Fiji Draft Standard (2008): Verifiers: 4.3.2 The FME shall be Interviews with forest compliant with the managers, workers, and labour representatives. Employment Relations Act. Management SOPs Note: National legislation or processes may be cited if it complies with this indicator. C4.4. Management planning and operations shall incorporate the results of evaluations of social impact. Consultations shall be maintained with people and groups (both men and women) directly affected by management operations. Indicators Verifiers, Examples, and Notes Evaluation Team Notes Conformance (C, NC or NA) 4.4.1. FME shall conduct a Verifiers: social impact assessment Records of stakeholder that: communication; Identifies affected Stakeholder lists; groups; Documented results of Includes consultation social impact assessment; with affected groups Interviews with affected (both men and women); stakeholder groups Identifies main impacts of management Note: For an area to be activities on those considered of special value groups in cooperation there should be broad support with them; and from stakeholder groups and/ Identifies any areas of or evidence of its historical special economic, importance should be ecological, cultural or presented. Multiple spiritual value of independent sources should affected groups not be considered. covered in Principles 3 & 9. 4.4.2. The results of social Verifiers: impact assessment are Documented results of incorporated into social impact assessment; management decisions, FMP or site-level plans including the provision of: Measures to reduce or mitigate identified negative impacts in 4.4.1; Measures to consider areas of special economic, ecological, cultural or spiritual value in management
Fiji Draft Standard (2008): 4.3.2 The FME shall be compliant with the Employment Relations Act. Verifiers: Interviews with forest managers, workers, and labour representatives. Management SOPs Note: National legislation or processes may be cited if it complies with this indicator. C4.4. Management planning and operations shall incorporate the results of evaluations of social impact. Consultations shall be maintained with people and groups (both men and women) directly affected by management operations. Indicators Verifiers, Examples, and Notes Evaluation Team Notes Conformance (C, NC or NA) 4.4.1. FME shall conduct a social impact assessment that: Identifies affected groups; Includes consultation with affected groups (both men and women); Identifies main impacts of management activities on those groups in cooperation with them; and Identifies any areas of special economic, ecological, cultural or spiritual value of affected groups not covered in Principles 3 & 9. Verifiers: Records of stakeholder communication; Stakeholder lists; Documented results of social impact assessment; Interviews with affected stakeholder groups Note: For an area to be considered of special value there should be broad support from stakeholder groups and/ or evidence of its historical importance should be presented. Multiple independent sources should be considered. 4.4.2. The results of social impact assessment are incorporated into management decisions, including the provision of: Measures to reduce or mitigate identified negative impacts in 4.4.1; Measures to consider areas of special economic, ecological, cultural or spiritual value in management Verifiers: Documented results of social impact assessment; FMP or site-level plans
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