Adoption of the international RSPO Criteria in its entirety

Adoption of the international RSPO Criteria
in its entirety as a National Interpretation
of Republic of Honduras
Process report
27 November 2013
RSPO National Interpretation for Honduras Process report
Table of contents
Introduction ................................................................................... 2
Process and timeline ...................................................................... 3
Development of the drafts for public consultation .......................... 4
Public consultation period .............................................................. 5
Finalization of the drafts for submission ......................................... 6
Annex 1 – Members of technical committee ................................... 7
Annex 2 – Agendas and lists of participants of the technical
committee meetings....................................................................... 8
Annex 3 – List of stakeholders contacted as a part of the public
consultation period ...................................................................... 10
Annex 4 – Newspaper announcement of the public
consultation period ...................................................................... 15
Annex 5 – Public consultation meetings – list of participants ........ 16
Annex 6 – Summary of comments received as a part of the
public consultation period ............................................................ 19
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Introduction
This document outlines the process that was followed in the development of the adoption
of the International RSPO Criteria in its entirety as a National Interpretation of the
Republic of Honduras. This process followed the procedure for endorsement of the
international generic criteria as a National Interpretation in small producing countries set
out in the Annex 1a of RSPO Certification Systems. This document states that:
In smaller producing countries the necessary elements for participation of a
multistakeholder working group may be absent and a country can elect to adopt
the International RSPO Criteria in its entirety providing certain requirements are
met (…)
2.1 The total output CPO production of the country must not exceed 5% of Global
CPO production.
2.2 A complete listing of applicable local, national, international laws,
conventions and treaties be complied. To be known as the “Laws, Conventions
and Treaties” applicable to the sustainable production and use of Palm Oil of
{country} (LCT for NI of {country}).
2.3 The applicable guidance for smallholders is also adopted
2.4 A draft national interpretation (comprising of the International RSPO Criteria,
the appropriate smallholder guidance and the completed LCT for NIs are
submitted to RSPO for formal endorsement (section 5).
2.5 All documents must be in English and the local language
2.6 There is no conflict with RSPO P&C and the national law
The total production of CPO in Honduras is around 430 000 MT, which is equivalent to
around 0.007% of the global CPO production1. Therefore, it is considered a ‘small
producing country’, where the process of adoption of the International RSPO Criteria in its
entirety as a National Interpretation could be carried out.
The process was facilitated by Proforest Initiative as a part of the Central American
Sustainable Palm Oil Value Chain Project. This project is funded by the Farmer Support
Programme (FSP), a consortium of Honduran oil palm companies and Henkel. The project
is implemented by WWF Mesoamerican Reef2, SNV, Solidaridad Network2, Proforest
Initiative2 and the Honduran Ministry for Agriculture, as well as by the palm oil producer
companies Agroindustrial Palma Real S.A. de C.V2, Aceites y Derivados Sociedad Anonima
(Aceydesa) 2, Centralamerican Palm (PALCASA2, Coapalma Ecara2, Cooperativa De
Producción Agropecuaria De Campesinos Salamá Limitada2 Grupo Jaremar2, Hondupalma2,
Palmeros de Aguan S. A. (PALMASA) 2 and the producer organization FENAPALMAH.
The process of the of the adoption of the international RSPO Criteria in its entirety as a
National Interpretation included the convening of a multistakeholder Technical
Committee to support the development of the work. This committee met on three
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USDA, 2013
http://www.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/psdreport.aspx?hidReportRetrievalName=BVS&hidReportRetrie
valID=454&hidReportRetrievalTemplateID=9
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These actors are members of the RSPO.
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occasions in March, April and October 2013 and accompanied the public consultation
meetings. The process also included a public consultation period of 82 days, which
included a call for comments that was sent to stakeholders via e-mail and published in two
national newspapers, as well as three public meetings in different cities of Honduras.
As a part of the process the following documents were developed:
1.
2.
Adoption of the international RSPO Criteria in its entirety as a National
Interpretation – The Republic of Honduras, this document includes the following:
• RSPO Principles and Criteria for the Production of Sustainable Palm Oil
2013
• RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable, Palm Oil Production,
Guidance on Scheme Smallholders (2009)
• RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production,
Guidance for Independent Smallholders under Group Certification
(2010)
• List of national and international laws, conventions and treaties
applicable to the sustainable production and use of palm oil in Honduras
• Definitions of smallholders in Honduras, developed as a part of the
national interpretation process
Proposal for adapting the RSPO group certification system in Honduras, this
document outlines a proposal for adapting the RSPO group certification system to
the Honduran context. It was developed in response to the identification of likely
challenges to the application of RSPO systems in Honduras, particularly for
certain groups of smallholder producers.
Process and timeline
The process of the Adoption of the international RSPO Criteria in its entirety as a National
Interpretation of the Republic of Honduras is outlined in the following table. The process
was initiated in February 2013 at a meeting of the Central American Sustainable Palm Oil
Value Chain Project consortium partners. After this, the draft documents were developed
(see Section 3) and the technical committee was convened. The first meeting of the
technical committee was held, followed by a period of revision of the documents by the
Technical committee and Proforest. The new draft documents were revised in the second
meeting of the Technical Committee. Following this meeting, the documents were revised
again and the changes in the RSPO International P&C were incorporated in the NI
document before initiating the public consultation period on the 1st of July, 2013. The
public consultation period lasted a total of 83 days and included three meetings in
different cities of Honduras. After the end of the consultation period, all of the comments
were compiled and the draft documents were revised. A final revision of the documents
was initiated in the 3rd meeting of the technical committee. The documents were then
finalized and submitted to RSPO.
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1
2
3
Activity
Process kick-off,
presentation to project
members & planning
Legal Analysis &
Development of first
drafts
Convening Technical
Committee
4
1st meeting of Technical
Committee
5
Revision of the drafts
6
2nd meeting of Technical
Committee
7
Revision of the drafts
8
Public consultation
9
3rd meeting of Technical
Committee
10
Finalization of the
documents
11
Submission to RSPO
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Development of the drafts for public
consultation
The process of the Adoption of the international RSPO Criteria in its entirety as a National
Interpretation of the Republic of Honduras was initiated in the meeting of the project
partners in the region of Colon, Honduras. After this, an analysis of national and
international laws was carried out, to compile a list of relevant laws. No conflicts
between the national laws and the RSPO Principles and Criteria were identified in this
analysis. This list, together with the RSPO international P&C, RSPO Principles and Criteria
for Sustainable Palm Oil Production, RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable, Palm Oil
Production, Guidance on Scheme Smallholders and Guidance for Independent
Smallholders under Group Certification were included in a first draft of the national
interpretation documents. Simultaneously, Proforest carried out research and interviews
with various stakeholders on the models of smallholder production that exist in Honduras
to understand how RSPO certification models could be applied in the context of the
country. This research was used to develop a first proposal for the adaptation of group
certification for Honduras.
The RSPO encourages the countries that wish to carry out Adoption of the international
RSPO Criteria in its entirety as a National Interpretation to develop multistakeholder
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Technical committee
List of companies/organizations
that were presented in the
Technical Committee
Organization
/ company
WWF
Prolansate
Comisión de
Acción Social
Menonita
Pastoral
Social Caritas
Ministry of
Agriculture
and
Livestock
Ministry of
Natural
Resources
and the
Environment
Aceydesa
Jaremar
Coapalma
ANAPIH
Centro de
Producción
Más Limpia
de Honduras
ICADE
Type
Environmental
NGO
Environmental
NGO
Social NGO
Social NGO
Government
Government
Large producer
Large producer
Social
enterprise
Small producer
association
Auditing
company /
consultancy
Auditing
company / NGO
working groups to help ‘implement RSPO’, since participatory groups are thought to be
beneficial to all parties. Therefore, Honduran stakeholders were invited to form part of
the multistakeholder Technical Committee that would support the development of the
National Interpretation. For this purpose, partners of the Central American Sustainable
Palm Oil Value Chain Project were invited to nominate a representatives a large producer
company, social sector enterprise and smallholder producer organization to form part of
the committee. Representatives of social and environmental NGOs, auditing organizations
and representatives of the agricultural and environmental ministries were also invited to
form part of the committee. The final composition of the Technical Committee is shown in
the Annex 1.
The first meeting of the Technical committee was held in the city of La Ceiba. The agenda
and participant lists of this meeting are included in Annex 2. At the start of the meeting
some training on RSPO standards the National interpretation process were given. There
were technical sessions to review and discuss the draft National Interpretation document,
smallholder definitions and the proposal for group certification. The committee members
volunteered to revise and send comments on the documents within the following two
weeks of the meeting.
After having received the comments from the technical committee meeting, Proforest, as
the technical lead, revised the draft National Interpretation and the proposal for
adaptation of group certification in Honduras. The revised documents were then reviewed
and discussed in the second meeting of the Technical Committee. It was agreed that
Proforest would make final adjustments to the documents and incorporate the new
revisions of the RSPO P&C (approved in April 2013) before the start of the public
consultation period. The start of the public consultation period was delayed by 1 month
from the planned start date due to a delay in receiving the Spanish translation of the
newly approved P&C from RSPO.
Public consultation period
The public consultation on the Adoption of the International RSPO Criteria in its Entirety as
a National Interpretation – The Republic of Honduras and Proposal for Adapting the RSPO
Group Certification System in Honduras was initiated on the 1st of July, 2013. The
documents were made available in both Spanish and English, sent to RSPO prior to public
notification and displayed on the RSPO website. As a part of the public consultation the
draft documents and a comments form were sent to the members of the technical
committee, the partners of the Central American Sustainable Palm Oil Value Chain Project
and a list of 52 stakeholders. All of the documents and the comments form were also
made available in Spanish on two web sites. The list of stakeholders contacted as a part of
the public consultation process is listed in Annex 3. The documents were displayed on the
website of WWF Mesoamerican Reef3, Proforest4 and Centro Nacional de Producción Más
Limpia de Honduras5. In addition to this an announcement about the public consultation
3
http://www.wwf-mar.org/index.php/palma-aceitera/hn
4
http://www.proforest.net/consulta-publica-rspo
5
http://www.cnpml-honduras.org/consulta-publica-interpretacion-nacional-simplificada-de-normarspo-honduras/
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was published in two national newspapers– El Heraldo and El Tiempo. This newspaper
announcement is included in Annex 4.
As a part of the public consultation process, three public meetings were held:
1.
2.
3.
23rd or July in the city of Tocoa
5th of July in the city of Tela
17th of September in the city of Tegucigalpa.
The agenda and list of participants of these meetings are included in Annex 5.
These meetings counted with a wide participation of different actors from the
environmental, social and palm sectors as well as from central and regional governments.
At each meeting a series of presentations were given to help set the context of the work
and help provide basic information the participants on RSPO. These presentations
covered:
•
•
•
•
•
an introduction to RSPO and to the International Criteria
an introduction to National Interpretations and the NI for SPC in particular
Overview of the NI for Honduras process including Technical committee
formation, draft development, inclusion of laws and public consultation process.
Overview of the content of the National Interpretation for SPC
Overview of the proposal for group certification
Participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and clarification. Subsequently
group sessions were organized, where participants could discuss different sections of the
national Interpretation (i.e. Different Principles and Criteria and the associated list of
laws), or the group certification proposal. Groups were provided with copies of the NI for
SPC for Honduras, the comments forms and the group proposal. Group facilitators helped
to record comments made in the groups. Additionally participants were encouraged to
submit individual comments, either at that time, or subsequently.
Some comments were also received via e-mail. After the public consultation period, the
comments were compiled. The compiled comments from the public consultation period
are included in Annex 6.
Finalization of the drafts for submission
The comments from the public consultation were reviewed and taken into account in the
final revision of the documents. The comments and revised draft documents were
reviewed and discussed in the 3rd meeting of the Technical Committee on the 28th of
October in the city of San Pedro Sula. The agenda and participant list of this meeting are
included in the Annex 2. Final amendments were proposed to the National Interpretation
document, the smallholder definitions and the proposal for group certification. These
amendments were incorporated as a part of the final revision of the documents in
November 2013. Both document were then submitted to the RSPO on the 3rd of
December 2013 along with this process report in both Spanish and in English.
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Annex 1 – Members of technical committee
Sector
Environmental NGO
Environmental NGO
Social NGO
Social NGO
Certification
Organization
Certification
Organization
Government
Organisation/Company/Institution
WWF
PROLANSATE
Comisión de Acción Social Menonita
Pastoral Social - Caritas Diocesis de
Trujillo
Representative
Juan Rafael Lopez
Ing. Dennis Sierra
Mirza Ramirez
CNP+L
Ing.Daniel Ayes
ICADE
Ministry of Agriculture (SAG)
Ministry of the Natural Resources and the
Environment (SERNA)
ANAPIH
Ing. José Alfredo Torres
Ing. Victor Iscoa
Joel Argueta
Ing. Alfonso Vasquez
Ing. Jose Maria Reina
Ing. Guillermo Ayes
Orlando Avelar
Ing. Vicente Alvarez
Ing. Marco Tulio
Figueroa
Ing. Suyapa Diaz
Martha Aguilera y Joel
Cacho
Government
Independent Growers
Social Enterprise
Grower and Processor
COAPALMA
Palm Enterprise (private
sector)
ACEYDESA
Supply chain
JAREMAR
Alternate
Lic. Wilfredo Cervantes
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Annex 2 – Agendas and lists of participants of the technical
committee meetings
1st Meeting of the Technical Committee
Venue:
Hotel Quinta Real, La Ceiba
Time:
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Date:
April 10, 2013
Time
Agenda
9:30 - 9:45am
Introduction
9:45 – 10:00am
Presentation of the agenda
10:00 – 10:30am
Introduction to RSPO: Certification and international standards
10:30 – 11:0 am
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30am
Introduction to RSPO – Questions and Answers
11:30 – 12:30pm
Introduction – National Interpretation for small producing countries and the role of
the Technical Committee
12:30 – 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 – 2:30pm
Adoption of the guidance for smallholders
2:30 – 3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:00 – 3:30pm
Adoption of the guidance for smallholders (continuation)
3:30 – 4:00pm
Summary and agreements
List of Participants:
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Name
Juan Lopez
Guillermo Ayes
Paola Gamez
Alfonso Vasquez
Vicente J. Alvarez
Joel Enrique Argueta
Daniel Ayes
Mirza Ramirez
Suyapa Diaz
Martha Aguilera
Joel Cacho
Jose María Reina
Roberto Guity Reina
Anni Vuohelainen
Bella Sosa
Hector F. Herrera
Organization
WWF
SERNA/Regional
SERNA/ Regional
SERNA/Regional
COAPALMA
ICADE
CNP+L
CASM
JAREMAR
ACEYDESA
ACEYDESA
ANAPIH
SENASA
PROFOREST
PROFOREST/ECOTONE
SENASA
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2nd meeting of the Technical Committee
Venue:
Hotel Cesar´s Mariscos, Tela
Time:
Date:
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
May 3rd , 2013
Time
Agenda
9:30 – 10:30am
Presentation of the agenda and introduction
10:30– 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30am
Review of conclusions and next steps from the previous meeting
11:30 – 12:00 pm
Review of the NI Document
12:00 – 12:45pm
Review of the document : Production Models and Structure of the palm oil sector in
Honduras
12:45 – 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00pm
Review of document – Smallholder Proposal for Honduras
3:00 – 3:20pm
Coffee Break
3:20 – 4:00pm
Agreements and next steps
List of Participants
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Name
Juan Lopez
Guillermo Ayes
Alfonso Vasquez
Vicente J. Alvarez
Joel Enrique Argueta
Daniel Ayes
Mirza Ramirez
Suyapa Diaz
Martha Aguilera
Joel Cacho
Orlando Avelar
Jose María Reina
Anni Vuohelainen
Bella Sosa
Daniel Sierra
Institution
WWF
SERNA/Regional
SERNA/Regional
COAPALMA
ICADE
CNP+L
CASM
JAREMAR
ACEYDESA
ACEYDESA
ANAPIH
ANAPIH
PROFOREST
PROFOREST/ECOTONE
PROLANSATE
3rd meeting of the Technical Committee
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Hotel Copantl , San Pedro Sula
Venue:
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Time:
Date:
October 26th, 2013
Time
Agenda
9:30 – 10:00am
Presentation of the agenda and introduction
10:30 – 11:00
Update on the national interpretation process
10:30– 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 pm
Review of the NI Document and comments from the public consultation process
11:30 – 12:15pm
Review of the proposal for group certification of smallholders in Honduras and
comments received
12:15 – 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15 – 2:15pm
Review of the definition of small producers in Honduras and comments received
2:15 – 3:00pm
Agreements and next Steps
List of Participants –TC 2nd Meeting - National Interpretation of Honduras
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Name
Juan Lopez
Martha Aguilera
Marco Tulio Figueroa
Vicente J. Alvarez
Joel Enrique Argueta
Daniel Ayes
Suyapa Diaz
Joel Cacho
Valeria Sánchez Cubas
Alfonso Vasquez
Jose María Reina
Anni Vuohelainen
Bella Sosa
Organization
WWF
ACEYDESA
ACEYDESA
COAPALMA
ICADE
CNP+L
JAREMAR
ACEYDESA
SERNA
SERNA
ANAPIH
PROFOREST
PROFOREST
Annex 3 – List of stakeholders contacted as a part of the public
consultation period
Community/ organization/ company
Contact Person
KM 13 y 14
Vitelio Trujillo
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Community/ organization/ company
Contact Person
Los patos
Los cocos
Procon
Santiago
Soilabe
Buenos Aires
La ICA
La Citronela
Agua Blanca
El Jute
Pajuiles
Las Metalias
Naranjo Chino
Buena Vista
Cebú
La 39
Montevideo
Tibambo
San Juan Viejo
Toloa Creck
Veracruz
Maloa
Cuaca Jaral
Santiago Arriba
Rio Cuero
Peguales
Saladito
Frisco Uno
Presidente Junta de agua Rio Claro
XV Batallón de Infantería
Presidente patronato Los Leones, Colon.
Presidente Patronato pro mejoramiento de Rio Claro.
Jefe regional del trabajo ubicado en las oficinas de El Progreso
Patronato Aldea de Santa Elena.
Patronato Honduras aguan
Patronato Luz del Valle
Patronato La Trinidad
Patronato Monte Cristo
Patronato Misión del Caribe
Patronato Tarros
Patronato Aguas Amarillas.
Patronato 18 de abril
Alcalde Trujillo
Alcalde de Santa Fe
24 de diciembre
Comunidad Cristales y Rio Negro.
Gerente Técnico de la Empresa COINSU
Consultor
Gerente Agrícola Grupo Jaremar
Fundacion Popol Nah Pol
Comision de Accion Social Menonita ( CASM)
Pastoral Social - Caritas Diocesis de trujillo
Fundacion San Alonso Rodriguez
Fredy Garcia
Manuel Mendoza
Edwin Romero
Israel Mejía
Ramon Lainez
Javier Rápalo
José Felipe Chacon
Victor Aguiluz
Edilberta George
José Gabriel Bejarano
Antonio Melara
Geovany Flores
Felipe Rodríguez
Santos Everardo Carranza
Maria Alvarado
Celso Andony Rivera
Santos Maldonado
Marcos Cruz
Gladys Posada
Juan José Garcia
Lorena Matamoros
Zeyda Elisa Hernández
Maria Isabel Urbina
Juan Angel Pérez
Jaqueline Vásquez
Luis Alonso Mendez
Mauricio Santos
Juan Angel López
José Alejandro Flores
Coronel García
Feliciano Flores
Daniel Flores
José Zuniga
Justo Lorenzo Paguada
Reynaldo Mencias
Juan Benítez
Joel Zuniga
Enrique Vargas
José Lazo
Flora Odalma Romero
Augusto Murillo
Wilfredo Montoya
José Antonio Laínez
Noel Ruiz
Esteban Sánchez
Suyapa García
Ing. Ernesto Castro
Lic. Reynaldo Beltrán
Ing. Exely arias Galeano
Juan A. Alvares
Noel Landaverde
Victor Martinez
Juana Esquivel
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Community/ organization/ company
Contact Person
ICADE
SERMUNAST
Oficina de la Mujer
Dirigente Patronatos
Presidente Junta de agua Rio Claro
XV Batallón de Infantería
Presidente patronato Los Leones, Colon.
Presidente Patronato pro mejoramiento de Rio Claro.
Patronato Aldea de Santa Elena.
Patronato Honduras aguan
Patronato Luz del Valle
Patronato La Trinidad
Patronato Monte Cristo
Patronato Misión del Caribe
Patronato Tarros
Patronato Aguas Amarillas.
Patronato 18 de abril
Alcalde Trujillo
Alcalde de Santa Fe
24 de diciembre
Comunidad Cristales y Rio Negro.
Comisiones De Accion Social Menonita CASM
Cámara de Turismo Tela
Municipalidad Tela
Municipalidad El Progreso
Municipalidad La Lima
Municipalidad Toca
Municipalidad Saba
Municipalidad Olanchito
Municipalidad San Francisco
Municipalidad La Másica
ICF /TELA
DIGIPESCA/TELA
IHSS/Tegucigalpa
Bomberos Tela
Bomberos las Másica
Bomberos La Ceiba
Bomberos Progreso
Municipalidad de EL progreso, Yoro
Municipalidad de El Negrito, Yoro
UMA Tela
UMA El Progreso
UMA La Lima
UMA Olanchito
UMA Saba
UMA San Francisco
UMA La Masica
UMA Tocoa
UMA El Negrito
DEMA de El Progreso
UMA El Negrito, Yoro
SERNA
DECA- SERNA
Guadalupe Martinez
Esthela Torres
Gladis Ponce
Estanislao Bustillo
José Alejandro Flores
Coronel García
Feliciano Flores
Daniel Flores
Justo Lorenzo Paguada
Reynaldo Mencias
Juan Benítez
Joel Zuniga
Enrique Vargas
José Lazo
Flora Odalma Romero
Augusto Murillo
Wilfredo Montoya
José Antonio Laínez
Noel Ruiz
Esteban Sánchez
Suyapa García
Ing. Noel Landaverde
Danilo Amaury Diaz Banegas
David Zaccaro
Pilo Tejeda (Regidor)
Astor Amaya Fuentes
Héctor Rolando Hernández
Carlos Reynaldo Martínez
Arnaldo Acosta
Jose Escalante
Freddy García
Rómulo Gutiérrez
Roberto Castro
Oscar Chinchilla
Roberto Pineda
Ciron Ivan Mejia
Luis Antonio Romero
Cesar David Marriaga
Alexander López
Oscar Perdomo
Miguel Ordoñez
Ana Sulay Rivas
Enrique Zelaya
Juan Fernando Almendrares
Omar Ruiz
Jose Manuel Vindel
Mario Urbina
Oscar Peña
Ing. Fredy Aguilar
Mauro Euceda
Mirosla Aguilar
Julio Eguigurens
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Community/ organization/ company
Contact Person
SAG
Coordinador Depto. Estudios y Normas Ambientales DGA SERNA
Municipalidad de Tocoa
Municipalidad Olanchito
Municipalidad Saba
ICF Tocoa
UMA Trujillo
SAG de Colon
Director distrital de educación /Tela
Ministro Secretaría Industria y Comercio
Ministro Director del Instituto Nacional Agrario, INA
Prolansate
Fucsa
World Wild Life
Ambitec
ICF de Yoro
Coral Reef Alliance
AMATELA (Amigos de los arrecifes de Tela)
PROLANSATE
Fundación Capiro y Calentura (FUCAGUA)
FUNDEMIQUE
Fundacion MDL
Fundacion MDL
Rainforest Alliance
CONADES
Fundacion Ecologica Mico Quemado
Fundacion Capino Guaymoreto FUCAGUA
Fundacion San Lorenzo Rodriguez
Unpala
Agrotor
Hondupalma
Palcasa
Coapalma
Aceydesa
Agropalma
Dinant
Salamá
Palmasa
Olepsa
Indasa
Hondupalma
Coapalma
FENAPALMAH
Cooperativa Salama
Asociación Nacional de Industriales de Honduras (ANDI)
Servicios Nacionales de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA)
Victor Iscoa
Marvin Rosendo Martínez
Mario Urbina
Arnaldo Acosta
Carlos Reynaldo Martínez
Ing. Nadia Bueso
Listen Ordoñez
Ing. Rafael Salazar
Abrahán Escobar Alvarenga
Lic. Adonis Lavaire,
Lic. Neptly Medina
Dennis Sierra
Jose Herrero Iglesias
Jose Rigoberto Vásquez
Miguel Enamorado
Ing. Karla Martínez
Jenny Myton
Antal Borcsok
Dennis Sierra
Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (SERNA)
Proyecto de Competitividad Rural (COMRURAL)
Programa Nacional de Desarrollo Sostenible (PRONADERS)
Proyecto de Mejorando la Competitividad de la Economía Rural (PROMECOM)
Secretaría Técnica de Planificación y Cooperación Externa (SEPLAN)
Escuela Agrícola Panamericana El Zamorano
Ing. Patricia Romero
Suyapa Zelaya
Xiomara Gómez
Medardo Caballero
Ruth Xiomara Cubas
Prof. Carlos Escobar
Ing. Hector Avila
Lic. Esquivel
Eduardo Cole
Danny Gabrie
Nelson Araya
Carlos Antúnez
Jairo Santos
Marco Tulio Figueroa
Jorge Bulnes
Melvin Estrada
Dubail Rosa
Belkis Funes
Leonel lacayo
Leonel Lacayo
Mauricio Gomez
Vicente Alvarez
Ramon Perez Amador
Jorge Alberto Murillo
Fernando García
Dr. Ramfis
Rigoberto Cuellar y Roberto
Cardona
Raúl Alemán
Rubén Espinoza
Carolina Canales
Julio Raudales
Arie Sanders
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Contact Person
Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada (COHEP)
KfW
FIDE
FUNDER
Fundación Hondureña de Ambiente y Desarrollo VIDA
GIZ
Programa de la Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)
BID FOMIN
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo (AECID)
U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID)
Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (COSUDE)
OXFAM
FAO
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
SWISS Contact
Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA)
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
WWF
Solidaridad Network
Coral Reef Alliance
Finca Honduras
Asociacion Nacional de Industriales (ANDI)
Representante Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en Honduras
DAI Honduras
USAID
Matthiu Asselin
Social Trade
Manuel Martinez
BCIE
FUNDARHSE
FAO
Director Instituto Hondureño de Cooperativas, IHDECOOP.
Secretario Ejecutivo Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Sostenible CONADES
Andrea Lemus Ruiz
Lydia Andler
Arturo Chavez
Angel Meza
Isaac Ferrera
Rene Benitez
Juan Jose Ferrando
Fausto Castillo
Elena Gutierrez Lasuen
Presidente Asociación de Municipios de Honduras, AMHON
Primera Vice-Presidente Asociación de Municipios de Honduras, AMHON
Director Ejecutivo Grupo Sociedad Civil, GSC
Carlos Solis
Juerg Benz
Ralph Merriam
Luis Welches
Yamada Akihico
Ivan Rodriguez
Byron Miranda
Herminia Palacios
Jose Vasquez
Omar Palacios
Jenny Myton
Jennifer Velasquez
Lilian Morazan
Dr. David Ian Walker,
Jorge Lainez
C. Solis
SOCODEVI
Cristi
Swiss Contact
M. Aparicio
E Quiroz
Luis Alvarez
Lic. Víctor Ulloa
Sr. Francis Contreras
Sr. Carlos Armando Bendeck
Cerrato
Sra.Célfida Amada Bustillo
Cerna
Ing. Omar Edgardo Rivera
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Annex 5 – Public consultation meetings – list of participants
Meeting in Tocoa- July 22nd, 2013
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Organisation/Company/Institution
WWF
Solidaridad Network
ACEYDESA
ACEYDESA
ACEYDESA
ACEYDESA
JAREMAR
Cuerpo de Bomberos de Tocoa
PALMASA
PALMASA
PALMASA
PALMASA
PALMASA
Productores Independientes 15 de Mayo
SERNA regional La Ceiba
Empresa Lempira
CAOAPALMA
APRIVA
APRIVA
C.E.B El Despertar
Productores Independientes 15 de Mayo
SERNA regional La Ceiba
COAPALMA
San Isidro
San Isidro
Los Leones Iglesia Católica
Agropalma
Agropalma
Salama
Coop.Salama Ltd
Radio Católica
Radio Católica
Apalsa Sonaguera
Apalsa Sonaguera
Prensa
San Esteban
San Esteban
Apoyo
Nueva Confianza
Nueva Agrario
ICADE
Empresa Lempira
Empresa Lempira
APRIPVA
Agropalma
Agropalma
Cooperativa Salama
MUCA
APRIPVA
Contact Person
Juan Lopez
Omar Palacios
Pauly Hernadez
Joel Eduardo Cahco
Martha Aguilera
Adan Funes
Suyapa Diaz
Jesus E. Lopez Cardenas
Mauricio Alberto Garcia
Marely Suyapa Acosta Hernandez
Erlin Benavides Pineda
Belkis Funes Santos
Mirtha Yaneth Luna
Angel Figueroa
Alfonso Vasquez Calix
Edwin Roberto Canales del Cid
Daira Janessy Velasquez
Roger Leonel Delorca
Fidel Marquez
Neftali Hernandez Nieto
Denis Nolasco
Gladys Murillo
Redin Orlando Chavez
Mario Matute
Rafael Bautista Garcia
Julio Elias Hernandez
Marely Guity
Tulio Lanza
Pablo Alberto O.
Alfredo Murillo R.
Marjorie Morales
Miguel Lopez
Francisco Herrera M.
Mario Ortiz
David Corea
Rafael Ordoñez
Karen Castro
Magda Mendoza
Toni M. Matute Rios
Florinda Rodriguez
Joel Enrique Argueta
Enemias Ortega Medina
Hipolito Rosa
Andy Saavedra
Alexander Barahona
Jerson Alvarez
Lester G. Murillo
Jose Noe Alberto
Sonia Raquel del Cid
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Nueva Aurora
Gobernador Político de Colon
COAPALMA
COAPALMA
COAPALMA
Centro de Produccion mas Limpia
Unidad Ambiental Municipal - Tocoa
PALMASA
SERNA REGIONAL La Ceiba
Empresa Lempira
APRIVA
APRIVA
COAPALMA
Mesa Regional Lean
Mesa Regional Lean
Contact Person
Adolfo Castañeda
Mario Lian Pinto
Hector Maradiaga
Eliseo del Cid
Ramiro Donato Vasquez
Leila Orellana
Juan Ramon Arias
Antonio Rigoberto Acosta
Guillermo Ayes
Eduin Josue Dubon Munguia
Rudy Martinez
Santos Mendez
Jairo Santos
Javier Escobar
Ramon Orellana
Meeting in Tegucigalpa- September 17th, 2013
No
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Organisation/Company/Institution
Secretaia de Planficacion Y Cooperacion Externa Direccion de OT
EAP- El Zamorano
EAP- El Zamorano
EAP- El Zamorano
Agropalma
OHN/SNC/Seplan
DGA/ Secretaria de RRNN y Ambiente
UAP/SEFIN/ Propalma
Solidaridad Network
Contact Person
Nancy Martinez
Veronica Tax Sapan
Julio Cesar Recinos
Arie Sanders
Luis Reyes Zelaya
Sandra Gomez
Alex Baquis C.
Lucy Milagro Lopez
Omar Palacios
Meeting in Tela- July 25th, 2013
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Jaremar
Jaremar
Agrotor
Instituto de Conservación Forestal -ICF
Unidad Municipal Ambiental Tela
Corporacion Dinant
SNV
JAREMAR
ANPIH
AGROTOR
CORAL ORG
Cuerpo de Bomberos
Cuerpo de Bomberos
Gerente Unidad Turistica Municipal
Palmas Mrijo
FUNDEMIQUE
HONDUPALMA
HONDUPALMA
CORAPSA ( ANAPIH)
Contact Person
Franklin Stanislao Bonilla Q.
Marlon Alexander GeorgeA.
Luis Alonso Garcia C.
Romulo Gutierrez
Pablo Joel Estrada
Tomas Garcia
Osmer Ponce
Suyapa Diaz
Jose Maria Reina
Arnaldo Boria Ordoñez
Jenny Myton
Jose Posas
Cedsar D. Marriago
Danilo Diaz
Angela Maria Nuñez
Lourdes Patricia Romero
Mauricio Gomez
Marvin David Perdomo
Nery Menjivar
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Solidaridad Network
HONDUPALMA
UNPALA
Corporacion Dinant
PROLANSATE
PALCASA
WWF
Centro Nacional de Producción más Limpia de
Honduras
COAPALMA
SERVITECH
PALCASA
Cuerpo de Bomberos
SERNA REGIONAL
SERNA REGIONAL
PALCASA
EECOPALSA
Patronato El Castaño
Presidente de Patronato
PALCASA
Organisation
Aldea Colorada
SERNA REGIONAL
Presidente Patronato
Comité Desarrollo Ambiental
Presidente Comité ProDesarrollo Ambiental
Instituto Nacional Agrario
Canal 11
ICADE
Contact Person
Omar Palacios
Alex Osorio
Eduardo Cole
Jose Luis Matamaros
Dennis Sierra
Soinier Rivera
Juan Lopez
Daniel Ayes
Vicente Alvarez
Ricardo Hernandez
Mario Figueroa
Daniel Mayen
Sheily Vindel
Esther Lopez
Misael Trochez
Rausl Zelaya R.
Pedro Escobar
Jose Angel Ponce
Hector Reyes Pineda
Contact Person
Victorina Quintanilla
Sabina Varga
Bertha Ayala
Santos Navarro
Jorge Turcios
Hector Cardona
Jose Alfredo Torres
Jose Alfredo Torres
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Annex 6 – Summary of comments received as a part of the public consultation period
Topics
Theme 1:
Economic Viability,
Transparency,
Continuous
Improvement,
Compliance with laws
(Principles 1, 2,3 and
8)
Meeting Tocoa
Suggest including the following laws:
Principle 1
1.1:
• Ley de la Competitividad
• Convenio del Precio Justo
1.2:
• Ley Forestal
• Reglamento General de Medidas Preventivas de
Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades
Profesionales
• Código de Trabajo
• Ley del Comisionado de los Derechos Humanos.
Principle 2
2.1:
• Constitución de la República
2.2:
• Ley de Modernización Agrícola
• Convenio 169 OIT
Principle 3
3.1:
• Normas NIIF
Principle 8
8.1:
• Ley General del Ambiente
• Reglamento de Desechos Sólidos y Desechos
Tóxicos
• Ley General de Aguas
• Reglamento General de Emisiones Atmosféricas
Fuentes Fijas
Meeting- Tela
Suggest including the following laws:
• Marpol Treaty and European Union treaty
Meeting- Tegucigalpa
General Comments (received via email)
Received by Mail
Principle 1-Criterion 1.2.1
The summary of the audit report
should be issued by the auditing
company "on web page and when
requested" (indicated by the document
RSPO certification system) this should
be right
- The auditee should not have it public
without prior consent of the auditing
firm
Reason: names in this report (audited
and auditors, names of institutions and
third parties, may appear internal data
of the organization is not in the public
interest)
Principle 2 - Criterion 2.2.5
Indicator: The mapping of lands under
conflict should done by a government
body or an appointed third party ( In
Honduras the National Agrarian
Institute)
Reason: if there are land conflicts, how
can participatory mapping be done by
the parties involved in the conflict?
This would expose the parties and
promote greater conflict.
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Topics
Meeting Tocoa
Meeting- Tela
Meeting- Tegucigalpa
General Comments (received via email)
• Reglamento General Medidas Preventivas de
Theme 2: Use of
appropriate best
practices by growers
and millers (Principle
4)
Tema 3: Environment,
biodiversity, new
plantings (Principle
5.7)
Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades
profesionales
Suggest including the following laws:
No group was formed for this topic
Principle 4
1.1:
• Manual de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas en el cultivo
de la Palma (Borrador)
1.2:
• Ley de Tratado de Rotterdam
2.4:
• Norma Técnica de Descarga de Agua
• Ley General de Agua
3.1:
• Ley de Conservación Forestal
5.1:
• Código de la Salud Decreto 6591
6.1:
• Reglamento de Salud Ambiental Decreto 0094
6.2:
• Reglamento sobre el Uso, Registro y Control de
Plaguicidas y Sustancias afines Acuerdo 318 del 26
de febrero de 1981
7:
• Código de la salud Decreto 6591
8.1:
• Ley de la Reforma del Seguro Social Decreto 0802001
Suggest including the following laws:
Suggest including the following laws:
Principle 5:
5.1.2:
• Ley Forestal de Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre
5.2.1 y 5.2.2:
• Ley General del Ambiente
• Ley de Bomberos
Principle 5:
5.1:
• Ley Forestal
• Ley del sector agua potable y saneamiento
• Ley General del Ambiente y su Reglamento
Principle 4- Criterion 4.6.6
The restriction is very general,
containers, mainly barrels can be used
as dumps (drilled and triple washed) or
reused in farm work.
The indicator should leave that option
open.
Suggest including the
following laws:
Indicatos 5.2 y 7.1:
RAMSAR Convention
Principle 5- Criterion 5.6.1
This explanatory preamble is very
sound.
Criterion 5.6.3
This should be more specific in terms of
the indicator: Which farm emissions
are expected to be monitored?
Principle 6- Criterion 6.9.2
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Topics
Meeting Tocoa
• Ley de Municipalidades
• Comentario: eliminar duplicación de la ley del
convenio de Naciones Unidas (Criterio: 5.6)
Principle 7:
7.2.1:
• Ley de Municipalidades
Comentarios: agregar al principio 7: Ley de Reforma
Agraria y adoptar la norma al país (suelos frágiles)
Turbas
Nota: Hace falta la Ley de Bomberos y la Ley de
SINAGER
Meeting- Tela
• Declaratoria de áreas protegidas y planes de
manejo de zonas protegidas (Decretos)
5.2:
• Norma técnica para aguas residuales
• Ley de pesca
• Planes de Manejo de Zonas Protegidas
(Decreto) de todas las zonas Protegidas
Nacionales
• Reglamento de sitio de importancia de vida
silvestre
• Ley General del Ambiente y su Reglamento
• Convenio Internacional de sitio RAMSAR
5.3:
• Norma Técnica para Aguas Residuales
• Código de Salud
• Reglamento sobre el Registro, Uso y Control
de Plaguicidas y Sustancias Afines
• Acuerdo de Creación de Comisión
Interinstitucional de Plaguicidas
5.4:
• Ley General del Ambiente y su Reglamento
• Ley de Hidrocarburos
• Ley de Biocombustibles
• Ley de Promoción a la Generación de Energía
Eléctrica con Recursos Renovables
5.6:
• Ley de Biocombustibles y su reglamento
Principle 7
7.1.1:
• Ley del Patrimonio Cultural Convenio 169
(Etnias)
7.2.1:
• Planes de Arbitrios Municipales y Guía de
Buenas Prácticas (Borrador)
7.3:
Meeting- Tegucigalpa
General Comments (received via email)
Clarify what is referred to
"reproductive rights of all"
Principle 7- Criterion 7.3.5
About the Management Plan for high
conservation value area, priority should
be given to consultation with experts
(biologists, anthropologists,
environmentalists, etc..)
The indicator should show that experts
have been consulted and the
community is considered in the actions
to be executed within the
management plan
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Topics
Meeting Tocoa
Meeting- Tela
Meeting- Tegucigalpa
General Comments (received via email)
• Planes de manejo de áreas protegidas y
Theme 4: Labor
Issues, local
communities and
smallholders
(Principle 6)
Suggest including the following laws:
Convenio RAMSAR humedales
7.5:
• Convenio 169, Ley Forestal y Ley de
Ordenamiento Territorial
7.7:
• Norma Técnica de descarga de aguas residual
y Convenio del cambio climático KIOTO
Agree with the proposal
Principle 6
6.1.2:
• Código de Trabajo
• Convenio Internacional OIT
• Constitución de la Republica
• Código de Salud
• Reglamento del Código de Trabajo
• Ley de SINAGER, Ley de COPECO.
6.2:
• Ley de SINAGER
• Reglamento de Trabajo
6.3:
• Constitución de la Republica
• Ley de Ambiente
• Reglamento de Denuncias Ambientales
• Ley de Protección al Consumidor
• Código de Trabajo
• Código de Salud.
6.4:
• Ley de ICF, “Derechos Consuetudinarios” Ley de
expropiación
• Ley de OIT
6.5: Trasladar 6.6 el convenio No. 100 completo
6.6: Completo
6.7:
• Código de Trabajo
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Meeting Tocoa
Meeting- Tela
Meeting- Tegucigalpa
General Comments (received via email)
• Reglamento de la Secretaria de Trabajo
• Código de Familia
• Reglamento de INAM.
Theme 5: Definition
of smallholders for
RSPO certification in
Honduras
6.8:
• Política de Genero
• Ley especial de Discriminación
• Ley del Ministerio Publico
6.9:
• Política de Género
• Código de Ética del Servidor Público
• Código de Familia
• Código de Niñez
• Código de Salud.
6.10:
• Ley de Incentivos de Expansión de Palma Africana
• Ley de Incentivos a la Inversión
• Ley de Acceso a la Información Pública.
6.11:
• Reglamento de Empresas con Responsabilidad
Social
• Ley de Ambiente.
6.12:
• Derechos Humanos
• Código de Familia
• Código de Niñez
• Ley Especial de Minusválidos.
6.13:
• Tratado internacional de la OIT
No group was formed for this topic
Question:
Do you agree with the proposed definition for
"smallholders"?
Comment:
Where it says: "your farm is the main source of
income ...", substitute: "his farm usually
represents the main source of income ...."
Question
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Theme 6: Proposal for
adaptation of group
certification for the
Honduran context
Comentarios
Generales
Meeting Tocoa
Agree with the proposal
Meeting- Tela
Meeting- Tegucigalpa
General Comments (received via email)
Do you agree with the proposed definition
would "smallholder systems"?
Comment:
Where it says: "the administration of the
plantation and harvesting ....", substitute with:
"the management of the plantation and
harvesting ..."
Question:
Do you agree with the definition you proposed
"independent smallholders' for RSPO
certification in Honduras?
Comment:
Where it says " however, they may receive
support or extension services from government
agencies," add: "NGOs, mills"
Question:
Do you agree with the proposal "all companies in
the social sector of the economy and individual
producers (but not private companies) can form
groups and be certified by certification group
even if they have an extraction plant (ECARAS
example)?
Comment:
We agree regarding to ECARAS but that that
independent producers should be included, until
their position as a producers is defined (selling to
intermediaries)
1. Four new criteria should be
incorporated into the National
interpretation , with the respective
indicators :
We recommend :
These new criteria should remain
categorized as minor requirements in
the standard and that Annex 3 of the
categorization of major nonconformities in audit document (RSPO
Certification Systems June 2007)
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Meeting Tocoa
Meeting- Tela
Meeting- Tegucigalpa
General Comments (received via email)
should be updated with these new
indicators.
2 . With the addition of the new
indicators in the National
Interpretation ( it was confirmed, by
comparing the National Interpretation
document there are approximately 40
indicators with additional information
or new indicators)
We recommend :
Annex 3 of the categorization of major
nonconformities in document audit
(RSPO Certification Systems June 2007)
should be updated with the new
indicators and define which of these
new indicators in major criteria are
necessary in order to comply with the
criteria itself.
Note: new criteria added to the RSPO
1.3 - 6.12 - 6.13 - 7.8 should be
categorized as minor in the
certification audit
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