• 3) Guarantee of permanence

    3.1.          In accordance with national law, the forest status of the area in which the activity takes place is guaranteed by one of the following measures:

  • 3) Guarantee of permanence

    3.1 (a)      the area is classified in the permanent forest estate as defined by the FAO (11);

    Afforested lands become part of an organization's forest inventory and are managed in accordance with all the requirements of the SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard.

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  • 3) Guarantee of permanence

    3.1 (b)      the area is classified as a protected area;

    Afforested lands become part of an organization's forest inventory and are managed in accordance with all the requirements of the SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard.

    See F53

  • 3) Guarantee of permanence

    3.1 (c)      the area is the subject of any legal or contractual guarantee ensuring that it will remain a forest.

    Afforested lands become part of an organization's forest inventory and are managed in accordance with all the requirements of the SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard.

    See F53

  • 3) Guarantee of permanence

    3.2. In accordance with national law, the operator of the activity commits that future updates to the afford­ estation plan and the subsequent forest management plan or equivalent instrument, beyond the activity that is financed, will continue to seek the climate benefits as determined in point 2. Besides, the operator of the activity commits to compensate any reduction in the climate benefit determined in point 2 with an equivalent climate benefit resulting from the conduct of an activity that corresponds to one of the forestry activities defined in this Regulation.

    Afforested lands become part of an organization's forest inventory and are managed in accordance with all the requirements of the SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard.

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