# Letland: FSC-mitigatie indicator 58 — rij 2 > Contextgebonden FSC-mitigatiemaatregel uit FSC-RA-LVA-02-2026 voor indicator 58. De volledige officiële Engelstalige maatregel, risicocontext, verifier en brondocumenten staan hieronder als brongebonden feiten. ## Engelse samenvatting > Ensure that areas containing populations or habitats of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) species within the Management Unit (MU) are identified and protected, particularly outside formally designated protected areas where enforcement may be inconsistent, so that HCV1 values are not degraded by harvesting operations. Verify that HCV1 species and habitats within the MU are identified, mapped, and protected before harvesting. - Canonical entity URI: - Schema.org type: `CreativeWork` ## Trefwoorden FSC, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, FSC-RA-LVA-02-2026, indicator 58, Database verification, Document verification, Field verification ## Kenmerken - FSC risk indicator: 58. Concentrations of biological diversity including endemic species, and rare, threatened, or endangered species that are significant at global, regional or national levels are identified and protected, maintained or enhanced (HCV1). — [bron]() - Risk conclusion: Non-negligible risk — [bron]() - Geopolitical scale: Latvia — [bron]() - Source type: State-owned Forest (Production forest), Other state managed forests, Privately and municipal owned forest (Production forest) — [bron]() - Risk threshold: 58. 1.     HCV 1 is identifiedor its occurrence is likely in the area under assessment and is threatened by management activities. — [bron]() - Description of risk: Latvia contains significant HCV1 values, including populations and concentrations of nationally protected, rare and threatened species. Although legal protection mechanisms, species monitoring systems and micro-reserves exist, not all species occurrences are identified before forest management activities. Detection of protected species depends on surveys, monitoring and field observations, and stakeholder information indicates that identification and implementation of species-specific protection measures may be less consistent in some private and municipal forests. As a result, there remains a risk that significant occurrences or concentrations of rare, threatened and endangered species are not consistently identified and protected before management activities occur. Therefore, Indicator 58 is assessed as non-negligible risk. — [bron]() - Type of verifier: Database verification, Document verification, Field verification — [bron]() - Mitigation requirement level: Recommended — [bron]() - Associated documents: Harvesting permit, Nature Data Management System OZOLS, State Forest Service GIS, Forest Inventory Data, State Register of Forests, Municipal Territorial Plans, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 — [bron]() - Risk mitigation measure: Ensure that areas containing populations or habitats of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) species within the Management Unit (MU) are identified and protected, particularly outside formally designated protected areas where enforcement may be inconsistent, so that HCV1 values are not degraded by harvesting operations. Verify that HCV1 species and habitats within the MU are identified, mapped, and protected before harvesting. a) Obtain and review the latest spatial data from OZOLS, the State Forest Service Register, the Nature Census, and Natura 2000 layers to determine the presence or likelihood of RTE species or habitats within planned harvest areas. b) Review the supplier’s harvest plan and pre-harvest reports to confirm that legally required buffer zones, no-harvest areas, or restricted methods are included and respected where overlaps occur with HCV1 features, consistent with the Nature Protection Law and Cabinet Regulation No. 935. c) When overlaps or uncertainties are detected, obtain written confirmation from a qualified ecologist (experienced in Latvian forest biodiversity and RTE species) or from a competent authority (e.g. Nature Conservation Agency – NCA or State Forest Service – SFS) that HCV1 values are adequately protected. d) For sourcing organizations without direct forest access (e.g. foreign or downstream buyers), obtain and retain geo-referenced photos, expert notes, or third-party inspection reports demonstrating that HCV1 values were not degraded. NOTE: Field verification is to be conducted only when desktop evidence (database and document checks, including expert confirmation) is insufficient to determine HCV1 presence or adequate protection. — [bron]() - Source workbook row: 2 — [bron]() ## Relaties - Onderdeel van: [FSC Risk Assessment voor Letland — 2-0]() (`isPartOf`) - Over: [Letland]() (`about`) - Over: [FSC Risk Assessment indicator 58 — Concentrations of biological diversity including endemic species, and rare, threatened, or endangered species that are significant at global, regional or national levels are identified and protected, maintained or enhanced (HCV1).]() (`about`) - Over: [Letland: FSC-indicator 58 — non-negligible risk]() (`about`) - Vermeldt: [Mitigation measure onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Non-negligible risk onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [State-owned Forest (Production forest) — FSC Risk Assessment Letland]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Other state managed forests — FSC Risk Assessment Letland]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Privately and municipal owned forest (Production forest) — FSC Risk Assessment Letland]() (`mentions`) ## Identificaties - FSC Risk Mitigation row: `FSC-RA-LVA-02-2026 row 2` — [resolver]() - FSC risk indicator: `58` — [resolver]() ## Bronnen - [Bron](): Official FSC Risk Assessment FSC-RA-LVA-02-2026; Risk Mitigation worksheet row 2. ## Andere representaties - [HTML]() - [Schema.org JSON-LD]() - [Volledig RDF JSON-LD]() - [Turtle]()