ITTO presentation

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OVERVIEW OF ITTOS WORK RELATED TO ILLEGAL
LOGGING AND ILLEGAL TIMBER TRADE
TFD Illegal Logging Dialogue Hong Kong, 7-10
March 2005
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION
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DECISION 6(XXXI)
1. IMPORT / EXPORT TRADE DISCREPANCY STUDY
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DECISION 6(XXXI) (cont.)
1. IMPORT / EXPORT TRADE DISCREPANCY STUDY (cont.)

• 11 countries (Bolivia, Brazil, China, Republic of
  Congo, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New
  Guinea, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States)
• Synthesis report for Thirty-seventh Council
  Session
• Good contacts between countries established

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DECISION 6(XXXI) (cont.)
2. CASE STUDIES ON ILLEGAL LOGGING / ILLEGAL TRADE

• Peru, Honduras, Malaysia
• In depth analysis of problem, policy and other
  recommendations
• Funds available for more

3. GLOBAL STUDY OF ILLEGAL LOGGING / ILLEGAL TRADE
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ITTO MISSIONS

• To review status of SFM, Sarawak in 1990, 10
  more since then
• Many (e.g. Indonesia, Brazil) have focused on
  problems of illegal logging / illegal trade with
  associated recommendations
• Decision 5(XXXI) Strengthening SFM and
  Controlling Illegal Logging in Indonesia taken
  based on results of Indonesia mission, encouraged
  projects to implement mission recommendations

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ITTO PROJECTS

• Over 5 million spent to date on country
  projects with objectives dealing with
  controlling illegal logging, improving FLE
• Bolivia, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Honduras,
  Indonesia, Peru, Thailand
• Often involve log tracking and statistical
  techniques
• Many include strengthening community involvement
  as means of improving control

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ITTO PROJECTS (cont.)

• Many other projects (e.g. community forestry,
  legislative reform, transboundary conservation,
  CI, etc.) can contribute to better governance
  and law enforcement
• ITTO working with GFW/WRI through Decision
  9(XXXI) Forest Law Enforcement in Africa and
  associated projects to improve FLE and concession
  monitoring in CAR, Rep. Congo and DRC

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CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE / POLICY

• FLEG process
• Other regional meetings (e.g. ECE)
• CITES collaboration Decisions 7(XXXIV)
  Mahogany and 4(XXXV) Ramin
• Best Practices for FLE (ITTO / FAO)

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MARKET INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY

• Market Studies and Analyses
• ITTO Market Information Service (MIS)
• Annual Review

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

• International conferences arising from
  recommendations of 2004 TAG/CSAG Panel on Illegal
  Logging / Illegal Timber Trade

• transportation of timber products, involving
  representatives of financial institutions,
  customs, shipping, and transport sectors, with
  the view of identifying weaknesses which have
  allowed for illegal trade
• indigenous and other community forestry, forest
  tenure, policy and other regulatory barriers to
  management and trade, and their relationships to
  illegal logging and illegal trade

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (cont.)

• Extension of concession monitoring work in Africa
  with ATIBT, GFW (possible EU funding)
• Civil Society Private sector partnership grants

• small grants (lt US50,000) to promote SFM by
  small concession-holders
• first to PT Hutanindo/Tropical Forest Trust in
  Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, aiming to have
  100,000 ha concession independently certified

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (cont.)

• 5 more under consideration, many focusing on
  improving legal compliance, social aspects with a
  view to eventual certification

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (cont.)
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (cont.)
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (cont.)
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