{"id":4941,"date":"2021-08-24T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/?p=4941"},"modified":"2023-06-08T08:03:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T07:03:25","slug":"hcsa-and-afis-partnership-plan-is-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/hcsa-and-afis-partnership-plan-is-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"HCSA and AFi\u2019s Partnership Plan is Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/highcarbonstock-org.red-giraffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1.png\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/highcarbonstock-org.red-giraffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HCSA_AFi_Partnership-1-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>24th&nbsp;August&nbsp;2021&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Today the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA)&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/\/_ftn1\" target=\"_self\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;and the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/\/_ftn2\" target=\"_self\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;launched&nbsp;their&nbsp;Partnership Plan&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/\/_ftn3\" target=\"_self\">[3]<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;advance&nbsp;their&nbsp;shared objectives related to natural&nbsp;forests&nbsp;and ecosystem protection, land rights, climate change and biodiversity loss mitigation&nbsp;within&nbsp;ethical supply chains.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;HCS&nbsp;Approach&nbsp;and&nbsp;AFi&nbsp;are integral to supporting&nbsp;robust&nbsp;no-deforestation&nbsp;and conservation&nbsp;commitments for&nbsp;companies producing, sourcing, or investing in&nbsp;forest-risk&nbsp;commodity&nbsp;supply chains.&nbsp;The collaboration aims to expand&nbsp;global&nbsp;commitments&nbsp;and&nbsp;their&nbsp;effective implementation through&nbsp;the&nbsp;increased uptake of the HCS Approach and&nbsp;the&nbsp;AFi\u2019s&nbsp;Core Principles and&nbsp;Guidance.&nbsp;&nbsp;To achieve&nbsp;their&nbsp;shared objectives,&nbsp;the partnership between the&nbsp;HCSA and&nbsp;AFi&nbsp;will focus on:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Disseminating&nbsp;materials&nbsp;detailing&nbsp;how&nbsp;The HCSA and the Accountability Framework are aligned and complementary, and how both&nbsp;can be used&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;defining forests and achieving no-deforestation and&nbsp;conservation&nbsp;efforts, respect&nbsp;land rights,&nbsp;improve&nbsp;livelihoods,&nbsp;and ethical supply chains.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoting&nbsp;uptake&nbsp;of the&nbsp;HSA and the Accountability Framework&nbsp;when&nbsp;engaging&nbsp;companies and other actors&nbsp;to implement efforts&nbsp;to address and transform&nbsp;forest-risk&nbsp;commodity&nbsp;supply&nbsp;chains.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engaging&nbsp;in each other\u2019s initiatives&nbsp;to&nbsp;exchange&nbsp;learnings,&nbsp;expertise, and identify&nbsp;opportunities to&nbsp;strengthen\/expand&nbsp;areas of alignment,&nbsp;guidance,&nbsp;and supporting tools.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>HCSA and&nbsp;AFi&nbsp;are keen to work&nbsp;with their overlapping organisational members,&nbsp;other interested&nbsp;organisations,&nbsp;and&nbsp;stakeholders to make the partnership plan a success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Notes:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"\/\/_ftn1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/highcarbonstock-org.red-giraffe.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>T<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>he High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA)<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<em>is a&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/highcarbonstock-org.red-giraffe.co.uk\/the-hcs-approach-toolkit\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>methodology<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;that distinguishes forest areas for protection from degraded lands with low carbon and biodiversity values that may be developed, whilst ensuring that the rights and livelihoods of communities and workers are respected.&nbsp;The HCSA methodology can be used for integrated land use planning in any country and commodity grown in tropical moist forest landscapes<\/em><em><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/em><em>and&nbsp;the&nbsp;HCSA is adapting its methodology for application by independent smallholders and will soon have an open-access framework technical procedure for producing high-quality indicative HCSA-HCV maps at a landscape level.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"\/\/_ftn2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/accountability-framework.org\/about\/about-the-initiative\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>The Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<em>is a&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/accountability-framework.org\/about\/about-the-initiative\/who-is-involved\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>global coalition<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;of leading environmental and human rights organizations working together to accelerate progress and improve accountability of company commitments to protect forests and safeguard human rights in agriculture and forestry supply chains. In June 2019, the coalition launched the&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/accountability-framework.org\/the-framework\/contents\/core-principles\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Accountability Framework<\/em><\/a><em>, a set of common principles, definitions, and guidance to support companies in setting ethical supply chain goals, taking action on them, and reporting on progress.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/\/_ftn3\" target=\"_self\">[3]<\/a>&nbsp;In June 2021, HCSA&nbsp;joined the&nbsp;AFi&nbsp;coalition as a Supporting Partner and&nbsp;AFi&nbsp;was&nbsp;recognised as a&nbsp;partner of the HCSA Steering Group to support the aims of the Partnership Plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity aligncenter is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><sup>i<\/sup> The HCSA methodology can be used for integrated land use planning in any country and commodity grown in tropical moist forest landscapes while the AFi guidance is applicable to natural forests and ecosystem types.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24th&nbsp;August&nbsp;2021&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Today the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA)&nbsp;[1]&nbsp;and the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)&nbsp;[2]&nbsp;launched&nbsp;their&nbsp;Partnership Plan&nbsp;[3]&nbsp;to&nbsp;advance&nbsp;their&nbsp;shared objectives related to natural&nbsp;forests&nbsp;and ecosystem protection, land rights, climate change and biodiversity loss mitigation&nbsp;within&nbsp;ethical supply chains.&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;HCS&nbsp;Approach&nbsp;and&nbsp;AFi&nbsp;are integral to supporting&nbsp;robust&nbsp;no-deforestation&nbsp;and conservation&nbsp;commitments for&nbsp;companies producing, sourcing, or investing in&nbsp;forest-risk&nbsp;commodity&nbsp;supply chains.&nbsp;The collaboration aims to expand&nbsp;global&nbsp;commitments&nbsp;and&nbsp;their&nbsp;effective implementation through&nbsp;the&nbsp;increased uptake of the HCS Approach and&nbsp;the&nbsp;AFi\u2019s&nbsp;Core Principles and&nbsp;Guidance.&nbsp;&nbsp;To [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15790,"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941\/revisions\/15790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}