Enhancement of the RSPO HCV mobile app for the simplified HCV approach for smallholders

The RSPO High Conservation Value (HCV) mobile app for the simplified HCV approach for smallholders¹ has been updated with new features.

The updated version of the HCV app version 1.4 is now available for download in the Google Play Store.

What’s new?

Users will be able to select and use a new language, French, which is also available for the dashboard language settings, apart from English, Bahasa Indonesia, Spanish and Thai.

Key references have also been updated in line with updated RSPO key documents, whereby:

• 5.2 survey updated to existing plantations

• 7.3 survey updated to new plantings

General settings

The dashboard has been configured to limit the farmer’s total plot size of a country according to the country’s National Interpretation (e.g. Ghana = 40 ha, India = 22 ha, Indonesia = 20 ha, and Ecuador = 75 ha).

Group Manager dashboard

The Group Manager dashboard has been upgraded with a feature in the Manage Data Collectors page to create and edit the groups’ information under the management of the Group Manager.

The following guidance documents on the Simplified HCV Approach for Smallholders in the RSPO have been updated to accompany the changes in line with the updated RSPO key documents and the updates on the RSPO HCV app:

1. Guidance Document on the Simplified High Conservation Value (HCV) Approach for Smallholders in the RSPO – Introduction Document (Phase 1 and 2)

2. Guidance Document on the Simplified High Conservation Value (HCV) Approach for Smallholders in the RSPO – HCV Procedures for New Plantings (Phases 3 and 4)

3. Guidance Document on the Simplified High Conservation Value (HCV) Approach for Smallholders in the RSPO – Existing Plantings (Phases 3 and 4)

These documents are available here.

For more information about the HCV app, please contact the RSPO Smallholder Unit at [email protected]

¹ For more information, refer to the Guidance Document on the Simplified High Conservation Value (HCV) Approach for Smallholders in the RSPO