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    SLIMF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA- ADDENDUM

    FSC-STD-01-003a EN
    Title: SLIMF Eligibility Criteria- Addendum

    Document reference code: FSC-STD-01-003a EN


    Last updated April, 2016
    Contact for comments: FSC International Center
    - Policy and Standards Unit -

    Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 5
    53113 Bonn, Germany

    +49-(0)228-36766-0

    +49-(0)228-36766-30

    [email protected]

    © 2015 Forest Stewardship Council, A.C. All rights reserved.


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    SLIMF Eligibility Criteria- Addendum

    FSC-STD- 01-004a- EN

    The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) is an independent, not for profit, non-
    government organization established to support environmentally appropriate, socially
    beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.
    FSC’s vision is that the world’s forests meet the social, ecological, and economic rights
    and needs of the present generation without compromising those of future generations.

    FSC-STD-01-004 A -EN
    SLIMF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA- ADDENDUM
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    Foreword
    This document provides an up to date list of countries for which the SLIMF eligibility
    criteria differ from those specified for international use in “FSC-STD-01-003 V1-0 EN:
    SLIMF Eligibility Criteria”.

    1. List of countries for which definition of “small” is greater than 100 hectares (ha)
    Country Threshold Proposed by Approval date

    Brazil (Amazon Basin) 1000 ha FSC Brazil February, 2006

    480
    (Productive
    Brazil(Plantations) area) FSC Brazil July, 2013
    1000 ha (Total
    area)
    Canada 1000 ha FSC Canada June, 2004
    Chile 1000 ha FSC Chile December, 2005
    Colombia (Natural
    250 ha FSC Colombia February, 2006
    Forest)
    Czech Republic 500 ha FSC Czech Republic February, 2008
    Denmark 1000 ha FSC Denmark October, 2005
    Ecuador 1000 ha FSC Ecuador September, 2007

    Estonia 500 ha FSC Estonia November, 2005


    Finland 200 ha FSC Finland May, 2009
    Ghana National
    Ghana 1000 ha May, 2012
    Working Group
    Honduras 1000 ha FSC Honduras August, 2009
    Ireland 200 ha FSC Ireland May, 2012
    Standards
    Latvia 1000 ha Development Group October, 2012
    Latvia
    Mexico 1000 ha FSC Mexico September, 2007
    Standards
    New Zealand 1000 ha Development Group September, 2013
    New Zealand
    Standards
    Papua New Guinea 1000 ha Development Group February, 2005
    Papua New Guinea
    Standards
    Portuguese Republic 500ha Development Group February, 2016
    Portugal

    FSC-STD-01-004 A -EN
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    Country Threshold Proposed by Approval date

    National Working
    South Africa 1000 ha September,2013
    Group
    Sweden 1000 ha FSC Sweden February, 2010
    United Kingdom 500 ha FSC United Kingdom April, 2012

    USA 1000 ha FSC United States February, 2004

    2. List of countries for which definition of “low intensity” differs from that defined in
    paragraph 3.1 of “FSC-STD-01-003-EN: SLIMF Eligibility Criteria”

    Country Definition of “low intensity” Approval date


    For Brazilian Amazon: Forest harvesting
    rate proportional to the average annual
    increment (AAI) for the total production
    area of the forest management unit
    (FMU).

    The rate of harvesting is less than 20% of


    the mean annual increment (MAI) within
    the total production forest area of the unit
    Brazil February, 2006
    Forest harvest limit of a maximum of
    5,000 m3/year.

    NOTE: In cases where the calculations of


    average annual increment (AAI) are not
    available, other measures of growth are
    accepted at the regional level to a certain
    type of forest may be used.

    FSC-STD-01-004 A -EN
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    2016
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    ic.fsc.org
    FSC International Center GmbH
    Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 5 · 53113 Bonn · Germany

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