Publication: Great Apes and FSC: Implementing 'Ape Friendly' Practices in Central Africa's Logging Concessions
Great Apes and FSC: Implementing 'Ape Friendly' Practices in Central Africa's Logging Concessions
| dc.contributor.author | Morgan, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sanz, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Greer, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rayden, T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maisels, F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Williamson, E.A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:57:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:57:58Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1006 | |
| dc.title | Great Apes and FSC: Implementing 'Ape Friendly' Practices in Central Africa's Logging Concessions | en |
| dcterms.abstract | The long-term survival of Africa's great apes has become increasingly uncertain. Dramatic declines in their population numbers have resulted from a combination of factors, including hunting, habi- tat loss and infectious disease. Although African apes are species of international concern, and despite concerted efforts since the 1980s to create protected area networks, develop conserva- tion action plans and establish policy agreements, their populations continue to decrease. Future projections indicate that this trend will continue unless significant measures to reduce existing threats are taken immediately. The permanent disappearance of any ape species from the wild would be a huge loss to African biodiversity, to the important ecological function they play, and to our shared evolutionary heritage. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Morgan, D., Sanz, C., Greer, D., Maisels, F. and Williamson, E.A., 2013. Great apes and FSC: implementing 'ape friendly'practices in central Africa's logging concessions. IUCN. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2013 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Other | en |
| dcterms.publisher | International Union for Conservation of Nature | |
| dcterms.type | Working Paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.forestType | Natural Forest | |
| fsc.focus.forestZone | Tropical | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Political, legal, systemic | |
| fsc.focus.tenureManagement | Private | |
| fsc.focus.tenureOwnership | Public | |
| fsc.issue.environmental | Biodiversity | |
| fsc.issue.environmental | Animal biodiversity | |
| fsc.issue.social | Workers | |
| fsc.subject | Brazil | |
| fsc.subject | Forests | |
| fsc.subject | Certification | |
| fsc.subject | Forest certification | |
| fsc.subject | Non-conformities | |
| fsc.subject | Voluntary Policy | |
| fsc.topic.political | Legal compliance | |
| fsc.topic.social | Health and safety | |
| fsc.topic.social | Working conditions | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contributor.funderType | Public funds (government, EU funding, public research grants) | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.coverage.geographicLevel | Region | |
| is.coverage.region | Africa | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Focus groups | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
| is.evaluation.dataSource | Independent researcher data | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | The increasing interest in FSC certification confirms that timber companies, in collaboration with their host governments, are willing to consider changes in forestry practices that promote the social and environmental stewardship required to maintain biodiversity. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | It is also of critical importance that policy makers understand that some alternative uses of production forestland, such as oil palm plantations, are simply not compatible with viable biodiversity conservation initiatives. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | The most important immediate outcome of such partnerships willbe a reduction in the illegal killing of apes. We also seek to promote collaboration between industryand conservation partners in identifying the High Conservation Value (Jennings et al. 2003)forest attributes that are necessary for great ape survival in production forests, at both the localand the landscape scale. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | At the whole concession scale, it is important that zones considered priority areas for great ape conservation arerecognized as HCV by forestry operators. Measures to address generic threats, such as hunting and disease, should be applied across and throughout these areas. Within a concession, at the scale of annual harvesting blocks, where finer-scale concentrations of great apes can be identified, measures should be taken to maintain the ecological conditions that gave rise to these concentrations. | |
| is.evaluation.quotes | FSC certification provides broad environmental, social and economic benefits. The management of forests under FSC urges forestry practitioners and conservation scientists to develop more synergistic collaborations to integrate specific wildlife needs into timber management. | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Monitoring report - collective | |
| is.evidenceType | Monitoring report | |
| is.focus.products | Other forestry and logging | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on Land | |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Environmental | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Plant and wildlife conservation | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Ecosystem | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Rare, threatened and endangered species | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE outcomes and impacts | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE performance monitoring | |
| is.identifier.code | Impacts | |
| is.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international706 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.link.url | https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/SSC-OP-049.pdf |