High conservation value forest (HCVF) is a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) forest management designation used to describe those forests who meet criteria defined by the FSC Principles and Criteria of Forest Stewardship. Specifically, high conservation value forests are those that possess one or more of the following attributes:

2025年2月12日 · We help users identify, manage and monitor High Conservation Values (HCVs) in current or potential future development sites.

The key to the concept of HCVFs is the identification of High Conservation Values (HCVs) as shown in Box 1. It is these values that are important and need to be protected. High Conservation Value Forests are simply the forests where these values are found.

2003年12月18日 · Part 1 gives a general introduction to the concept of HCVF and how different users can apply it. Part 2 provides a practical methodology to be used at a national level for defining High Conservation Values. The intended audience is working groups, which will often be part of a standards development process.

The key to the concept of High Conservation Value Forests is the identification of High Conservation Values, because it is the presence of High Conservation Values that determines whether a forest is designated a High Conservation Value Forest.

This brochure clearly explains the HCVF concept with its strengths and limitations, illustrates how it has been applied throughout the world, and looks forward to how the concept may evolve in the future.

It provides guidance on how to use the HCVF concept at the landscape scale. Other tools and approaches exist for assessing what the most important biological, environmental and social values are within a landscape, so we also clarify the situations when a landscape-level HCVF analysis is likely to be preferred.

What are High Conservation Value Forests? HCVF forests contain environmental and social values, such as unique biodiversity, watershed protection, soil stabilization or an archaeological site. Where these values are considered to be of high significance or critical importance, the forest can be defined as a High Conservation Value Forest.

Consultation: to meet the requirements of FSC Criterion 9.2, identification and management of HCVF should be done in consultation with stakeholders.

What is the HCV Framework? A practical conservation tool for ensuring that critical values in natural and production landscapes are identified, managed, and monitored. In the context of land use planning, ensures that critical areas are prioritised for conservation management.