combination of empirical Applicability note: Short data and published rotation crops, such Christmas literature, based on tree farms established on forest conservative, soils prior to November 1994 growth and may be certified as part of yield estimates to ensure natural forest management that the rate of harvest does certificates if the area used for not exceed the calculated the farm amounts to a limited rates of long-term growth. portion of the FMU (generally <5% of the FMU). If the 5.6.2. For plantation primary purpose of the FMU is forest management, the to produce Christmas trees or growth and harvest rates other short rotation crops, then (for thinning and final these may be treated as cuts), shall be based on plantations and subject to well-documented Principle 10. Christmas tree information and/or field farms and other short rotation trials, and be consistent crops are subject to all of the with the observed behaviour of the species at requirements of the standard, the national or regional including Criterion 5.6. See level. FSC-DIS-01-001 and Sustainable Forest Management: Support to Forest Stewardship Council D 1.1(June 2010) for more information.5.6.1 is applicable to natural/ semi-natural forest management. 5.6.2 is applicable to plantation forest management. 5.6.3. For large FMEs: Verifiers: Average annual harvest Harvest records levels, over rolling periods Comparison of records of of no more than 10 years, harvested volume by do not exceed the species (or species groups) calculated AAC. with the AAC established for the species (or species groups). For SLIMF: On SLIMF forests, harvest levels and rates do not exceed growth Guidance: rates over successive The portion of the indicator harvests, contribute applicable for large FMEs
combination of empirical data and published literature, based on conservative, growth and yield estimates to ensure that the rate of harvest does not exceed the calculated rates of long-term growth. Applicability note: Short rotation crops, such Christmas tree farms established on forest soils prior to November 1994 may be certified as part of natural forest management certificates if the area used for the farm amounts to a limited portion of the FMU (generally <5% of the FMU). If the primary purpose of the FMU is to produce Christmas trees or other short rotation crops, then these may be treated as plantations and subject to Principle 10. Christmas tree farms and other short rotation crops are subject to all of the requirements of the standard, including Criterion 5.6. See FSC-DIS-01-001 and Sustainable Forest Management: Support to Forest Stewardship Council D 1.1(June 2010) for more information.5.6.1 is applicable to natural/ semi-natural forest management. 5.6.2 is applicable to plantation forest management. 5.6.2. For plantation forest management, the growth and harvest rates (for thinning and final cuts), shall be based on well-documented information and/or field trials, and be consistent with the observed behaviour of the species at the national or regional level. 5.6.3. For large FMEs: Average annual harvest levels, over rolling periods of no more than 10 years, do not exceed the calculated AAC. For SLIMF: On SLIMF forests, harvest levels and rates do not exceed growth rates over successive harvests, contribute Verifiers: Harvest records Comparison of records of harvested volume by species (or species groups) with the AAC established for the species (or species groups). Guidance: The portion of the indicator applicable for large FMEs
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