transporting of species and (natural) raw materials included in the certification or verification that causes conversion of intact ecosystems. This requirement applies since 1 January 2014. Conversion (of intact ecosystems) is a change of an intact ecosystem to another use that results in the destruction of its species composition, structure and function to the extent that their regeneration to the previous state is unlikely and the previous capacity to provide services to the environment and to people is lost. Conversion may occur, for example, when intact ecosystems are changed to plantations, croplands, pastures, water reservoirs, infrastructures (e.g., roads to transport products, storing, processing, energy production, office and other facilities) with the described negative impact on the ecosystems. When the described negative impact does not occur, changes of an intact ecosystem to other uses are not considered as conversion and are not banned under this standard. This is, for example, the case of cultivation/wild collection that contributes to maintaining or restoring intact ecosystems (e.g., agroforestry, permaculture, regenerative farming, and forms of natural farming and wild collection that give attention to biodiversity conservation, regeneration and sustainable use as defined in this standard). Deforestation is a form of conversion with negative impact as defined in this standard which occurs when conversion concerns intact forest ecosystems such as primary forests. Intact ecosystems are ecosystems that substantially resemble - in terms of species composition, structure, and ecological function — one that is or would be found in a given area in the absence of major human impacts. An ecosystem can be intact despite human activities take place when much of the original species composition, structure, and ecological function are being maintained or regenerated. Examples of intact ecosystems are pristine ecosystems, primary forests, rainforest, peatlands, savanna, other ecosystems with high capacity of carbon storage and intact features and areas listed in official classifications where human activities are not allowed, and human access is limited. | DOCUMENTATION Maps, records, interviews with local communities and field observation verify historical presence and boundaries of natural forests, as well as human induced changes to natural forest areas (e.g. burning and clearing). Scoring guidance0 - Conversion or deforestation of intact ecosystems because of cultivation, wild collection or related activities took place since 1 Janaury 2014 |
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