1.2.2

Principle 1: Conservation of biodiversity

Criteria Guidance Evidence & Scoring Importance & Applicability
Criteria 1.2: Concrete actions are taken to maintain, regenerate, or enhance biodiversity in cultivation or wild collection areas


1.2.2

Concrete actions to maintain, regenerate, or enhance biodiversity are initiated or supported in cultivation and wild collection areas, considering the information gathered (ref. 1.1.1)



 Examples of expected concrete actions are:
1. Protect/restore ecosystems and natural habitats, by, among others:
  • restoring or maintaining vegetation bordering waterways as well as other important habitats
  • protecting or restoring natural structures (e.g. trimming of hedgerows, re-plant hedges, maintaining stone walls, planting flower and buffer strips, and similar)
  • implementing bare ground and low till practices to allow ground nesting
  • prefer water canal, trenching and other natural infrastructure over artificial one for soil drainage
  • creating protection zones including buffer, riparian and non-intervention areas to safeguard sensitive areas from cross-contamination
  • contributing to management plans and monitoring systems for water basins, forests and other relevant habitats
    2. Creation of priority areas for biodiversity, by, among others:
  • setting aside land in cultivation and collection sites to allow for regeneration of natural vegetation and that are free from the application of agrochemicals
  • setting up, maintaining or regenerating areas covered by naturally occurring, rare, protected and endangered vegetation
  • setting up, maintaining or regenerating areas covered by vegetation that supports the presence of naturally occurring, rare, protected and endangered animal species
  • managing vegetation cover in set-aside land, and other land fields to promote native, rare, protected and endangered species
  • providing nesting and foraging sites for birds and beneficial insects, including host plants pollinators
  • securing and restoring critical breeding grounds for aquatic species along rivers and in wetlands
  • incorporating or maintain non-crop native vegetation cover in non-productive areas in collection and cultivation sites (e.g. border planting, live fences, shade trees, grassland, set-aside land)
    3. Promote interconnectivity among habitats, by, among others:
  • creating corridors that connect habitats in cultivation or collection areas
  • enhancing field margins in cultivation or collection areas (e.g. live fences, hedges, ditches, riparian strips, areas around waterways and other road and field margins)
    Not all actions mentioned above may be implemented. Actions can be selected from the ones listed above and are adequate when:
  • they respond to the relevant opportunities and threats for biodiversity in cultivation/collection areas identified as per 1.1.
  • they concern both cultivation/collection sites and areas
    For compliance (score 2) at least those actions among the listed actions under topics 1 and 2 above are to be implemented when relevant. OaS can define and start actions as well as support actions that are implemented in the cultivation and wild collection areas by relevant organisations. OaS can cover different roles depending on the situation: a) when the OaS sets up actions, it coordinates the implementation, provides internal resources and expertise for the implementation and the monitoring of the actions or commits internal resources to hire external expertise for the implementation and monitoring of the actions, b) when the OaS supports existing actions, it provides economic or other types of resources to the organisations in charge of implementing the actions to support the implementation and monitoring
    Field operators contribute to those actions that take place in the cultivation and collection sites. Their contribution depends on the situation: a) when in their capabilities, they can supply resources and expertise to carry out and monitor the implementation of actions, b) when this is not in their capabilities, they can provide access to their fields to those responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the actions, as well as provide minor support. The first is the case for large-scale farmers or wild collector groups. The second is the case of small farmers/individual pickers. A Certificate Holder provides economic, financial and other types of support to OaS and FO when they do not have sufficient resources. The UEBT BAP workplan template includes all relevant information to be included when defining actions and can be used for reporting.

    • DOCUMENTATION

    The UEBT BAP workplan template can be used to fufil this requirement. The filled out template can be used as evidence. Any other form of reporting containing all actions, timelines and responsibilities for implementation can also be used as evidence.

    Scoring guidance

    0 - No actions are initiated or supported in cultivation and collection areas to maintain, regenerate or enhance biodiversity
    1 - Some actions are initiated or supported but they are not coherent with/do not cover the priorities emerged from the assessment under 1.1
    2 - Some actions are initiated or supported and they cover most of the priorities emerged from the assessment under 1.1
    3 - Actions are initiated or supported and they fully cover the priorities emerged from the assessment under 1.1

    Score 2 to be reached by second year

    		 Importance
    Critical stepwise


    Applicability
  • Cultivation & wild collection
  • OaS
  • Field operators
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