The Global Forest and Trade Network as a response to Transnational Environmental Crime Illegal Loggi

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The Global Forest and Trade Network as a response
to Transnational Environmental Crime Illegal
Logging

• Jana Blair
• Australia Forest and Trade Network Coordinator
• WWF-Australia
• March 2007

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WWFs Mission

• To stop the degradation of the planets natural
  environment and to build a future where humans
  live in harmony with nature, by
• Conserving the worlds biological diversity
• Ensuring that the use of renewable resources is
  sustainable
• Promoting the reduction of pollution and
  wasteful consumption

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WWF The Global Conservation Organisation
Global Programs
Approaches
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Illegal Logging

• Scale of the problem
• Definition of illegal logging
• No clear single solution
• Illegal logging occurs when timber is harvested,
  transported, processed, bought or sold in
  violation or circumvention of national or
  sub-national laws.

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Scale of the problem
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Global Forest and Trade Network

• Voluntary - Market based programme
• Distinction between legality and sustainability
• Forest participants must work towards gaining
  credible forest certification
• Trade Participants must develop and implement
  responsible purchasing policies
• Active in 30 countries
• Has 335 participants
• Managing almost 23 million hectares of forests

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GFTN Requirements

• Trade Participants
• Commit to responsible forestry and timber
  sourcing
• Eliminate timber from unwanted sources
• Increase the proportion of timber from
  responsible sources
• Undergo a baseline appraisal, develop and
  implement an action plan and meet time-bound
  targets
• Provide progress reports
• Producer Participants
• Commit to responsible forestry
• Commit to certification of all forest management
  units
• Undergo a baseline appraisal, develop and
  implement an action plan for achieving forest
  certification
• Provide progress reports

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Timber and Paper Purchasing Policy
Certified
Progressing

• Purchasing Policy
• Recycled material
• Timber and paper sourced from forests that are
  well-managed

Known licensed
Known sources
Illegally harvested timber High Conservation
Value Forests Untraceable timber
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Gaps with Private Voluntary Schemes

• Voluntary there is not a consistent approach
  across the entire sector
• Lack of consistent standards
• Cost impost on those doing the right thing
• Price as the determining factor in purchasing
  decisions

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WWF-Australia
wwf.org.au www.forestandtradeasia.org