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AUDIT PROCESS .........................................................................................11  \n3. COMPANY DETAILS ......................................................................................15  \n4. AUDIT AND NON-CONFORMITY FINDINGS ......................................................19  \nAnnex I: FSC forest management standard conformance (confidential) .......................20  \nAnnex II: NEPCon Certification Standards—NTFP Addendum—Maple Sugar............................36  \nAnnex III: FSC Chain-of-Custody Conformance (confidential) .....................................45  \nAnnex IV: List of all visited sites (confidential) .........................................................50  \nAnnex IV: Detailed list of stakeholders consulted (confidential) ..................................54  \nAnnex V: FSC Group Certification Conformance FSC-STD-30-005 v1-1 (confidential) ....55  \nAnnex V-a: Certified Pool Participation List ..............................................................62  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThis report presents the findings of an independent certification audit conducted by a team of specialists representing NEPCon. The purpose of the audit was to evaluate the ecological, economic and social performance of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) forest management as defined by the Principles and Criteria established by the Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC®) .  \nThis report contains various sections of information and findings and several annexes. Sections 1-4 of the report will become public information about the forest management operation and may be distributed by NEPCon or the FSC to interested parties. The remainder of the annexes are confidential, to be reviewed only by authorized NEPCon and FSC personnel bound by confidentiality agreements. A copy of the public summary of this report can be obtained on the FSC website at [http://info.fsc.org/](http://info.fsc.org/) .  \nDispute resolution: If NEPCon clients encounter organisations or individuals having concerns or comments about NEPCon and our services, these parties are strongly encouraged to contact relevant NEPCon regional office. Formal complaints and concerns should be sent in writing.  \nImpartiality commitment: NEPCon commits to using impartial auditors and our clients are encouraged to inform NEPCon management if violations of this are noted. 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