HCVF

ESTABLISHMENT OF "HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE FOREST" (HCVF) ORFOREST AREA HAVING A HIGH VALUE OF CONSERVATION

This area is a: -

(a) forest areas containing significant concentrations of biodiversity values are high (eg is endemic, endangered species, protected species) globally, regionally or nationally; and / or forests on a large landscape level, in it containing the management unit, where most or all of the population is capable of living alone was found in a natural form and quantity based on the deployment that much;

(b) forest areas that have ecosystems that are rare, threatened or in danger;

(c) forest areas that provide basic amenities naturally in critical situations (eg watershed protection, erosion areas);

(d) forest areas that provide basic needs of local communities (eg subsistence, health) and / or critical to the cultural identity of local communities (areas of cultural, ecological, economic values or religious who are identified with the help local communities)

Thus, several areas have been identified as HCVF :