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GENERAL

INTERNATIONAL TROPICALTIMBER COUNCIL

ITTC(XLVIII)/9 Rev.1
24 October 2012
Original: ENGLISHFORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
5-10 November 2012
Yokohama, JapanPROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE ITTO THEMATIC PROGRAMMES(Item 14(a) of the Provisional Agenda)

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List of Acronyms
ATIBT
BWP
CBD
CFME
CFPI
CIRAD
CORPIAA
CTFT
DDD
DIAF
FFPRI
FLEGT
IDE
INAB
ITTC
ITTO
IUFRO
JICA
MECNT
MoU
MP
NOL
NTFP
OLMS
PSC
PTC
REDD
REDDESREFACOF
TFLET
TLAS
TMT
TP
TPAC
TPD
TPP
TWNA
UNFCCCUNFF
YPOInternational Association for Tropical Timber Technologies
Biennial Work Programme
Convention on Biological Diversity
Community Forest Management and Enterprises
Chinese Forest Products Index Mechanism
International Agronomic Research Cooperation Centre for Development
Regional Indigenous Peoples Coordinating Council
Technical Centre for Tropical Forestry
Directorate for Sustainable Development, Democratic Republic of Congo
Directorate of Forest Inventory and Management, Democratic Republic of Congo
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade of the European Union
Industrial Development and Efficiency
National Institute of Forests, GuatemalaInternational Tropical Timber Council
International Tropical Timber Organization
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism, Democratic Republic of Congo
Memorandum of Understanding
Monitoring Protocol
No Objection Letter
Non Timber Forest Products
Online Monitoring System
Project Steering Committee
Project Technical Committee
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Environmental Services
Network of African Women for Community Forest Management
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
Timber Legality Assurance System
Trade and Market Transparency
Thematic Programme
Thematic Programme Advisory Committee
Thematic Programme Document
Thematic Programme Profile
The Wood News Agency
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Forum on Forests
Yearly Plan of Operation

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1.

Introduction
This document is prepared pursuant to Decisions 8 (XLIV) on the Thematic Programmes (TP)subaccount under the Special Account, 9 (XLIV) on the Operational Procedures and Guidelines of
the Thematic Programmes on a Pilot Basis and 10 (XLIV) on the Thematic Programme Profiles(TPP), requesting the Executive Director to prepare annual progress reports on the implementation of
the ITTO Thematic Programmes for Council’s review.
The Thematic Programmes approved by the Council are:
 Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (TFLET) Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Environmental Services inTropical Forests (REDDES) Community Forest Management and Enterprises (CFME)
 Trade and Market Transparency (TMT) Industry Development and Efficiency (IDE)
In keeping with the above Decisions, this document reports on the current status of Thematic
Programme implementation and the progress made since the 47th Session of the ITTC held in La
Antigua, Guatemala, 14-19 November 2011.

2.

Thematic Programme Development
Following the approval of Decision 9(XLIV) to launch five thematic programmes on a pilot basis, thekey activities in terms of programme development and implementation include:
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Development of the Thematic Progamme Documents (TPD) once minimum pledgea of US$
one million have been received
Executive Director invites member countries to nominate experts for the Thematic
Programme Advisory Committees:
TP

Invitation sent

TFLET
REDDES
CFME
TMT

after 44th ITTC
after 44th ITTC
after 45th ITTC
after 45th ITTC

1st TPAC
Meeting30-31 March 2009
2-3 April 2009
1-2 March 2010
4-5 March 2010

Review and adoption of Thematic Programme Documents by TPAC meetings
Establishment of Thematic Programme section on the ITTO website(http://www.itto.int/en/thematic_programme_general/)First calls for proposals (TFLET/REDDES April 2009; CFME, TMT April 2010)
Completion of Monitoring Protocol (MP) for TFLET, REDDES, CFME, TMT (April 2010)

In parallel to the implementation of the Thematic Programmes, the ITTO Online Monitoring System(OLMS) has been developed and launched.
In the fourth year of Thematic Programme implementation, four of the five programmes approved byCouncil have been implemented with partial funding. Sixty four activities, pre-projects and projects
have been approved for funding (including thirteen under the recent 2012 Spring Cycle, approval on
24 September 2012). The Thematic Programme on Industry Development and Efficiency (IDE) has
not received any pledges for funding yet.
Annex 1 provides summary information on each activity, pre-project and project, including a shortsummary, progress made and achievements to date.
3.

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING
The project monitoring and management applies the standard ITTO rules and procedures as outlinedin the ITTO Manual for Project Monitoring, Review, Reporting and Evaluation, 3rd Edition 2009 (GISeries 14). In addition, in parallel with the TP implementation, the ITTO Online Monitoring System

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management by electronic means replacing the paper-based system. The OLMS establishes anelectronic database of projects with a complete dossier of project related documentation andinformation and it allows for systematic interaction between the Executing Agency Project
Coordinators and the ITTO Project Managers at the ITTO Secretariat. The system is fully operational
and is periodically updated and fine-tuned to reflect technical developments and comments received
from system users, including Executing Agencies and Project Managers. The use of the OLMS has
become mandatory for all ITTO projects and is not limited to the Thematic Programmes. In 2011 a
new layout following the ITTO website was implemented (Fig. 2) for easier navigation and more userfriendliness. Efforts are also made to look into options to link the OLMS with the ITTO Online
Database.
In addition, Monitoring Protocols (MP) have been developed for each of the four active TPs on
CFME, REDDES, TFLET and TMT and completed in April 2010. The Monitoring Protocols provide
target values, indicators and means of verification for the specific objectives and outputs defined in
the Thematic Programme Documents. Since the completion of the Monitoring Protocols, theproposals submitted under the TPs have to include an additional section elaborating on the
proposal’s conformity with the respective Thematic Programme deliverables (referring to theThematic Programmes Document, TPD) and the association of expected project results with thetarget values and means of verification in the respective Monitoring Protocol.
4.

TP Calls for Proposals in 2012
The Spring Cycle 2012
The Spring Cycle 2012 Call for Proposals was launched on 16 March 2012 under TFLET, REDDES
and TMT. As the remaining funding under all three programmes was below the ‘common’ thresholdvalue for the launch of a call for proposals (US$ 1 million), this call was limited to small project
proposals and pre-project proposals not exceeding a duration of 24 months and ITTO funding of US$
150,000.
By the deadline of 8 May 2012, thirty five proposals were received from sixteen member countries
and the ITTO Secretariat, seeking a total of US$ 4,888,074.00. While REDDES attracted 23
proposals from 13 countries, only six proposals each were received under TFLET and TMT, fromthree and four member countries respectively (Table 1). The proposals included twenty nine small
project proposals and six pre-project proposals.
Table 1: TP Spring Cycle 2012 Proposals by Country and TP
Country

TFLET

REDDES

TMT

Total

2

1
4

1
1
1
1

2
7
1
6
1
1
3
1
1
2
4
1
1
1

Producers
BrazilCameroon
Gabon
Ghana
GuatemalaIndia
Indonesia
Liberia
Malaysia
MexicoPeru
Philippines
PNG
Togo

2

2

3
1
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
1

Consumers
China
FranceITTO Secretariat
Total

1

6

23

1

1
1

1
6

1
35

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All proposals were subject to the three-step review process applied under the TPs, including: proposal screening for compliance with the requirements under the Spring Cycle;
 technical pre-appraisal by the ITTO Secretariat;
 expert review by the members of the Thematic Programme Advisory Committee (TPAC).
Based on the Secretariat pre-appraisal and the TPAC expert review, the ITTO Executive Director
gave conditional approval for funding to thirteen proposals, that is three under TFLET, six under
REDDES and four under TMT. The conditional approval was endorsed by the TPAC members. Finalapproval was given after proper integration of reviewer comments into revised proposals. The
approved proposals are listed in Table 2. The total funding allocation under the Spring Cycle 2012 is
US$ 1,770,994 divided into US$ 416,878 under TFLET, US$ 815,156 under REDDES and US$
538,960 under TMT. The activities are currently getting underway.
Table 2: TP Spring Cycle 2012 approved proposals
TFLET Spring Cycle 2012 Approvals
CountryPeru

ID #TFL-SPD
028/12
Rev.1 (M)
TFL-SPD
029/12
Rev.1 (M)Peru

TFL-SPD
030/12
Rev.1 (M)

Ghana

Title
Empowering civil society organizations and othernon-state actors to effectively contribute to forest
law compliance in Ghana
Marketing of timber from legal and sustainablesources by indigenous communities in Ucayali,
Peru for the fair trade market
Improved governance and implementation oftransparent negotiation mechanisms forindigenous community forestry in Atalaya(Ucayali), Peru
TFLET Total

ITTO
Funding

Counterpart
Contribution$147,701$40,755$137,941$92,350$131,236$416,878$60,027

ITTO
Funding$101,117

Counterpart
Contribution$25,622$145,800$53,200$121,662$47,698$146,751$68,472$149,922$158,796$149,904$140,473

REDDES Spring Cycle 2012 Approvals
Country
Cameroon

ID #RED-PPD
074/12
Rev.1 (F)China

RED-SPD
075/12
Rev.1 (F)RED-SPD
077/12
Rev.1 (F)

Ghana

Guatemala

RED-SPD
079/12
Rev.1 (F)Liberia

RED-SPD
084/12
Rev.1 (F)RED-SPD
092/12
Rev.1 (F)

Togo

Title
Identification of a project on gendermainstreaming in the development of actions tocontrol deforestation and forest degradation, toimprove the well-being of communities
dependent on forests and other ecosystems inCentral and West Africa
Demonstration on investigation and assessmentof typical forest ecotourism resources in Hainan
province, China
Rehabilitation of degraded forests for sustainable
wood fuel production and climate change
mitigation in the forest-savanna transition zone of
Ghana (RED-PPD 044/11 revised)
Strengthening of governance and sustainable
management of mangrove ecosystems in
Guatemala as a climate change adaptation
measureImproving efficiency of forestry policies andactivities in Liberia through REDD+
demonstration projects
Reducing deforestation and forest degradation in
the Natchambonga and Djiyega community
forests by promoting participatory forest
management actions
REDDES Total$815,156

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TMT Spring Cycle 2012 Approvals
Country
FranceID #TMT-SPD
010/12
Rev.1 (M)

Gabon

TMT-SPD
011/12
Rev.2 (M)

Ghana

TMT-SPD
012/12
Rev.1 (M)
TMT-SPD
013/12
Rev.1 (M)

ITTO

Title
Preparation of the publication “atlas of tropicaltimber species – 1st Edition: Technologicalcharacteristics and uses of 273 tropical timber
species (and 17 temperate species)
Adaptation and application at the national scaleof the Trace Bois-Gabon (Gabon timber tracking)for the collection and processing of forest andtimber statistics in Gabon
Improving intra-African trade and market
transparency in timber and timber products
Analysis of the Economic Impact ofGovernmental Procurement Policies on Tropical
Timber Markets
TMT Total

ITTO
Funding$138,033*

Counterpart
Contribution$135,756$138,996$273,000$111,931*$38,065$150,000

n.a.

$538,960* The project is funded under a grant from the EU to the ITTO-CITES program which provides for part of the funds
pledged to be used for TMT activities with objectives relevant to both programs.

5.

Thematic Programme Financing
The pledges received during the reporting period include US$ 220,000 from the USA and US$
196,608 from Australia for TFLET, and US$ 63,625 from Finland for TMT. The overall financing
status of the Thematic Programmes by programme and donor is reflected in Table 3.

Table 3: TP pledges by programme and donor
Donor
NorwayNetherlands
Japan
Switzerland
USA
UK
Australia
FinlandGermanyJLIA*
New ZealandSweden
Korea
Total
Indicative Budget

Pledges
Total
8,228,960
3,000,000
2,275,953
1,883,040
1,532,456
949,380
281,608
132,888
87,87150,00037,53025,00010,00018,494,686

TFLET

REDDES

CFME

15,0003,000,000
991,235
683,040
757,456
949,380
281,608
35,19987,87150,00037,5308,173,960

40,000483,782
400,000
175,000

635,000
100,000
300,000

TMT

IDE

165,936700,000
300,000

97,68925,00010,0006,898,319

9,232,742

1,100,000

1,263,625

0

15,000,000

18,000,000

10,000,000

5,000,000

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TFLET:The pledges received under TFLET amount to US$ 6,898,319 or 45,98% of the indicative budget(US$ 15 million) for the pilot phase. TFLET donors include the Netherlands, Japan, United Kingdom,
Switzerland, USA, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Republic of Korea and theJapan Lumber Importers Association.
TP
TFLET

Indicative budget(Pilot Phase)$ 15,000,000

Pledges

Donors$ 6,898,319

Netherlands, Japan, UK, USA, Switzerland, Australia,
Germany, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Republic ofKorea. Japan Lumber Importers Association(100%)(45.98%)A total of US$ 6,389,428 has been committed under TFLET, leaving an amount of US$ 508,891
available for allocation to proposals.
a) Pledgesb) Committed$ 6,898,319$ 6,389,428c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 508,891

REDDES:
The pledges received under REDDES amount to US$ 9,232,742 or 51.29 % of the indicative budget(US$ 18 million) for the pilot phase. REDDES donors include Norway, Japan, Switzerland and the
USA.
TP
REDDES

Indicative budget(Pilot Phase)$ 18,000,000

Pledges$ 9,232,742(100%)

DonorsNorway, Japan, Switzerland, USA(51.29%)A total of US$ 9,168,772 has been committed under REDDES, leaving an amount of US$ 63,790
available for allocation to proposals.
a) Pledgesb) Committed$ 9,232,742$ 9,168,772c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 63,970

CFME:
Under CFME there are no changes compared to the previous year. The pledges received under
CFME amount to US$ 1,100,000 or 11.00 % of the indicative budget (US$ 10 million) for the pilot
phase. CFME donors include Japan, USA, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden.
TP
CFME

Indicative budget(Pilot Phase)$ 10,000,000

Total
Pledges$ 1,100,000(100%)

DonorsJapan, USA, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden(11,00%)A total of US$ 1,000,524 has been committed under CFME, leaving an amount available forallocation of US$ 99,476.
a) Pledges$ 1,100,000b) Committed$ 1,000,524c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 99,476

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5 million) for the pilot phase. TMT donors include Switzerland, USA, Japan and Finland.
TP

Indicative budget(Pilot Phase)TMT$ 5,000,000

Total
Pledges$ 1,263,625(100%)

Donors
Switzerland, USA, Japan and Finland(25,27%)

A total of US$ 1,217,657 has been committed under TMT, leaving an amount of US$ 45,968
available for allocation to proposalsa) Pledgesb) Committed$ 1,263,625$ 1,217,657c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 45,968

IDE:
No pledges or expressions of interest have been received yet under the Thematic Programme on
Industry Development and Efficiency
TP

ITTC approved
indicative budget

Total
Pledges

IDE$ 10,000,000(100%)

none

Donorsnone

Recalling Decision 9(XLIV) to urge members to contribute to the Thematic Programmes Sub-Accountto initiate implementation of the thematic programmes, the Council may wish to re-emphasize theurgent need for additional financial pledges to initiate and implement ALL thematic programmes.
The pledges received during the TP pilot phase by donor are reflected in Table 3.

6.

Outreach Activities
General information on the Thematic Progamme is available through the ITTO website(http://www.itto.int/en/thematic_programme_general/). The site provides general information on the
ITTO Thematic Programmes including the Thematic Programme Profiles (TPP), Thematic
Programme Documents (TPD), Monitoring Protocols (MP), summary information on approved
projects, information on calls for proposals as well as links to relevant ITTO Manuals and otherdocumentation relevant for the preparation of proposals. Project completion reports or technicalreports can also be found at http://www.itto.int/project_reports/
REDDES project information has been inserted and updated in the Voluntary REDD+ Database(http://www.reddplusdatabase.org)
Secretariat staff members routinely refer to the Thematic Programmes in meetings, workshops orconferences and provide TP information and/or updates as appropriate. Presentations with a specificfocus on the TPs in general or a specific programme included: Japan Paper Association, Japan Paper Association, Tokyo, Japan, 24 July 2012 (TP general,
REDDES) Rio+20, Side Event of the State of Amapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 June 2012 (TP general,
REDDES) Multi-Stakeholder Safeguards Consultation Workshop, organized by the Swiss – Philippines
Initiatv, Bohol, Philippines, 31 March-1 April 2012 (REDDES)
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 Yokohama International Forum 2012 (in Japanese), JICA Yokohama, 11 February 2012
(REDDES; TFLET) Workshop on Korean Peninsula Rehabilitation and International Forest Cooperation, Daejeon,South Korea, 17 January 2012 (REDDES) ITTO/JICA/The Forest Dialogue Joint Side Event under theme “REDD Readiness- Ready for
What?” at UNFCCC COP 17, Durban, South Africa, December 2011 (REDDES)

7.

Achievements and Impacts
Out of the sixty four activities, pre-projects and projects approved under the thematic programmes,
fifteen have been completed, twenty seven are ongoing, twenty one are in the inception phase and
one went into sunset. While the majority of projects is still ongoing a number of achievements andimpacts can be reported.
TFLET:
 PP-A/43-202 - Global assessment of the status of tropical forest tenure with identification ofrends and implications for investment and management, and for convening an expert workshop
on Tropical Forest Tenure and Business Models, including formulation of a project to assist Civil
Society Organization(s) to set up and operate on a pilot basis a remote sensing system to detect
illegal logging activities in areas known to be critically affected by such activities.
The activity has been successfully concluded. The main activity was an international conference
on forest tenure, governance and enterprises held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 25-29 May 2009
co-organized with various partners including the Government of Cameroon, Rights andResources Initiative (RRI), FAO, IUCN, CIFOR, Helvetas Swiss InterCooperation, the Global
Alliance for Community Forestry and ICRAF. The requested development of a project proposal
to the ITTO Expert Panel has been completed. The proposal has been submitted to the Panel,
has gone through one round of revision and rated Category 2, which means additional revisions
are requested before it can be recommended to Council.
An important outcome of this activity is a technical report on ‘Tropical Forest Tenure
Assessment’ (TI Series 37) published in April 2011. The report was initiallyprepared as the background document for the Yaoundé Conference. It
generated significant interest in the local, regional and international media;
as well as in technical, academic and political arenas related to forests andsustainable development in the tropics, due to the relevance of theinformation provided in support of innovative policy making to address
livelihoods and forest conservation. The report, which has been prepared
under the leadership of RRI, was heavily debated in the Yaoundé
Conference and beyond, resulting in the revised and improved text now
published. It is hoped that the information provided will help accelerate theunderstanding of and support to local communities and indigenous groups
for the sustainable use and conservation of tropical forest resources, andfor their improved livelihoods.
The report is available from the ITTO Secretariat or electronically from the ITTO website at:
http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=2637&no=0&disp=inline
 PP-A/43-193 - Assist countries in developing initiatives that will enhance capacity of small andmedium-sized enterprises to produce and trade timber from legal and sustainable sources withthe aim of promoting progress towards sustainable forest management, verifiable legality andcertification. [Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009: Activity ref. 12]
Two of the three approved partnership proposals were fully implemented. The Tropical Forest
Foundation (TFF) and PS Suka Jaya Markur (PTSTM0 partnership in Indonesia has resulted in
the company achieving key benchmarks including verification of legality, chain of custody,

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funding, with the objective of achieving FSC certification within 2012. The Foundation for People
and Community Development (FCPD) and Innovition Papua New Guinea (IPNGL) partnershipachieved full pre-assessment of SFM certification under the FSC and IPNGL is well placed topursue full SFM certification under the FSC scheme.
 PD 124/01 Rev.2 (M) Phase II–Stage 2 – Promotion of Sustainable Management of African
Forests (ATO/ITTO)
The project was designed to assist ten ITTO African member countries (all of which are also
members of the African Timber Organization - ATO) to implement the harmonized ITTO/ATO
Principles, Criteria and Indicators (PCI) for the Sustainable Management of African Tropical
Forests. The project has been reported completed in 2010. The full completion report is available
from the ITTO Secretariat (French only). The specific objectives of the project was to establish
key elements of adequate capacity to implement ATO/ITTO PCI at national level in the African
member countries of ITTO and for effective regional-level cooperation through ATO to support
individual Member countries to implement the ATO/ITTO PCI. It involved extensive capacity
building in ten member countries and within ATO itself. The Partnership with WWF in Central
Africa proved to be very essential in project implementation in this area. Achievements include:
1. PCI developed and implemented through the project are now an integral component ofseveral certification schemes being developed by countries in the region, including thoseunder the FSC and PEFC umbrellas.
2. the project gave support to the development of a regional FSC standard for Congo Basin
Forests;
3. ATO/ITTO PCI appeared as a supporting tool for adequate preparation for forest certification;
this resulted in higher participation across the stakeholders range;
4. the development of FLEGT processes in many of the countries has been a boost forparticipation in project activities;
5. the legality definition with indicators for its verification was rendered easier after a national
set of PCI had been established;
6. project implementation in central Africa during Phase II has continued to serve as one of themain operational implementation mechanisms of the SFM component of the COMIFAC
action plan;
7. the training sessions organized during Phase II on the implementation of ATO/ITTO PCI andSFM auditing have supported the development of professional African Forest Auditors who
are recruited by FSC certifying firms and those that are working on legality verification;
 TFL-PD 017/09 Rev 2 (M), China - Equipping small and medium sized forestry enterprises in
China for procurement of tropical timber from legal and sustainably managed forests
The project established the Chinese Forest Products Index Mechanism (CFPI), which wasformally launched in Shanghai, China on 26 March 2012. The CFPI is a platform for regularcommunication and information exchange between Chinese government agencies, associations,research institutes and timber product enterprises with a view to promoting procurement oftimber products from sustainably managed forest. The platform was established under the State
Forestry Administration (SFA) and is operated by the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF). The
launching ceremony created substantial interest and the first CFPI forum chaired by Ms. Zhang
Yanhong, Director General of the Department of Development Plan and Finance Management of
SFA, was attended by representatives from Chinese government agencies such as SFA, State
Commission of Development and Reform and General Administration of Customs, Forest
industry associations, presidents and CEOs of around 40 top forest enterprises, FAO and ITTO.
33 forest enterprises have been identified as the first group of “Indicator Enterprise” which willtake the responsibility to provide information on their procurement and production and otherinformation through the platform. The project also received recognition through an invitation byboth the US and Chinese sides to attend the China-USA Strategic Economic Dialogue held inMarch 2012.

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 PP-A/43-194a) Support relevant NGOs to establish/operate a web-based information system designed andoperated to make available data and information that can assist consumers to identify andpurchase legally and sustainably produced timber.
b) Support development of timber tracking systems and dissemination of information on timber
produced under timber tracking systems (will also involve establishment of a website inconjunction with above on marketing tool)
The web-based information system has been designed and is ready to be launched. The ‘Wood
News Agency’ (TWNA) is a web-based system to support sustainable tropical timber trade. The
system has been developed by TFT and has generated great interest among companies and thetrade. However, unfortunately the launch of the system is held up by the absence of follow-up
funding and therefore the expected impact on the promotion of sustainable tropical timber traderemains unrealized. Funding is urgently sought for the immediate launch of the system.
Three of the six selected companies have completed the implementation of their innovative
timber tracking system and the remaining three are at an advanced stage of developing theirsystems.
 PPD-138/07 Rev.1 (M), Peru – Verifying the legality of timber forest products in Peru
The pre-project has achieved excellent results and its impact on participating partners hasreceived formal recognition. The FAO Latin America Forest Commission (LACFC) awarded
distinction of excellence in SFM (Sustainable Forest Management) to a number of forest
communities which participated in the execution of the pre-project as a result of their goodpractices in forest management, i.e., Sawawo Hito 40, Nueva Shahuaya, El Dorado, Nueva
Victoria, Santa Rosa y Flor de Chengari, and the forest enterprise Venao SRL of Peru.
The pre-project also proved that traceability systems can improve productivity and save time inobtaining Government approval for management plans, verification, and issuance of certificates.
The pre-project generated very positive incentives, resulting in private companies participating
and providing additional in-kind contributions, particularly to cover duty travel and use oftechnology.
 PD 449/07 Rev.2 (M.I), Papua New Guinea - Enhancing Forest Law Enforcement in Papua New
GuineaThe objective of this ongoing project is to enhance the forest law enforcement in PNG including
product tracking and chain of custody verification systems, complemented by training andmonitoring, to further support sustainable forest management in PNG’s forestry sector. A
software system has been developed and implemented (for testing) at two test sites, Cloud Bay
Sustainable Forestry Ltd, and Stetten Bay Logging Company Ltd. The initial scoping andframework setting activities have been completed in consultation with a cross-section ofregistered stakeholders through a scoping questionnaire, draft framework documents andnational workshop. This has resulted in the preparation of the 1st Draft Timber Legality
Standard, Industry Code-of-Conduct and Stakeholder Monitoring Module for project steeringcommittee feed-back, prior to wider circulation and field testing.
 PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F), Cambodia - Strengthening Capacity of Forest Law Enforcement andGovernance (Cambodia)
The project has provided training and capacity building to a substantial number of participantsfrom central and local forestry administration, community forestry, private sector and NGOs. A
computerized database system of forest crime monitoring has been improved to systematically
categorize and track forest crimes in two languages (Khmer and English) in the four project sites(Kompong Thom, Kratie, Pursat and Preah Sihanuk provinces) and 1688 forest crime cases
have been recorded in the database. To increase awareness of forest administration staff onforest law enforcement, technical guide books have been developed and published, including“Forest Law Enforcement Training Program in Khmer and English” (1,000 copies), “Forest Law
Enforcement Pocket Field Guide” (425 copies) and “Forest Patrolling Procedures in Cambodia”(1,500 copies). Posters have been produced to increase public awareness of illegal logging.

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 TFL-PPD 001/09 Rev.2 (M), Colombia, US$ 91,498 - Implementing and promoting sustainable
forest management through formulation of an Action Plan for improved forest law enforcement
and governance in Colombia
The pre-project has been successfully implemented and completed. Following the analysis of thelegislation, and preparation of a report covering 36 national laws, 5 national policies, 12international treaties, and 61 regional norms, surveys were carried-out during eight regional
workshops with the participation of 257 participants (140 primary stakeholders, 80 secondary
stakeholders, and 37 tertiary stakeholders in the localities of Tumaco, Satinga, Quibdó,
Florencia, Guaviare, Apartadó, Valledupar, and Remedios. The surveys identified the major
economic activities of relevant stakeholders, stakeholders’ awareness and knowledge of theforest legislation and regulations, training received of forest legislation and regulations, theperception of the state of the forest, percentage of legal and illegal harvesting, perception ofreasons for illegal logging, the marketing channels of timber, the role of the CARs, and proposals
for assuring legality. A summary was prepared describing the characteristics,
needs/challenges/interest, potential and future involvement in the project proposal for each typeof stakeholders. The full project proposal with the title “Implementing and Promoting Sustainable
Forest Management through Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Colombia” [PD 640/12(F)] was developed and submitted to the 42nd ITTO Expert Panel. The proposal was rated‘Category 2’. A revised proposal submitted to the 44th Expert Panel was again rated Category 2
and further revision is needed. The analysis carried out in the pre-project allows Colombia tocount with reliable information of its reality in the forestry sector, as well as with a database of
relevant stakeholders directly involved in forest law enforcement and governance.
 TFL-PPD 023/10 Rev.1 (F), Germany, US$ 175,742 - Development and implementation of a
species identification and timber tracking system in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable
isotopes
The pre-project has been completed and a full proposal was developed for an ITTO regional
project on DNA based and isotopic timber tracking involving 6 African countries: Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Congo Democratic Republic, Congo Republic, Gabon and Kenya wasachieved. The full proposal was supposed to be submitted under TFLET, however as there wasno open proposal cycle and in order not to lose the momentum created by the pre-project the
proposal was submitted under the regular cycle to the 42nd ITTO Expert Panel. The proposal
was rated Category 1 and has received funding of approximately US$ 1,830,000 from Germany(US$ 1.7 million), USA (US$ 100K) and Australia (US$ 30K) with additional countries having
expressed interest in the project. Additional funding for project ‘satellite components’ has also
been achieved from the Australian Research Council through the University of Adelaide. The(pre-)project is directly linked to the German national policies in support of the European Union’s
FLEGT Action Plan. While the EU FLEGT Action Plan provides measures to support developing
countries to achieve improved forest governance, it also provides for Voluntary Partnership
Agreements between timber-producing developing countries and the EU. The project
concentrates on African countries that have finalized or are negotiating a Voluntary Partnership
Agreement with the EU. Except Kenya, all participating countries finalized or are negotiating a
Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the EU FLEGT initiative and share home ranges
for a number of relevant tree species. All partner countries also participate in the AFLEG process
aimed at better governance of African forest resources.
The full project is closely linked and will be implemented in coordination with a number of other(ITTO) initiatives including the ITTO CITES programme. It will also provide substantial input andguidance to the Bioversity International implemented project on ‘Identification of Timber Species
and Origins’ targeted at:
1. Coordination and networking among experts and institutes working with timber species
identification and geographic origin tools
2. Development of internationally accepted and agreed upon guidelines for genetic and stable
isotopes fingerprinting of timber species
3. Development and maintenance of an online database with geo-referenced data on genetic
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 TFL-PD 024/10 Rev.2 (M), Guatemala, US$ 563,339 - Improvement of forest law enforcement at
the national level to promote forest governance in Guatemala
Although this project is at a very early stage of implementation, first impact can be reported withthe signature of an inter-institutional agreement to strengthen forest law enforcement and combat
illegal logging by several institutions within the Government of Guatemala including the Judicial
Authority, the Vice-Presidency of the Republic, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry ofEnvironment, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Defense, the National Forest Institute,and the National Association of Municipalities, have signed an inter-institutional agreement toenforce forest law enforcement and combat illegal logging.
REDDES RED-A 004/09/ Rev.1 (F) ‘Building a Voluntary Carbon Marketing Scheme to Promote
Sustainable Forest Management’
The Activity has developed a feasibility study for the establishment of a mechanism in ITTO tocapture funds from private sector and other potential contributors, to fund voluntary forest related
carbon offsetting schemes, including REDD and PES projects, including a potential design andstrategy for the implementation of the proposed scheme. The activity has been concluded in 2010and has been presented to the 46th ITTA in 2010. Although the feasibility concludes that ITTO is
not likely to be able to attract considerable sums from the private sector towards promoting
REDD(+) projects, the study clearly highlights the comparative advantages of ITTO in terms offacilitating the development of REDD(+) projects including through REDDES and the importanceof several REDDES activities towards building solid REDD projects. The final report is available
upon request from the ITTO Secretariat or in electronic form from the ITTO website at
http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=2137&no=0
 RED-PD 005/09 Rev.2(F) ‘Strengthening Guyana’s capacity to manage forest resources andenvironmental services through resources assessment and monitoring changes in deforestationand degradation’
The project has substantially strengthened Guyana’s capacity to manage forest resources andenvironmental services through resources assessment and monitoring changes in deforestationand degradation. This has allowed for planning and management of these resources to besignificantly enhanced including the management of deforestation and forest degradation. The
project also has significant potential for scaling up. The forest area assessment work that wasdone in the area of the State Forest Estate as part of the forest resources valuation analysis canbe extended to other parts of the forest areas of Guyana and likely also other countries (nottested yet). The Model developed for valuation can be applied to other forests, given input ofcertain unique parameter relevant to each case. The training manual developed for this model,
allows for the use of the model to be extended and scaled up as desired.
The sustainability of the project is assured through several targeted interventions that have been
made as part of the project strategy. Among these are: the full support of the project by the GFC
and the GoG, as the outputs achieved are consistent with policies, plans and programmes that
promote the mitigation activities against climate change; the strengthened capacity of Guyana
Forestry Commission to improve the monitoring and enforcement of regulations and its GIS
capabilities; the capabilities established at the level of the Guyana Forestry Commission in
REDD+ and environmental services; and sufficient awareness and capacity built at the level ofcommunities through adequate outreach/training activities.
At the international level in the areas of REDD+ readiness and specifically MRVS, this additional
technical work that has been done will allow the international community to gain further insights
on considerations and methodological options of expanding MRVS and REDD+ readiness as awhole at the national and local level. The project is closely linked to an initiative commenced
under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. It has been able to demonstrate how
planning for resources utilization through assessment of forest and environmental services canlead to this desired goal enhancing REDD+ readiness activities, which is linked to the overall

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assisted planning, using a Road Map approach for MRVS development at the international level.
The Project specifically explores how to carry out identification of ecosystem services integration
into the readiness planning framework. The outputs of this project, specifically with regards to theassessment of forest and environmental services and from a methodological perspective, givepractical examples on how this can be done, using Guyana as an example.
1.
2.
3.

http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/PROJECT_REPORTS/Payment%20for%20Environmental%20Services%20in%20Guyana.pdf
http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/PROJECT_REPORTS/Exploring%20Payments%20for%20Ecosystem%20Services%20in%20Guyana.pdf
http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/PROJECT_REPORTS/REDDES%20Monitoring%20%20Guyana's%20National%20Forest%20Estate%20Model.pdf

 RED-PD 007/09 Rev.2(F) ‘Enhancing Forest Carbon Stock to Reduce Emission from
Degradation through Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Initiatives in Indonesia’This project was completed in 2012, with the following achievements/impacts having beenrealized:a) A database of all REDD+ and forest carbon related projects in Indonesia has been
establishedb) Methodologies for establishing forest carbon baselines and for estimating the contribution of
FM activities to reducing GHG emissions established and disseminated widelyc) Over 500 representatives of national/local government and a diverse range of otherstakeholders have been made aware of the importance of SFM to achieving Indonesia’s
REDD+ goals.
The project final report and a number of technical reports have been submitted to the ITTO
Secretariat and are posted on the ITTO website under Project Reports.
1.
2.

http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/PROJECT_REPORTS/09%20Rev.%202%20(F)_TR_Act11_English.pdf
http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/PROJECT_REPORTS/09%20Rev%202%20(F)_INTERNATIONAL%20
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 RED-A 023/09 Rev.1 (F) ‘Technical Support for the National Forest Inventory Development in
the Democratic Republic of Congo for the Evaluation of the Carbon Stock Changes in Forest
Lands’The Activity has largely contributed to get the DRC technically and logistically capable ofperforming a national forest carbon inventory. It laid the foundation for the development of afield-level system dealing with monitoring, reporting and validation (MRV) for REDD
implementation in the DRC. By doing so, ITTO has supported the DRC to take the first step
towards operationalizing a MRV system for REDD. The activity has substantially strengthened
the capacity of national institutions, including the Directorate of Forest Inventory andManagement (DIAF) and the Directorate for Sustainable Development (DDD), within the Ministryof Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT) in terms of carbon forest inventory.
DIAF’s mandate to conduct the national forest inventory on a continual basis was adapted to thetechniques and methods for the forest carbon inventory and its technical personnel has been
trained for that purpose. DDD has become operational on the techniques and methods for the
analysis of information and data on forest carbon stocks.
The vehicles, equipment and materials purchased through the implementation of this Activity
allow the DIAF technical staff members trained in this activity to start the field activities regarding
the national forest carbon inventory. There is however a delay in promised financial support to
DIAF by FAO through the UN-REDD Programme for DRC, for the implementation of activities in
the field related to the forest carbon inventory, as planned in the framework operationalizing the
REDD Work Plan of DRC prepared by FAO, UNDP, UNEP and World Bank, in May 2009. The
delay carries the risk that the ‘momentum’ created by the implementation of this activity is lostand may negatively impact project sustainability.
 RED-PD 029/09 Rev.1 (F) ‘Monitoring deforestation, logging and land use change in the Pan
Amazonian Forest – PANAMAZON II’
The National Coordination Units have been selected in the participating countries. National
Observation Rooms have been formally inaugurated in Bolivia and Peru. The Bolivian
Government has formally recognized the project as a cornerstone in the development of forest
policy in Bolivia. It has become the centerpiece of the new forestry information systemdeveloped by Bolivia and Bolivia has expressed the importance that the project will have in
implementing the National Information and Monitoring System (Note Embassy of Bolivia VL
143/2011 of 07.05.2011 – note to the Executing Agency).
CFME
 CFM-SPD 007/10 Rev.1 (F) Enrichment of young forest plantations with selected NTFPs forlivelihood improvement and support of forest fringe communities in Atwima Mponua District ofGhana, in order to secure and protect the resources on a sustainable forest management basis
Three workshops have been organized, for 150 modified taungya farmers, local chiefs,
landowners and technicians from Resource Management Support Centre (RMSC) of Ghana
Forestry Commission (FC), regarding the procedures leading to agreements on ownership ofland, use of forest resources and tree ownership in forest lands rehabilitated with the modified
taungya agroforestry system. Around 600 modified taungya farmers have been registered by the
RMSC/FC data centre for the process leading to the legal benefit sharing agreements from
Ghana Forestry Commission. The Forestry Commission of Ghana has started finalizing secureland titles and forest resources rights to farmers for managing Community Forest gardens.
Marketing and processing agencies have provided value additions to NTFPs within the forestfringe communities. Negotiations have been initialized on financial mechanisms to support
timber plantations and non-timber forest products (NTFPs: honey, black pepper and “grains ofparadise”) development.
TMT
 TMT-SPD 002/10 Rev.1 (M) - Improving resilience of the tropical timber sector to the impacts ofglobal and regional economic and financial crises

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The proposal is a response towards the lack of resilience of the tropical forestry sector to theimpacts of the recent global financial and economic crisis. The draft final report of the study will
be presented for consideration at the Forty-sixth Session of the CEM-CFI scheduled for 5-10
November 2012 in Yokohama, Japan. Case studies were conducted in Brazil, Ghana andMalaysia.
Ghana’s forest industries were exposed to the crisis by the predominance of small- and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) and reliance on commodities, with production and exports of mostwood products declining over the crisis period.
Brazil’s large and growing domestic market had buffered the tropical forestry sector from theimpacts of the global financial and economic crisis, although export oriented firms were mostaffected. Remedial measures employed by the private sector and the government initiatives
focused on macroeconomic issues but had indirect impacts on the forestry sector.
Malaysia had been more exposed to the crisis because of its high proportion of trade in GDP.
Exports of primary wood products had fallen sharply during the crisis and had negatively
impacted the wood processing sector. The Malaysian Timber Council had played an importantrole in assisting the industry to remain competitive and well positioned during the crisis.
It was concluded that the forestry sectors in all three case study countries had been impacted by
the global downturn, and although their risk profiles were somewhat different, there were somecommon elements in terms of how tropical timber industries could minimize impacts and become
more competitive during severe economic downturns. These included the need to develop
market intelligence capabilities in the tropical forestry sector through better cooperation between
private sector, government and international organizations; the importance of investing in thedevelopment of new products and geographical market opportunities, including domestic andregional markets; the need to continuously make gains in productivity to reduce costs andmaintain competitiveness; the need to focus on value-added and innovative products which
would be less affected by global economic downturns and the need to strengthen industry andtrade associations, including marketing and promotional support organizations, which would be
crucial for implementing policies to ensure export competitiveness during downturns.
 TMT-PA 007/11 Rev.1 (I) - Methodological Development for Life Cycle Analysis of Tropical
Wood Products to Improve their Competitiveness in International Markets
The project has produced two technical reports, namely:
1. Wood product accounting and climate change mitigation projects involving tropical timber;This review and analysis plan is focused only on the accounting of harvested wood products(HWP) in forest-based climate change mitigation projects. The review is focused on existing
methods for accounting for HWP at the project scale and possible new analyses that could be
conducted to improve methods and allow equitable yet accurate accounting for forestry projectand in particular forestry projects in tropical countries. The existing methods are:

Winjum et al (1998) – the dominant approach in the voluntary market methodologies
The IPCC Guidance for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006)
Smith et al. (2006) – US Forest Service

2. Work plan for accounting methodology development for wood products in climate change
mitigation projects involving tropical timber.
The scope of this deliverable is to lay out a plan for developing a new accounting approach forwood products in mitigation projects involving tropical timber. The work plan will detail thenecessary analyses together with the timing and estimated costs. The work plan will include thefollowing elements:
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
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



Analysis of production and export of wood products
Analysis of in use lifetime of wood products
Analysis of emissions from retired wood products
Calculation of net atmospheric impact of wood products
Plan for accounting methodology development
Likely costs and timing

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With analyses completed, the final part of the work remaining will be writing up methodologicalrequirements for wood product accountings. Such text will ideally fit with minimal or no changes
into existing methodologies to facilitate the process of adoption by the relevant standards.

8.

Summary Remarks
Entering into the fourth year of implementation, sixty four activities, pre-projects and projects havebeen approved for funding under the four active thematic programmes, with a total financial
commitment of US$ 17,575,618. The thematic programme on Industry Development and Efficiency(IDE) has still not received any pledges yet. Table 5 shows the distribution of projects by programme
and across countries and regions. Thirty proposals are funded under REDDES, twenty one under
TFLET (including eight from the TFLET pre-cursor), five under CFME and eight under TMT. Divided
by region there are sixteen projects in six African countries, fifteen projects in six Asia-Pacificcountries, sixteen projects in eight Latin America countries and nine others (ITTO Secretariat, France,
Germany). Furthermore 8 proposals are funded under the TFLET pre-cursor. While the number ofprojects is evenly distributed across the regions, a number of countries have done particularly well interms of projects approved under the Thematic Programmes, i.e., Indonesia in the Asia-Pacific,
Cameroon and Ghana in Africa, and Guatemala and Peru in Latin America.
Substantial progress in project implementation has been made over the past year. As of September
2012, fifteen projects have been completed, twenty seven projects are ongoing at different
implementation stages, twenty one projects are in the inception phase getting ready for
implementation and one project has gone into sunset. Chapter 7 of this report lists selected
achievements and impacts of completed and ongoing projects, including a number of (technical)
reports produced, extensive capacity building conducted under various projects, the establishment ofseveral web-based platforms to support sustainable tropical timber trade (‘Wood News Agency’(TWNA)) or the procurement of timber products from sustainably managed forest (Chinese Forest
Products Index Mechanism, CFPI). RED-PD 005/09 Rev.2 (F) has demonstrated how planning forresources utilization through assessment of forest and environmental services can lead to the desired
goal of enhancing REDD+ readiness activities, which is linked to the overall sustainable developmentof forest resources. The project specifically explored how to carry out identification of ecosystemservices integration into the readiness planning framework. The outputs of the project, specificallywith regards to the assessment of forest and environmental services and from a methodologicalperspective, give practical examples on how this can be done, using Guyana as an example.
RED-A 023/09 Rev.1 (F) has largely contributed to get the DRC technically and logistically capable ofperforming a national forest carbon inventory. The activity laid the foundation for the development ofa field-level system dealing with monitoring, reporting and validation (MRV) for REDD implementationin the DRC. By doing so, ITTO has supported the DRC to take the first step towards operationalizing
a MRV system for REDD. The activity has substantially strengthened the capacity of national
institutions, including the Directorate of Forest Inventory and Management (DIAF) and the Directorate
for Sustainable Development (DDD), within the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation andTourism (MECNT) in terms of carbon forest inventory. DIAF’s mandate to conduct the national forest
inventory on a continual basis was adapted to the techniques and methods for the forest carbon
inventory and its technical personnel has been trained for that purpose. DDD has become operationalon the techniques and methods for the analysis of information and data on forest carbon stocks. The
vehicles, equipment and other materials purchased and the technical staff members trained would
allow to start necessary field activities regarding the national forest carbon inventory. However, there
is a delay in financial support to DIAF through the UN-REDD Programme for DRC, for the

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implementation of activities in the field related to the forest carbon inventory, as planned in theframework operationalizing the REDD Work Plan of DRC prepared by FAO, UNDP, UNEP and World
Bank, in May 2009.
The funding pledged for the Thematic Programmes has allowed to address a substantial spectrum of
Thematic Programme Outputs, albeit partially, as defined in the Thematic Programme Documents inparticular and as reflected in Annex 2 (Monitoring Protocols and associated activities/projects). The
funding available is though basically exhausted across all programmes. New funding is needed tomore comprehensively address the defined outputs in pursuit of achieving the programmatic
objectives and in particular to enable ITTO to launch the fifth approved Thematic Programme on
Industry Development and Efficiency (IDE).
Table 4: TP projects by country/region

Country/Region
Cameroon
DRC
Gabon
Ghana
Liberia
Togo
Africa Total
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
PNG
ThailandAsia Pacific Total
BrazilColombia
EcuadorGuatemala
GuyanaHonduras/Guatemala
MexicoPeru
Latin America Total
TFLET pre-cursor
FranceGermany
ITTO Secretariat
Others Total

TFLET
2

REDDES
3
1

CFME

TMT

2

2
1
2
9
2
3
1
1

1

1
1

1

2

4
1
2

1
4

1
8
2

1

1
1
3

1
1

2
4
(8)

1
2
1
1
1
2
10

1
1

2
1

1
1 (+8)
13 (+8)

3
3
30

1
1
5

3
4
8

Fundedproposals
5
1
1
6
1
2
16
3
6
1
1
1
3
15
2
1
1
4
2
1
1
4
16
(8)
1
1
7
9 (+8)
56 (+8)Funding
US$924,682
476,820
138,996
1,352,278
149,922628,798
3,671,496
616,896
2,536,865
590,922571,890122,040
201,447
4,640,060
1,266,894
91,498
149,922
1,151,886
721,600
144,650
470,682
1,041,080
5,038,212
2,858,149
138,033
175,742
1,053,926
4,225,850
17,575,618

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Table 6: TP approved projects by proposal cycle

Project ID
PP-A/43-193
PP-A/43-194

SubmittedbyUnder BWP
2008/2009
Under BWP
2008/2009

PP-A/43-200

Under BWP
2008/2009

PP-A/43-202

Under BWP
2008/2009

PD 124/01
Rev.2 (M)Phase II –Stage 2
PPD 138/07
Rev.1 (M)PD 449/07
Rev.2 (M,I)

AfricaTFLET pre-cursor approved projects
Title
Enhance capacity of small and medium size enterprises to
produce and trade timber from legally and sustainable source
Promote trade in tropical timber and tropical timber products
from sustainably managed and legally harvested sources
Provide technical assistance for selected poor local/indigenous
communities to formulate project proposals for submission to
ITTO for management of forests and sustainable timber
production
Global assessment of the status of tropical forest tenure withidentification of trends and implications for investment andmanagement, and for convening an expert workshop on Tropical
Forest Tenure and Business Models, including formulation of a
project to assist Civil Society Organization(s) to set up andoperate on a pilot basis a remote sensing system to detect
illegal logging activities in areas known to be critically affectedby such activities
Promotion of Sustainable Management of African Forests(ITTO/ATO)

Peru

Verifying the Legality of Timber Forest Products in Peru

PNG

Enhancing Forest Law Enforcement in Papua New Guinea

PD 493/07
Rev.1 (F)Cambodia

TFL-PPD
005/09 Rev.1(F)

ThailandStrengthening Capacity of Forest Law Enforcement andGovernance (Cambodia)
TFLET Spring Cycle 2009 approved projects
Strengthening the capacity of local communities of Chaiyapum
Province (Thailand) to manage community forest

TFL-PPD
001/09 Rev.2(M)
TFL-PD003/09 Rev.2(M)
TFL-SPD
007/09 Rev.1(M)

Colombia

Ghana

TFL-PD
010/09 Rev.1
(M)

ITTO
Funding$ 300,000
completed$ 600,000

Project
Total$ 300,000$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 200,000
completed$ 200,000$ 544,070
completed$ 591,070$ 79,844
completed$ 473,040$ 79,844$ 600,000$ 473,040$ 561,195
completed$ 561,195$56,970
sunset

78,678$91,498
completed

122,598$365,526

418,626

Strengthening the capacity of small-medium enterprises in
Ghana to produce and trade in timber products from legal andsustainable sources$163,039

180,704

Indonesia

Strengthening the capacity of related stakeholders in Java on
implementing new Indonesian TLAS

$474,163

555,163

TFL-PD
014/09 Rev.1(M)

Cameroon

Reduction of illegal logging through better governance ofcommunity forests in the Lom et Djerem Division, East region,
Cameroon
TFLET Spring Cycle 2010 approved projects$302,562

355,562

TFL-PD
017/09 Rev.2
(M)

China

Equipping small and medium sized forestry enterprises in China
for procurement of tropical timber from legal and sustainably
managed forests$322,056$505,036

TFL-PD019/10 Rev.2(M)
TFL-PPD
023/10 Rev.1(F)
TFL-PPD
024/10 Rev.2(M)

Indonesia

Developing collaborative management in the Cibodas Biosphere
Reserve, West Java Indonesia$496,670$591,278

Germany

Development and implementation of a species identification andtimber tracking system in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable
isotopes
Improvement of forest law enforcement at the national level topromote forest governance in Guatemala$175,742
completed$198,242$563,339$804,419

Cameroon

Guatemala

TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009 approved projects
Implementing and promoting sustainable forest management
through formulation of an action plan for improved forest law
enforcement and governance in Colombia
Improving governance and transparency of timber harvests andtrade in Cameroon

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TFLET Spring Cycle 2012 approved projects
TFL-SPD
028/12 Rev.1(M)
TFL-SPD
029/12 Rev.1(M)
TFL-SPD
030/12 Rev.1(M)
Project ID
RED-A 004/09
Rev.1 (F)Ghana

Empowering civil society organizations and other non-state
actors to effectively contribute to forest law compliance in Ghana$147,701$188,456

Peru

Marketing of timber from legal and sustainable sources byindigenous communities in Ucayali, Peru for the fair trade
marketImproved governance and implementation of transparent
negotiation mechanisms for indigenous community forestry inAtalaya (Ucayali), Peru
REDDES Spring Cycle 2009 approved projects
Title$137,941$230,291$131,236$191,263

ITTO
Funding$97,180
completed

Project
Total$97,180$400,680
completed$540,880$82,080$177,660$447,071
completed$539,617$149,493$181,287$356,519$523,319$149,040
completed$203,040$476,820
completed$510,220$658,716$760,408$1,124,784$6,262,784$478,894$773,349$415,384$654,965$590,922$864,622$571,890$645,692$113,373$158,279

Peru

Submitted
by
ITTO

RED-PD 005/09
Rev.2 (F)GuyanaRED-PPD
006/09 Rev.2(F)
RED-PD 007/09
Rev.2 (F)

Guatemala

RED-SPD009/09 Rev.2(F)

Indonesia

RED-PD 018/09
Rev.1 (F)Peru

RED-SPD
020/09 Rev.1(F)
RED-A 023/09
Rev.1 (F)

China

RED-PD 026/09
Rev.1 (F)
RED-PD 029/09
Rev.1 (F)Ghana

Indonesia

DRC

BrazilBuilding a voluntary carbon marketing scheme to promotesustainable forest management
REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009 approved projects
Strengthening Guyana's capacity to manage forest resourcesand environmental services through resources assessment andmonitoring changes in deforestation and degradation
Local REDDES programme for development and addressing
climate change in Guatemala: Building social processes frorsustainability
Enhancing forest carbon stock to reduce emission fromdeforestation and degradation through sustainable forest
management (SFM) initiatives in Indonesia
Promoting the partnership efforts to reduce emission fromdeforestation and forest degradation of tropical peatland in south
Sumatra through the enhancement of conservation andrestoration activities
Sustainable forest management and utilization of ecosystemservices in forests managed by the Ese'Eja naïve community inInfierno, Peru
Development and demonstration on scheme of payment forenvironmental services (PES) derived from degraded andsecondary tropical production forests in China.
Technical Support for the Development of a National Forest
Inventory in the Democratic Republic of Congo to assess carbon
stocks and changes in carbon stocks of forest land
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
through collaborative management with local communities
Monitoring deforestation, logging and land use change in the
Pan Amazonian Forest - PANAMAZON II
REDDES 1st Cycle 2011 approved projects
Rehabilitation and restoration of residual forests and arid
savannah lands in the Akpé and Akama valleys

RED-PD 031/11
Rev.1 (F)

Togo

RED-PD 033/11
Rev.2 (F)
RED-PD 037/11
Rev.2 (F)
RED-PD 038/11
Rev.3 (F)RED-SPD
039/11 Rev.1(F)
RED-PPD
041/11 Rev.2
(F)

Peru

Honduras/
GuatemalaDesigning a Programme for Capacity Building and Meaningful
Stakeholder Participation in Forest Governance and REDD+ in
Honduras and Guatemala$144,650$170,320

RED-PD 045/11
Rev.2 (M)MexicoEnvironmental assessment and economic valuation of
ecosystem services provided by coastal forests (mangrove
forests, flood forests, rain forests and scrub forests on dunes)
and their agricultural replacement systems on the central coastal
plain of Veracruz, Mexico$470,682$871,825

Malaysia
MyanmarThailandValue adding to environmental services from managed forests
belonging to seven communities in the Ucayali region
Reducing forest degradation and emissions through sustainable
forest management (SFM) in peninsular Malaysia
Capacity building for developing REDD+ activities in the context
of sustainable forest management
Improving the quality and coverage of the estimates of carbon
stocks in Thailand's forests and trees outside forest: Phase I

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Project ID
RED-PPD
050/11 Rev.1(F)
RED-PPD
051/11 Rev.1(F)
RED-SPD
055/11 Rev.1(F)

Submitted
byCameroon

Cameroon

Ecuador

RED-PA 056/11
Rev.1 (F)ITTO

RED-SPD
058/11 Rev.2(F)
RED-PD 064/11
Rev.2 (F)Brazil

RED-PA 069/11
Rev.1 (F)ITTO

RED-PPD
074/12 Rev.1(F)

Cameroon

RED-SPD
075/12 Rev.1(F)
RED-SPD
077/12 Rev.1(F)
RED-SPD
079/12 Rev.1(F)
RED-SPD
084/12 Rev.1(F)
RED-SPD
092/12 Rev.1
(F)

China

Project ID
CFM-PD 001/10
Rev.1 (F)CFM-PPD
005/10 Rev.1(M)
CFM-PPD
006/10 Rev.1(F)
CFM-SPD
007/10 Rev.1(F)

Indonesia

Ghana

Guatemala

Liberia

Togo

SubmittedbyIndonesia

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011 approved projects (cont.)
Title
Participatory development, conservation and rehabilitation of
degraded forest areas in the Bamboutos Mountain chain, West
CameroonContribution to the implementation of REDD mechanisms byenhancing the participation of stakeholders in sustainable forest
management in Cameroon
Integrating sustainable livelihoods, environmental mortgages,
and science-based reforestation for tangible forest conservation
change in the Ecuadorian Chocó
Strengthening the capacity of ITTO producer countries in Africa
in generating and disseminating scientific information on
Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing
Environmental Services from Forests
Developing REDD+ES in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

Promoting Local Community Initiative on the Rehabilitation ofMangrove Ecosystem with Demonstration Activities in Bintan
Island to Reduce further Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Quantifying the REDD+ effect of ITTO projects
REDDES Spring Cycle 2012 approved projects
Identification of a project on gender mainstreaming in thedevelopment of actions to control deforestation and forest
degradation, to improve the well-being of communities
dependent on forests and other ecosystems in Central and West
AfricaDemonstration on investigation and assessment of typical forest
ecotourism resources in Hainan province, China
Rehabilitation of degraded forests for sustainable wood fuelproduction and climate change mitigation in the forest-savannatransition zone of Ghana
Strengthening of governance and sustainable management ofmangrove ecosystems in Guatemala as a climate change
adaptation measure
Improving efficacy of forestry policies and activities in Liberia
through REDD+ demonstration projects
Reducing deforestation and forest degradation in the
Natchambonga and Djiyega community forests by promoting
participatory forest management actions
CFME Spring Cycle 2010 approved projects
Title
Strengthening capacity of stakeholders for the development ofcommunity-based plantation forest at 3 selected areas inIndonesia

ITTO
Funding$73,613

Project
Total$93,713$81,864$100,864$149,922$207,744$253,120$348,120$142,110$146,610$504,317$555,887$143,510$143,510$101,117$126,739$145,800$199,000$121,662$169,360$146,751$215,223$149,922$308,718$149,904$290,377

ITTO
Funding$465,151

Project
Total$553,711

Thailand

Increasing access to markets and capital for teak plantation
smallholders in Thailand$31,104$53,904

PNG

Enabling customary landowners to participate effectively in CFM
and REDD schemes within four pilot areas of PNG$122,040$156,040

Ghana

Enrichment of young forest plantations with selected NTFPs forlivelihood improvement and support of forest fringe communities
in Atwima Mponua District of Ghana, in order to secure andprotect the resources on a sustainable forest management basis$149,229$290,079

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CFM-PA 009/10
Rev.2 (F)Project ID
TMT-SPD
002/10 Rev.1
(M)

ITTO

Submitted
by
ITTO

International Conference on Forest Tenure, Governance andSmall and Medium Forest Enterprises with Focus in the Asia
Pacific
TMT Spring Cycle 2010 approved projects
Title
Improving resilience of the tropical timber sector to the impactsof global and regional economic and financial crises
TMT 1st Cycle 2011 approved projects
Strengthening of the forest information system of Guatemala toimprove market and trade transparency and decision-making in
the forest sector.

$ 200,000
completed$ 200.000

ITTO
Funding$150,000
completed

Project
Total$150,000$359,716$656,562

TMT-PD 004/11
Rev.2 (M)

Guatemala

TMT-PD 006/11
Rev.3 (M)GuyanaStrengthening market information systems to enhance trade andmarket intelligence in the forest sector of Guyana$320,920$420,820

TMT-PA 007/11
Rev.1 (I)ITTO

Methodological Development for Life Cycle Analysis of Tropical
Wood Products to Improve their Competitiveness in International
Markets$60,116
completed$60,116

TMT-SPD
010/12 Rev.1(M)

France$138,033$173,789

TMT-SPD
011/12 Rev.2
(M)

Gabon

Adaptation and application at the national scale of the Trace
Bois-Gabon (Gabon timber tracking) for the collection andprocessing of forest and timber statistics in Gabon$138,996$411,996

TMT-SPD
012/12 Rev.1
(M)

Ghana

Improving intra-African trade and market transparency in timber
and timber products$111,931$149,996

TMT-SPD
013/12 Rev.1
(M)

ITTO

Analysis of the Economic Impact of Governmental Procurement
Policies on Tropical Timber Markets$150,000$ 150,000

TMT Spring Cycle 2012 approved projects
Preparation of the publication “atlas of tropical timber species –1st Edition: Technological characteristics and uses of 273
tropical timber species (and 17 temperate species)

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ANNEX 1: STATUS OF APPROVED ACTIVITIES, PRE-PROJECTS, SMALL PROJECTS AND PROJECTS
Enhance capacity of small and medium size enterprises to produce and trade timber from legally andsustainable source
Project number:

Activity PP-A/43-193

Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 300,000

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 300,000

Submitted by:

Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009: Activity ref. 12

Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Completed

Summary:
Assist countries in developing initiatives that will enhance capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises to
produce and trade timber from legal and sustainable sources with the aim of promoting progress towards
sustainable forest management, verifiable legality and certification.
Progress:

Review and updating of the procedures, guidelines and criteria for selecting civil society/private sector
partnership proposals previously applied to include the new element of verifiable legality.



Five (5) partnership proposals were received and duly assessed by the ITTO Secretariat. Subsequently,
three (3) proposals were selected and approved by the Executive Director for funding and implementation
as follows:

The Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) and PT Suka Jaya Markur (PTSJM) partnership, Indonesia
15.05.2009
29.05.2009
05.06.2009
20.12.2009
06.01.2010
22.11.2010
16.12.2010
01.04.2011

Proposal approved for funding and implementation by the Executive Director.
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and partnership.
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$45,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$40,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
Final report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
Presentation on the partnership made at Forty-sixth Session of ITTC.
Third and final installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$3,200.00 disbursed to partnership;
activity completed.

The Forest Trust (TFT)/Manejo Florestal e Pretacão de Servicos Ltda (MAFLOPS)[Brazil]
25.09.2009
09.10.2009
30.10.2009
03.12.2010
15.12.2010
17.03.2011
14.04.2011
07.09.2011

Proposal approved for funding and implementation by the Executive Director.
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and partnership.
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$45,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$40,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
Submission of report including financial report and request for termination of activity.
TFT requested to return unspent ITTO funds of US$43,298.00.
Unspent ITTO funds amounting to US$43,298.00 returned to ITTO Secretariat.

The implementation of the partnership had been terminated without achieving its objectives

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The Foundation for People and Community Development (FPCD)/Innovision (PNG) Ltd (IPNGL)[Papua New
Guinea].
25.09.2009
07.10.2009
14.10.2009
25.04.2010
30.04.2010
16.12.2010
17.01.2011
23.02.2011

Proposal approved for funding and implementation by the Executive Director.
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and partnership.
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$45,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$40,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
Presentation on partnership made at Forty-sixth Session of ITTC.
Final report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
Third and final installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$3,495.00 disbursed to partnership;
activity completed.

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
Two of the three approved partnership proposals were fully implemented. The Tropical Forest Foundation(TFF) and PT Suka Jaya Markur (PTSJM) partnership in Indonesia has resulted in the company achieving key
benchmarks including verification of legality, chain of custody, controlled wood assessment and complete preassessment of certification under the FSC scheme, which the partnership is still pursuing under alternative
funding, with the objective of achieving FSC certification within 2012.
The Foundation for People and Community Development (FCPD) and Innovision Papua New Guinea (IPNGL)
partnership achieved full pre-assessment of SFM certification under the FSC and IPNGL is well placed topursue full SFM certification under the FSC scheme.

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Promote trade in tropical timber and tropical timber products from sustainably managed and legally
harvested sources
Project number:

Activity PP-A/43-194

Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 600,000

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 600,000

Submitted by:

Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme for 2008-2009, Activity ref. 13

Implementing agency:

ITTO

Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Ongoing

Summary:This activity is divided into two components namely (a) establishment and operation of a web-based
information system and (b) development of timber tracking systems. It is included in the ITTO Biennial Work
Programme 2008-2009 in a reverse sequence of the two components and a planned commencement of
implementation during the second half of 2008. The objectives of the activity are to be achieved principally
through the establishment and maintenance of a website containing relevant information on legally andsustainably produced timber and providing ITTO funding of approved proposals from private sector forest
companies operating in ITTO producer and developing consumer member countries to develop innovative(paperless) timber tracking systems using commercially available hardware and software, building upon theexperience gained from previous work on ITTO pilot schemes on the feasibility of adopting timber tracking
systems under the ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2006-2007. The approved funding of US$300,000.00 forcomponent (b) of the activity at the Forty-third Session of the ITTC in November 2007 will enable ITTO to
support six proposals, two for each of the three producing regions at a maximum amount of US$44,247.00 foreach approved proposal.

Progress:
Component (a)
1.
2.
3.

Conceptualization, determination of feasibility and cost-effectiveness of options to be finalized for
implementation in 2009.
Invitations sent out in March 2009 to relevant NGOs to submit proposals for consideration by the ITTO
Secretariat.
Selection of the proposal from The Forest Trust (TFT) by the Executive Director in May 2009.

The Forest Trust
18.06.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by TFT and ITTO.
24.06.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$135,000.00 disbursed by TFT.
08.09.2009
First progress report submitted by TFT to the Secretariat.
19.02.2010
Submission of mid-term progress report by TFT to the Secretariat.
31.05.2010
Submission of Interim Financial Report and updated workplan for the proposal submitted by
TFT to the Secretariat.
04.06.2010
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$110,000.00 disbursed to TFT.
28.09.2011
Final report on the implementation of the proposal submitted by TFT to the Secretariat.
16.11.2011
Presentation on the implementation of the proposal made at Forty-fifth Session of theCommittee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence (CEM).
05.12.2011
Final financial report for the proposal submitted by TFT to the Secretariat.
03.02.2012
Third and final installment of US$ 3,547.00 disbursed to TFT.

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Component (b)
4.
5.

6.

7.

Review and updating of procedures, guidelines and criteria for selecting proposals previously applied
under the ITTO pilot schemes on the feasibility of adopting timber tracking systems.
Posting an invitation for the submission of proposals on innovative timber tracking systems to private
sector forest companies operating in ITTO producer and developing consumer member countries on
ITTO website on 23 October 2008. The invitation indicates a maximum amount of ITTO funding of
US$44,247.00 for each approved proposal and requests proposals not exceeding five pages containing
the purpose and goals, methodology, intended outputs and impacts, key activities to be carried out,
duration, budget by activity and sources including counterpart funding if it exceeds US$44,247.00 andworkplan
Similar invitations have been disseminated to the ITTO official contact points in member countries on
27 October 2008 and through the Tropical Timber Market Report, the Tropical Forest Update, the ITTO
Trade Advisory Group (TAG) and the ITTO Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG)
As of 31 December 2011, eleven (11) proposals were received and assessed by the ITTO Secretariat

Green Gold Forestry Ltd. (GGF)[Peru]
11.05.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
20.05.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
16.04.2010
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
22.04.2010
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
16.12.2010
Presentation made at the Forty-fourth Session of CEM, 2010.
19.08.2011
Request for final report and outstanding deliverables sent to the company.
19.12.2011
Reminder on final report and outstanding deliverables sent to the company.
14.03.2012
Second reminder sent to the company.
18.07.2012
Third reminder sent to the company.
P.T. Seng Fong Moulding Perkasa (PTSFMP)[Indonesia]
28.08.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
02.09.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
22.12.2009
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
05.01.2010
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
06.04.2010
Final report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
16.12.2010
Presentation made at the Forty-fourth Session of CEM 2010.
22.09.2011
Third and final installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$4,247.00 disbursed to thecompany.
21.12.2011
Submission of statement of account to the ITTO Secretariat.
Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL)[Guyana]
28.06.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
05.07.2010
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
06.10.2011
Mid-term progress report submitted by the company to the ITTO Secretariat.
12.10.2011
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to the company.
18.07.2012
Request for final report and outstanding deliverables sent to the company.
Industries forestières de Batalimo (IFB)[Central African Republic]
08.03.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
11.03.2010
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
20.12.2011
Mid-term progress report submitted by the company to the ITTO Secretariat.
10.02.2012
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
Furniture Exports (PNG) Ltd. (FEL)[Papua New Guinea]
22.04.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
26.04.2010
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
23.08.2011
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
25.08.2011
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
21.12.2011
Final report on the implementation of the proposal submitted to the ITTO Secretariat.
John Bitar & Co. Ltd. (JBCL)[Ghana]26.11.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
06.12.2010
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
23.07.2011
Final report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
18.08.2011
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company

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16.11.2011
Presentation on the implementation of the proposal made at the Forty-fifth Session of theCommittee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence (CEM).
11.05.2012
Third and final installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$4,247.00 disbursed to thecompany.
25.08.2012
Submission of statement of account to the ITTO Secretariat.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The web-based information system has been designed and is ready to be launched. The ‘Wood News
Agency’ (TWNA) is a web-based system to support sustainable tropical timber trade. The system has beendeveloped by TFT and has generated great interest among companies and the trade. However, unfortunately
the launch of the system is held up by the absence of follow-up funding and therefore the expected impact on
the promotion of sustainable tropical timber trade remains unrealized. Funding is urgently sought for theimmediate launch of the system.
Three of the six selected companies have completed the implementation of their innovative timber tracking
system and the remaining three are at an advanced stage of developing their systems.

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Provide technical assistance for selected poor local/indigenous communities to formulate project
proposals for submission to ITTO for management of forests and sustainable timber production
Project number:

PP-A/43-200

Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 100,000

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 100,000

Submitted by:

Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009: Activity ref. 15 (a)Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Ongoing

Summary:This activity is included in the ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009 with a planned commencement of
implementation during the first half of 2008.
The activity will provide a maximum of US$20,000.00 to up to five communities to prepare, in collaboration
with relevant national agencies, project proposals to improve forest management and the marketing of forest
goods for submission to ITTO or other relevant funding bodies. As part of this activity, project proposals will
be submitted to ITTO and other funding agencies by forest-dependent communities.
Consultants have been engaged in early 2009, in order to assist the forest-based communities to develop up
to five project proposals.
Progress:
A consultant was engaged in the preparation of a pre-project proposal in Thailand, a small project proposal in
Guatemala and a project proposal in Cameroon. The pre-project proposal from Thailand proposal TFL-PPD
005/09 Rev.1 (F) was submitted to the ITTO Secretariat and subsequently approved by the Executive Director
for funding and implementation under the ITTO TFLET Thematic Programme. The small project proposal
from Guatemala was submitted to the ITTO Secretariat and had been returned to the submitter for revision.
The project proposal in Cameroon has not been submitted to the ITTO Secretariat for approval and funding
under the ITTO TFLET Thematic Programme.
The Secretariat has yet to receive the submission of the revised small project proposal from Guatemala aswell as the project proposal from Cameroon.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
Three proposals developed and submitted to ITTO, with one approved for funding and two to be revised.

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Global assessment of the status of tropical forest tenure with identification of trends and implications
for investment and management, and for convening an expert workshop on Tropical Forest Tenure
and Business Models, including formulation of a project to assist Civil Society Organization(s) to set
up and operate on a pilot basis a remote sensing system to detect illegal logging activities in areas
known to be critically affected by such activities
Project number:

PP-A/43-202

Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 200,000

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 200,000

Submitted by:

Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009: Activity 15c

Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

Activity under the 2008/2009 BWP

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Completed

Summary:
The task refers to Activity 15c of ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009 ‘Global assessment of the statusof tropical forest tenure with identification of trends and implications for investment and management, and forconvening an expert workshop on Tropical Forest Tenure and Business Models, including formulation of a
project to assist Civil Society Organization(s) to set up and operate on a pilot basis a remote sensing system
to detect illegal logging activities in areas known to be critically affected by such activities’
The main activity was an international conference on forest tenure, governance and enterprises held in
Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 25-29 May 2009 co-organized with various partners including the Government of
Cameroon, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), FAO, IUCN, CIFOR, InterCooperation, the Global Alliancefor Community Forestry and ICRAF.
Progress:
The Activity has been successfully completed. The workshop was successfully held in Yaoundé, Cameroon,on 25-29 May 2009 co-organized with various partners including the Government of Cameroon, Rights andResources Initiative (RRI), FAO, IUCN, CIFOR, InterCooperation, the Global Alliance for Community Forestry
and ICRAF. ITTO sponsored two participants from each of its member countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, being
one from Government and one from Civil Society or Local Community Organizations. The Conference results
were presented during the 45th ITTC held in Yokohama in 9-14 November 2009.
As targeted, the workshop was attended by representatives from Civil Society Organizations and/or Local
Community Organizations. Country reports on land tenure have been prepared by the countries attending theconference and the document has been published and distributed. The Government of Netherlands put as acondition for financing that “... serious efforts are being made that as an outcome of the Conference one ormore NGO's will be supported in a project to set up and operate on a pilot basis a remote sensing system todetect illegal logging activities in areas know to be critically affected by such activities". In this regard, an
expert in remote sensing with previous experience in Africa was hired and supported interested civil society
organization(s) in the region in the development of a project proposal to enhance their activities in forest law
compliance in critical areas of West Africa.
The project proposal has been prepared and submitted by Ghana, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire to the Expert Panel,
has gone through one round of revision and rated Category 2, which means additional revisions are requested
before it can be recommended to Council.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
An important outcome of this activity is a technical report on ‘Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment’ (TI Series37) published in April 2011. The report was initially prepared as the background document for the Yaoundé
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technical, academic and political arenas related to forests and sustainable development in the tropics, due tothe relevance of the information provided in support of innovative policy making to address livelihoods andforest conservation. The report, which has been prepared under the leadership of RRI, was heavily debated in
the Yaoundé Conference and beyond, resulting in the revised and improved text now published. It is hopedthat the information provided will help accelerate the understanding of and support to local communities andindigenous groups for the sustainable use and conservation of tropical forest resources, and for their improved
livelihoods.
The report is available from the ITTO Secretariat or electronically from the ITTO website at:
http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=2637&no=0&disp=inline

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Promotion of Sustainable Management of African Forests (ITTO/ATO)
Project number:

PD 124/01 Rev.2 (M) Phase II Stage 2

Project country:

AfricaBudget:Total:

US$ 544,070

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 544,070

ATO

US$ 47,000

Submitted by:

ITTO/ATO

Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Completed

Summary:This project is designed to assist ten ITTO African member countries (all of which are also members of theAfrican Timber Organization - ATO) to implement the harmonized ITTO/ATO Principles, Criteria and Indicators(PCI) for the Sustainable Management of African Tropical Forests. The specific objectives of the Project areto establish key elements of adequate capacity to implement ATO/ITTO PCI at national level in the African
member countries of ITTO and for effective regional-level cooperation through ATO to support individual
Member countries to implement the ATO/ITTO PCI. It involves extensive capacity building in ten member
countries and within ATO itself. The project has been divided into three phases, with the first and second
phases split again into two stages each to facilitate funding.
Progress:
The project was reported as completed to the Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence(Document CEM-CFI(XLIV)/2).
Funding (US$500,000) for Stage 1 of Phase III was approved at the Forty-sixth ITTC Session. The revised
workplan and budget for Phase III Stage 1 incorporating the above aspects are available on request from theSecretariat (French only).

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Verifying the Legality of Timber Forest Products in Peru
Project number:

PPD 138/07 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Peru

Budget:Total:

US$ 79,844

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 79,844

Submitted by:

Government of Peru

Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

9 months (planned)

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Completed

Summary:This pre-project was approved and financed by the ITTC at its Forty-fourth Session in November 2008. The
development objective of the pre-project is to contribute to the consolidation of the system of forest
concessions for timber production purposes in Peru by establishing favourable conditions to ensure that the
Peruvian products that reach the international market can demonstrate their legal origin from sustainably
managed forests. The specific objective of the pre-project is to design and test a pilot system for the
traceability of Peruvian export timber, while assessing the status of the export chain and identifying therequirements for the implementation of the traceability system as well as institutional and budgetaryrequirements for the voluntary implementation of the system by national companies, to be reflected in a
project proposal.
Progress:
The aim of the pre-project was to promote voluntary chain-of-custody networks and generate competitive
forest products on the basis of socially and environmentally sound practices. To this end, the pre-projectassessed and validated instruments that will help develop trust among producers towards ensuring thesustainability and legality of tropical timber products from Peru.
According to the Completion Report, submitted to ITTO in January 2011, outputs were achieved as follows:

Pilot scheme for timber traceability to guarantee sustainability and legality: output has achieved. The pilot
scheme was implemented involving the tracking of a timber consignment from the Peruvian Amazon to its
destination in the USA. The pilot scheme covered all steps from the authorization of management plans to,harvesting, transportation, primary transformation, issuance of CITES certificates, shipping, and delivery
to the port of destination in USA. The implementation of the pilot scheme also produced the following
results, which have been documented in technical reports:ooooAssessment of Government capabilities in operating a timber traceability scheme (from control
points to issuance of CITES certificates, infrastructure and, technology);
Policy proposals for the promotion of timber traceability systems;
Technological options for traceability systems for tropical forests;
Implementation of experimental timber tracking systems.

The cost-benefit analysis of the pilot scheme indicated that the market was not paying any premium forcertified legal timber and that there is still skepticism about timber tracking systems: Nevertheless,traceability systems could improve productivity and save time in obtaining approvals from the government
for management plans, verification, and issuance of certificates.
The actual cost of developing a pilot timber traceability scheme exceeded the approved budget of the
pre-project. There was a significant increase in counterpart contribution, in particular from the private
sector for items such as duty travel and utilization of technologies.
Relevant reports and presentations concerning the pre-project can be accessed from the pre-project
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A project proposal entitled “Traceability of timber produced by forest concessions and native communities
in Madre de Dios and Ucayali” for the development of feasible timber traceability options in Peru wasdeveloped and submitted for assessment by the 42nd Expert Panel. The proposal received category 2.
After two revision cycles, the revised proposal (PD 621/11 Rev.2 (M)) has been rated category 1 by the44th Expert Panel.

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The pre-project has achieved excellent results and its impact on participating partners has received formal
recognition. The FAO Latin America Forest Commission (LACFC) awarded distinction of excellence in SFM(Sustainable Forest Management) to a number of forest communities which participated in the execution of
the pre-project as a result of their good practices in forest management, i.e., Sawawo, Hito 40, Nueva
Shahuaya, El Dorado, Nueva Victoria, Santa Rosa y Flor de Chengari, and the forest enterprise Venao SRL of
Peru.
The pre-project also proved that traceability systems can improve productivity and save time in obtaining
Government approval for management plans, verification, and issuance of certificates. The pre-projectgenerated very positive incentives, resulting in private companies participating and providing additional in-kind
contributions particularly to cover duty travel and use of technology.
The full proposal developed (PD 621/11 Rev.2 (M)) has been rated category 1 by the 44th Expert Panel.

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Enhancing Forest Law Enforcement in Papua New Guinea
Project number:

PD 449/07 Rev.2 (M,I)

Project country:

Papua New Guinea

Budget:Total:

US$ 473,040

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 473,040

Submitted by:

PNG

Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Ongoing

Summary:This project was approved and financed by the Council at its Forty-third Session in November 2007.
The development objective of this project is to further improve PNG’s sustainable forest management regime
by enhancing forest law enforcement and governance in the forestry sector. The specific objective is toenhance a forest law enforcement regime including products tracking and chain of custody verification
systems, complemented by enhanced training and monitoring, to further support sustainable forest
management in PNG’s forestry sector.
Progress:
Following the signature of the project agreement on 19.05.2008 and the disbursement of the first installmentof funds, the project experienced some delay due to the need to replace some project staff and consultants.
After necessary adjustments/revisions to the work plan and YPO, the implantation of on the ground activities
commenced on 1 August 2010.
The following activities have been carried out:
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Meetings of the Project Coordinating Committee were held in the Forestry Authority and field trips
were made to inspect project sites of the Cloudy Bay forest operations and work proceeded on the
preparation of the tracking system software, and liaison with stakeholders;
The stakeholder consultation tools, techniques and milestones have been finalized with PNGFA
counterparts for inclusion in the detailed Project Implementation Plan and the Roles &Responsibilities Matrix;
The design of a database to capture timber products flow information has commenced;
The software system to be used for the system under development was prepared to a beta stage.
Field visits were carried out to test the prototype software with the two partner companies, Cloud
Bay Sustainable Forestry Ltd, and Stetten Bay Logging Company Ltd;The field trials of the software assisted greatly, and several enhancements were identified.
Subsequent to the field trials, the software was further developed to a pre-release version;
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) was carried out on the pre-release version of the software. Thiswas done by SGS, PNG FA, CBSF, and SBLC staff. The UAT was carried out on PDA units
purchased as part of the project funding, and also on web versions of the software;
Feedback from the UAT was sent to Helveta Ltd to assist in the refinement of the pre-releasesoftware. A final version of the software was developed, and manuals prepared for release during
the training period to commence in September 2011;
The initial stakeholder consultations were also undertaken leading to the preparation of a Findings
Report. This document provides a sound basis for the drafting of the PNG Timber Legality
Standard, Industry Code-of-Conduct and Stakeholder Monitoring Module.
The software system developed was implemented for testing purposes at the two test sites, Cloud
Bay Sustainable Forestry Ltd, and Stetten Bay Logging Company Ltd.
Field visits were carried out to assist in training and testing the users of the system.
A number of implementation problems were resolved through field visits, with users gaining moreexperience in the use of the system.

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 Staff at the PNG FA was trained in the use of the new system for royalty assessment approval.
 The users have identified a number of issues which would require resolution in a full implementationof the system.
 The PDAs used in the pilot have shown some problems in field use, with users on occasion
managing to delete the software. A full implementation would require the software to be better
protected from accidental deletion.
 The initial scoping and framework setting activities have been completed in consultation with areasonable cross-section of registered stakeholders through the scoping questionnaire, draft
framework documents and national workshop.
 The research findings have led to the preparation of the 1st draft Timber Legality Standard, Industry
Code-of-Conduct and Stakeholder Monitoring Module for project steering committee feed-back,prior to wider circulation and field testing.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The software system has been developed and implemented (for testing) at two test sites and the initialscoping and framework setting activities have been completed in consultation with a cross-section ofregistered stakeholders. This has resulted in the preparation of the 1st Draft Timber Legality Standard,Industry Code-of-Conduct and Stakeholder Monitoring Module. A number of training sessions on the use of
the new system have been carried out (including PNG FA staff).

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Strengthening Capacity of Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (Cambodia)
Project number:

PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Cambodia

Budget:Total:

US$ 561,195

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 561,195

Submitted by:

Cambodia

Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

TFLET pre-cursor

Status:Completed

Summary:This project proposal is the output of PPD 128/06 Rev.1 (F) “Strengthening Capacity of Forest Law
Enforcement and Governance in Cambodia” that has been completed in December 2007. In order to control
illegal logging, forest clearing an encroachment in Cambodia, the pre-project recommended that appropriate
facilities and equipment should be in place with well qualified trained staff in all Forestry Administration
offices.
The project aims to facilitate the implementation of the Government's policy platform in combating illegal
logging, forest clearing and land encroachment through the improvement of capacity of human resources andthe upgrading of operational means/equipment to ensure effective Forest Law Enforcement and Governance(FLEG) in Cambodia. In addition to staff members of the Forestry Administration, selected local communities
will be trained in how an effective FLEG operation can benefit the community by protecting their interests,
promote legal forest activities and ensure their legal access to timber and non-timber forest products andservices.
The expected outputs of the project are: improved facilities and staff capabilities, effective monitoring anddocumentation of illegal forest activities, effective judicial processing, and effective extension of measures toall stakeholders. These outputs contribute directly to the on-going capacity building program of the Forestry
Administration of Cambodia as a high priority topic.
Progress:
The project activities started in January 2009 and all activities have been completed in August 2012. The
project will be reported completed to the 46th Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF) at
the 48th ITTC, 5-10 November, Yokohama, Japan. Outcomes achieved include the following:
Output 1: Appropriate facilities in place
The project has purchased substantial equipment and tools needed to facilitate the suppression of illegal
forest activities, including for example a vehicle, motorcycles, computers, GPS, radio communicationequipment, solar panels or satellite imagery
Output 2: Forest law enforcement training implemented
Following a number of self-assessments identifying the needs, a sound and tailor-made training programmecomprising four modules has been developed. The modules include:Specialized training related to forestry issues (harvesting, wildlife identification, CITES and othercross-border issues)
Fundamental procedures in dealing with forest offenses (searches, intelligence, evidence gathering,and filling in documents for the court and Central FA)
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 Specialized skills (communication, negotiation, conflict management and resolution, GPS and map
reading and document management)
The trainings were conducted at the Forest and Wildlife Training Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to alllevels of FA staff including Central FA and Local FA (Inspectorates, Cantonments, Divisions and Triages),
including practical field work. 20 trainers selected from senior staff of Central FA, FA Inspectorates and FA
Cantonments have been trained on forest law enforcement. Other FA staff at different was trained as follows:
256 staff on forest law enforcement aspects, 270 staff on crime codes and 19 staff on use of computerized
forest crime data base systems (CTS)
The project had provided support to 15 Chiefs of FA Cantonments to attend the ASEM Conference on “forest
product trade and forest governance” in Phnom Penh and Project Coordinator to attend the workshop on
technology that promotes transparent timber trade in Asia and the Pacific Region held in Kuala Lumpur on
27-29 July 2011
Through the conduct of intensive training courses on various topics, the participants improved knowledge on
forestry laws, other relevant laws and regulations; effective conduct of searches, investigations, intelligences,
reporting and documentation; upgraded general knowledge on prohibition of forest harvesting, wildlife
hunting, transporting and trading of forest products; improved knowledge on the use of GPS and maps in
identification of forest offense location; upgraded skills on conflict management and resolution, andcommunication; and better knowledge on document management.
Output 3: Effective monitoring and documentation of illegal forest practices
Forest patrolling procedures have been developed through internal meetings and brainstorming of FA officials
and staff. These include four main elements: i) patrolling operations, ii) equipment and facilities required forpatrolling, iii) investigation, planning and suppression; and iv) case follow up.
A pocket field guide on monitoring and documentation of illegal forest practices have been developed bycompiling the main articles from forestry laws, land laws, criminal codes, criminal code procedures andgovernment orders related to forestry sector for purpose of strengthening and improving capacity of FA staff
to conduct effective documentation and monitoring of illegal forestry practices in the field.
A Case Tracking System (CTS) developed under the Project UNTS/CMB/001/DFI in year 2000 based on the
US Forest Service’s experience has been updated to provide the FA management with a means to identify
and implement law enforcement activities by appropriately recording and analysing incidents involving
violations on forestlands and protected areas. The system was installed on 15 computers, one each, in thefour FA Cantonments and eleven FA Divisions in the four provinces (Kratie, Kampong Thom, Pursat andPreah Sihanouk) of the project sites. In the period from 2009 to 2011, a total of 4,148 cases of forest crime
had been detected and entered to the date base systems at four offices of FA Cantonments and eleven
Division Offices.
A forest cover study (2010) classified land use into 10 classes by using the land use class definition of FAO
through the satellite images of the Landsat 7 ETM and 5 TM. The 2010 forest cover assessment was tasked
to the GIS and Remote Sensing specialists of FA with the technical assistance of GRAS A/S of the
Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen Denmark, particularly in accuracy assessment of the
mapped forest cover derived from the satellite images.
Results of the 2010 hectares or 57.07 percent of Cambodia land area was 10,363,789 as shown in Table 1. It
comprised 24.68% deciduous forest, 19.27% evergreen forest, 7.02% semi-evergreen forest and 6.1% otherforests. Non-forest classes represented 42.93% of total country’s land area. The 2010 forest cover map is
depicted in Figure 1.
Output 4: Effective judicial processing
In order to improve collaboration with provincial courts at the four provinces of project sites, four coordination
meetings were conducted between FA Cantonments and Royal Prosecutors and Judges of Pursat, Kratie,
Kampong Thom and Preah Sihanuk provinces with a total of 115 FA staffs taking part in the meetings. Thesemeetings provided a better understanding of judicial processing of the forest crime cases that had been sent
to the courts by FA Cantonments.
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Sihanouk-21 cases).
A series of training course on “Criminal Code” and “Criminal Procedure Code” were organized. There were
270 participants from FA at the central and local levels including the Inspectorates. The subjects covered by
the trainings included: Cambodian judicial system; prosecution; investigating judge and investigationchamber; judicial police; judicial police officers; judicial police agents; and judgment and appeal of judgment
Output 5: Effective extension function
Twelve extension workshops on forest laws and regulations have been conducted in eight districts in four
provinces with 1,227 participants in total representing Forestry Administration, Community Forestry, private
sector and NGOs.
Extension materials have been developed and distributed. These include 1,000 T-shirts with logos of ITTO,
Forestry Administration and the International Year of Forest distributed to local people during the National
Arbor Day on 9 July 2011; 20 sign boards of Kbal Bei Community Forestry exposed in Kampong Thom
province; 1,500 copies (Size A1) and 9,000 copies (Size A4) of 4 posters of different titles distributed toincrease public awareness; 8 forestry banners flagged at strategic points in 4 provinces; 5,000 copies ofcomic book entitled “Forest and Our Future” published and distributed
Developed project website link with website of TWG-F&E (Technical Working Group on Forestry andEnvironment) for information sharing. The project website is http://www.twgfe.org/itto.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The project has made a substantial contribution to strengthening the capacity on forest law enforcement andgovernance in Cambodia including the purchase of basic equipment and tools needed and the provision oftraining and capacity building to a substantial number of participants from central and local forestry
administration, community forestry, private sector and NGOs.
A computerized database system of forest crime monitoring has been improved to systematically categorize
and track forest crimes in two languages (Khmer and English) in the four project sites (Kompong Thom,
Kratie, Pursat and Preah Sihanuk provinces) and 1688 forest crime cases have been recorded in the
database.
To increase awareness of forest administration staff on forest law enforcement, technical guide books havebeen developed and published, including “Forest Law Enforcement Training Program in Khmer and English”(1,000 copies), “Forest Law Enforcement Pocket Field Guide” (425 copies) and “Forest Patrolling Proceduresin Cambodia” (1,500 copies). Posters have been produced to increase public awareness of illegal logging.

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Strengthening the capacity of local communities of the Chaiyaphum Province (Thailand) to manage
community forests
Project number:

TFL-PPD 005/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Thailand

Budget:Total:

US$ 78,678

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 56,970

Government of Thailand:

US$ 21,708

Submitted by:

Government of Thailand

Implementing agency: Bureau of Community Forest Management of the Royal Forest
Department, Thailand
Duration:

6 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2009

Status:SunsetSummary:
The pre-project will develop a project proposal aimed at enhancing forest law enforcement and governanceand strengthening communities’ capacities to use their forests for poverty alleviation in the Chaiyaphum
Province. To ensure an adequate project design, the pre-project will collect necessary baseline informationon community forestry and define clear strategies on how to solve problems inhibiting sound community
forestry development. The development objective of the pre-project is to contribute to the sustainable
development of rural communities of the Chaiyaphum Province through the promotion of law enforcement,
good governance and sustainable management and use of community forests. The specific objective is todevelop a comprehensive project proposal aimed at strengthening the capacity of communities of
Chaiyaphum Province to sustainably manage their forests.
Progress:
Council Decision on Sunset which specifies that approved projects for which funds have been committed, but
for which implementation has not yet begun, shall be valid for a period of 26 months [Decision 2(X), Annex 2].
In accordance with that decision and after granting an additional no-cost extension of 3 months requested by
the Director General, Royal Forest Department of Thailand, the implementation of the pre-project has been
withdrawn on 1 July 2012 since the validity period has expired and the Thai Government internal procedure
for the signature of the pre-project agreement had not been completed. ITTO has withdrawn its financial
commitment under the pre-project and the funding will be re-allocated under the future TFLET proposal
cycles.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
Nothing to report, project sunset

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Implementing and promoting sustainable forest management through formulation of an action planfor improved forest law enforcement and governance in Colombia
Project number:

TFL-PPD 001/09 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

Colombia

Budget:Total:

US$ 122,598

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 91,498

Government of Colombia:

US$ 31,100

Submitted by:

Government of Colombia

Implementing agency

Asociación de Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales y de Desarrollo
Sostenible (ASOCARS)[Association of Regional Autonomous Corporations and Sustainable
Development]

Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Completed

Summary:
The pre-project will develop a full project proposal to specify and integrate the problems related to illegal
logging as well as the weaknesses of the forest legislation and the forest management capacity of therelevant institutions, so as to facilitate the future formulation of a strategic action plan for the improvement offorest law enforcement and governance in Colombia.
The pre-project is specifically aimed at analyzing and evaluating policies, programs, management capacity
and the national forest legislation and their compatibility with the policies and sectoral programs andstandards of the agricultural and mining sectors, through a participatory process with relevant stakeholders.
The output of the pre-project will be a sound project proposal developed in cooperation with forest sector
stakeholders.
Progress:
The signing of the pre-project agreement governing the implementation of the pre-project was completed in
September 2010. Subsequently, the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the implementing
agency and the Ministry of Environment, Colombia on the implementation of the pre-project was signed on 14
October 2010.
Eight regional workshops on forest law enforcement have been carried out with a total of 259 participants, inthe regions of Nariño, Caquetá, Guaviare, Chocó, Antioquia, and Cesar as well as interviews with 18
Regional Autonomous Corporations. With the input from the workshops and the interviews an analysis of thecurrent forest legislation has been done. The analysis includes the revision of 36 national laws; 53 regional
laws; 5 national policies, and 12 international treaties. The analysis points out the gaps that need to be filled
for the enforcement of the current forest laws, and highlights the critical points of illegal activities in terms of
harvesting, transportation and surveillance.
A full project proposal was developed and submitted to ITTO under the title “Implementing and Promoting
Sustainable Forest Management through Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Colombia” [PD 640/12(F)], which received category 2 from the 43rd Expert Panel for Technical Appraisal of ITTO Project Proposals.
A revised proposal submitted in June 2012 to the 44th Expert Panel was again ranked Category 2 and further
refinement will be required.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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done. The analysis includes the revision of 36 national laws; 53 regional laws; 5 national policies, and 12
international treaties. The analysis points out the gaps that need to be filled for the enforcement of the current
forest laws, and highlights the critical points of illegal activities in terms of harvesting, transportation andsurveillance. After completion of the pre-project, Colombia counts on reliable information of its reality in theforestry sector, as well as with a database of relevant stakeholders directly involved in forest law enforcement
and governance.
As a result of the workshops held, most of the primary stakeholders expressed their commitment to improvetheir harvesting operation and comply with the forest legislation. Main recommendations provided by the
primary stakeholders are the creation of dissemination materials which should be easy to understand, as well
as closer interaction with the authorities enforcing the forest legislation

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Improving governance and transparency of timber harvests and trade in Cameroon
Project number:

TFL-PD 003/09 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

Cameroon

Budget:Total:

US$ 418,626

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 365,526

Traffic International:

US$ 53,100

Submitted by:

Government of Cameroon

Implementing agency: Traffic International
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project is designed to contribute to the improvement of governance and transparency of timber harvest
and traded in Cameroon and internationally by strengthening the national process for controlling illegal
logging and associated trade in Cameroon in order to contribute to transparency of timber trade in Cameroon
with a view to address the problems of unsustainable timber harvesting, weak forest law enforcement andillegal trade of the country’s timber.
Progress:
The project has experienced a substantial delay during the inception phase. Although the project agreement
has been signed on 22 March 2010, the project implementation only commenced on 12 October 2011, when
the Executing Agency confirmed receipt of the first financial installment. The delay was due to the need forrevisions to the work plan and the inception report, and arrangements between the Executing Agency and thecollaborating counterparts at MINFOF, Cameroon.
Since 12 October 2011 the following activities have been carried out:
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Materials for the preparation of a timber trade flows study developed and several other supportive
actions towards the implementation of the project were noted.
Development of the Terms of reference of the timber flow study and launch of the administrative
procedure of hiring an individual consultant.
Contact established and discussions initiated with relevant stakeholders on possible collaboration
Proposal for a Steering Committee submitted to MINFOF (composition, mandate and operationalguidelines).
Participation in two meetings of COMIFAC on In-Transit Timber in Central Africa.

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Strengthening the capacity of small-medium enterprises in Ghana to produce and trade in timber
products from legal and sustainable sources
Project number:

TFL-SPD 007/09 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 180,704

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 163,039

Government of Ghana:

US$ 17,665

Submitted by:

Government of Ghana

Implementing agency: Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC)
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project will address the weak capacity of Small Medium Forest Enterprises in forest law enforcement andgovernance in Ghana. The main objective is to strengthen the capacity of SMFEs to produce and trade inlegal timber through the development and implementation of internal wood control system (IWCS) consistent
with legal and sustainable timber trade requirements. At the completion of the project, SMFEs will
demonstrate understanding of the various standards covering Chain of Custody and wood tracking by
documenting and implementing procedures to comply with and monitor compliance with legal timber traderequirements enabling an appreciable number of them to begin efforts towards CoC certification. Activities
and approaches include training selected SMFEs on proper record capturing and storage practices,
information management, how to use and implement IWCS; assisting SMFEs to set up their own IWCS andliaising with stakeholder institutions to audit SMFEs interested in certification. In order to ensure thesustainability of the project, SMFEs will be encouraged to join the Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC)
or form similar network(s) or association(s) to encourage and promote trade in legal and sustainable timber.
Progress:
The signing of the project agreement governing the implementation of the project was completed on 5 April
2010. The project inception report including the detailed work plan had been submitted to and approved by
the ITTO Secretariat and the disbursement of the first installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$70,000.00
to the implementing agency (KWC) was effected on 8 July 2010, marking the commencement in theimplementation of the project. Following the selection and appointment of the project team and consultants,
the implementation of a number of project activities has begun. The first meeting of the project technicalcommittee (PTC) and project monitoring mission were conducted in Kumasi, Ghana on 21 September 2010.
The meeting noted that the implementation of the project was on track and on schedule. The second meetingof the PTC and project monitoring mission were conducted in Kumasi, Ghana on 8 September 2011.
The meeting noted the satisfactory progress in the implementation of the project. While some delays due
principally to the delay by the Timber Validation Department of GFC in producing its report on the pilot workon Wood Tracking System (WTS) had been reported, the PTC was informed that the project was expected tobe completed within the approved duration of two years. A progress report submitted to the ITTO Secretariat
on 2 April 2012 reported further delays and an extension of the project duration until 31 December 2012
without additional funds was approved on 16 May 2012. The second and final installment of ITTO funds
amounting to US$60,962.00 was disbursed on 16 May 2012.
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Strengthening the capacity of related stakeholders in Java on implementing new Indonesian Timber
Legality Assurance System (TLAS)
Project number:

TFL-PD 010/09 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 555,163

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 474,163

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 81,000

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing agency: Secretariat Directorate General of Forest Production
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The Timber Legality and Verification System (Sistim Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu - SVLK) was developed toprovide legal assurance on timber products from Indonesia. In June 2009 the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry
issued a ministerial decree on sustainable forest management and timber legality verification through the
Minister of Forestry decree No. P.38/Menhut-II/2009 concerning Standard and Guidelines on Assessment
and Performance of Sustainable Production Forest Management and Verification of Timber Legality whichapplies to state and private forests. Additionally, with regard to the standard, an assessment guideline isstipulated under a decree of the Director General of Production Forest Management No. P.6/VI-Set/2009.
The effective implementation of the regulation requires capacity building of relevant stakeholders andorganizations, in particular for the owners of community forests. The project will focus on the dissemination of
information on the new TLAS standard to communities and relevant stakeholders through workshops. It will
support the establishment of institutions for independent monitoring of TLAS for timber resources from
community forests and community plantation forests, conduct a series of training events to introduce andimplement the standard to license holders of community forests and community plantation forest as well as
local government officers and representatives of small/medium wood processing industries.
Progress:
The signing of the project agreement governing the implementation of the project was completed on
14 April 2010. The project inception report including the Yearly Plan of Operation (YPO) 1 had been
submitted to and approved by the ITTO Secretariat and the disbursement of the first installment of ITTO funds
amounting to US$100,000.00 to the implementing agency was effected on 8 July 2010, marking thecommencement in the implementation of the project. Following the selection and appointment of the project
team and consultants, the implementation of initial project activities has begun in accordance with YPO 1.
The first meeting of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) was held on 11 May 2011 which, inter alia,
approved YPO2. The second and third installments of ITTO funds amounting to US$74,470.00 and
US$151,628.00 were disbursed on 8 March and 23 August 2011 respectively and the implementation of the
project is progressing satisfactorily. The third and final installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$
85,945.00 was disbursed on 21 February 2012. The second meeting of the PSC was held on 21 May 2012
and noted that while the overall implementation of the project according to YPO 2 had been satisfactory, ashort extension of the duration may be required to successfully complete the project. A request for extensionof the project duration till 30 September 2012 without any additional funds was approved on 15 June 2012.
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Reduction of illegal logging through better governance of community forests in the Lom et Djerem
Division, East region, Cameroon
Project number:

TFL-PD 014/09 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Cameroon

Budget:Total:

US$ 355,062

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 302,562

Government of Cameroon:

US$ 52,500

Submitted by:

Government of Cameroon

Implementing agency: Forestry Department, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF)
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:This project seeks to reduce illegal logging and poverty in the Lom and Djerem Division through better
governance and development of community forestry. The specific objectives include to sufficiently satisfy thedemand of wood in the north and neighboring countries through better organization of timber markets andpromotion of the creation and implementation of legal timber titles; and to reduce poverty at the community
level through good governance in managing existing community forest and micro-development projects in the
Lom and Djerem Division. The expected outputs are:1) to assist 6 communities in obtaining and managing community forests;2) to sensitize the Lom and Djerem councils on the creation of council forests;3) to supply the Northern markets with sawmill residues;4) to better understand and disseminate the timber market chain from Lom and Djerem to the Northern
regions;5) to put in place a wood tracking system from the Koundi community forest;6) to reinforce the capacities of members of the Koundi community in increasing and better managing
revenues from their forest; and7) to sensitize all actors on legal wood trade; and8) to install and have a functional Coordination Unit in place
Progress:
Following the project implementation in January 2011, the project has experienced a delay in project Year 2
due various factors, including the transfer/re-assignment of several officials (in charge of the project) within
the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife and difficulties to comply with reporting requirements. In addition some
negative impacts of bad weather particularly at the project site in the Eastern Region.
The following project activities have been carried out:
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Two sensitization meetings held with strong representation and very active participation of the local
communities, organized by both MINFOF and Forum in Diang and Belabo respectively.
The six local communities selected to participate in the project include: Moundi, Mbeth II and Kanda(in the Diang Sub-Division); Ndjangané-Adiah, Belabo -Ekak-Yoa village and Mambaya (in the
Belabo Sub-Division).
Six management entities were created by the selected local communities. These include the TANG
BALA CIG in Moundi, the BWOK CIG in Mbeth II, the FOFFA CIG in Kanda, the NA CIG in
Ndjangané-Adiah, the BEY CIG in Ekak-Yoa Village (Belabo) and the NYALODJO’O CIG in
Mambaya. These groupings have to date, all gained legal recognition under the adopted appellationof ‘Community Initiative Group’ (CIG).
The species inventory of the community forest allocated to the FOFFA CIG in Kanda has been
completed.

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Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
Six management entities were created by the selected local communities and all have gained legal
recognition under the adopted appellation of ‘Community Initiative Group’ or CIG.

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Equipping small and medium sized forestry enterprises in China for procurement of tropical timberfrom legal and sustainably managed forests
Project number:

TFL-PD 017/09 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

China

Budget:Total:

US$ 505,036

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 322.056

Government of China:

US$ 112.820

Industry Association (China):

US$ 70.160

Submitted by:

Government of China

Implementing agency: Institute of Forestry Policy and Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry(CAF)
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
Small and medium sized wood processing enterprises (SMFEs) in China play a vital role in the domestic andinternational markets for processing wood products as they account for around 90% of the total output valueof China’s timber enterprises. The project will provide the means for SMFEs to become equipped for
procurement of timber from legal and sustainably managed tropical forests. SMFEs in Zhangjiagang in the
Jiangsu Province, Huzhou and Jiashan in the Zhejiang province and in Shanghai will be surveyed to assess
the status of their procurement management. Training and advice will be delivered to enterprises along withinformation (via a technical bulletin) on marketing, trade, procurement and corporate social responsibility.
Policy suggestions will be made and selected SMFEs will be guided through COC certification. A web-based
platform for better communication between SMFEs, government and other stakeholders will be established.
Progress:
The project implementation formally commenced on 1 May 2011 and the project is well on track inaccordance with the work plan. The following activities have been carried out
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Recruitment of an international consultant
Development of questionnaires
Collection of information and materials on tropical wood production, consumption and trade.
Consulting meeting held with stakeholders (October 2011).
Mail surveys in project areas have been carried out since October 2011, with the help of Forestry
Statistic Department of SFA.
The first PTC meeting was held on 5 December 2011 and a field visit was made afterwards.
Three domestic surveys had been carried out in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai.
Reports on “China’s tropical timber processing SMFEs and their opportunities for procurement oftimber from legal and sustainable managed forest” and “Policy suggestions for promoting
procurement of timber from legal and sustainable managed forest in SMFEs” are in preparation
Three complementary surveys for SMFEs’ stakeholders such as Industry Associations, Timber
suppliers and down-stream enterprises, Forestry Department and Forestry Bureau investigations in
Dongguan, Guangdong province
Information on markets, issues related to procurement of tropical timber from legal and sustainably
managed forest and technology for China’s SMFEs has been published and circulated via ‘China
Timber’, which is a well-known magazine published by the Shanghai Timber Trade Association.
One-to-one Certification Coaching for 2 SMFEs had been carried out.
Information on sustainable forestry, production and FLEGT collected and analyzed.
The new SMFEs-Government stakeholder Information exchange platform has been set up under thename ‘Forest Products Index Mechanism’.

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The periodical information exchange activities between SMFEs and Government officials based onmonthly data and policy exchange had been set up.
Web structure and function designed, and website information updates are in execution.

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The establishment of the Forest Products Index Mechanism-the Government-Enterprises forum, which will
involve government agencies, associations, research institutes and timber product enterprises, is the firsttimber information exchange mechanism and online forum in China. The Forest Products Index Mechanism
was launched in March 2012 and attracted attentions from across the timber sector and the press.
The project has received recognition through an invitation by both the US and Chinese sides to attend the
China-USA Strategic Economic Dialogue held in March 2012. The project coordinator gave a presentation
introducing the background, objectives and implementation status of the project.

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Project number:

TFL-PD 019/10 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 591,278

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 496,670

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 94,608

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing agency: Balai Besar Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango Mountain Gede
Pangrango National Park, Directorate General Forest Protection andNatural Conservation, Ministry of Forestry
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project will support the implementation of a collaborative management activity as the key tool for theeffective management of the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve. The specific objective of the project is tostrengthen forest law enforcement and governance, conservation, and the sustainable use of biodiversity andenvironmental services rendered by the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve. The expected outputs of the project are:1) increased stakeholders commitment to the effective management of the Cibodas Bioshpere Reserve; 2)
Development of an integrated management plan for the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve; and 3) Enhanced
community awareness on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and environmental services,and on forest law enforcement and governance.
Progress:
The signing of the project agreement governing the implementation of the project was completed on
25 May 2011 and the Inception Report incorporating YPO1 and appointment of the Project Coordinator wasapproved on 19 August 2011. The first installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$ 100,000.00 was
disbursed to the Executing Agency on 23 August 2011, paving the way for the commencement in project
implementation in September 2011. The first PSC meeting was held on 24 May 2012 and, in the process ofreviewing the first progress report, was informed of delays in the implementation of the project. It wasrecommended that appropriate action to speed up the implementation of all activities under YPO1 during thefinal three months of project Year 1. The second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$ 80,000.00 was
disbursed to the Executing Agency on 4 July 2012. A second progress report and YPO2 for 2012-2013 was
submitted on 7 September 2012 with a request for disbursement of the third installment of ITTO funds
amounting to US$ 80,000.00, which is currently under consideration. The conduct of a series of coordinationand consultation meetings amongst key stakeholders has been initialized. On 25 June 2012 a workshop on
synchronization and synergy in the management of biosphere reserves was convened, in collaboration with
Bakorwil. It was presided by the head of Bakorwil I Bogor and was attended by the Head of Gunung Gede
Pangrango National Park (Mr Agus Wahyudi), Director of MAB Program, farmers community, local
government representatives, as well as Bakorwil staff. Three districts have been selected as pilot locations for
implementing the development of Cibodas Biosphere Reserve and a series of training workshop for
stakeholders to improve the capacity and the understanding regarding the importance of biosphere reserve
have been conducted in those districts. Training included subjects such as ”The Processing of Plastic Waste
and Organic Fertilizer”, ”Integrated Agricultural Management” or ”Utilization of Biogas as Alternative Energy
from Waste Cow Dung and Plastic Waste Management”
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
First training sessions have been conducted to improve knowledge, strengthen partnerships and improvecooperation among the private sector, civil society organization and other key stakeholders and thecommunity at large.

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Pre-project to develop a proposal on ‘Development and implementation of a species identification andtimber tracking system in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes’
Project number:

TFL-PPD 023/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Germany, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya

Budget:Total:

US$ 198,242

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 175,742

vTI:

US$ 22,500

Submitted by:

Government of Germany

Implementing agency: Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI), Federal Research Institute for
Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
Duration:

7 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Completed

Summary:
Based on experiences from pilot-studies in Cameroon and Latin-America the pre-project will develop a fullproject proposal on “Development and implementation of a species identification and timber tracking system
in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes” with regional focus on the timber producing countries
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Dem. Rep, Congo Rep. and Gabon, Ghana, and Kenya as animportant timber transit country. The pre-project will (a) define the role and contribution of collaborating
agencies (b) seek support and agreements with the governments of African countries involved in the project;(c) draw conclusions from former pilot studies and to define the technical work plan, (d) identify the
stakeholders and define their roles in the full project; and (f) seek additional financial support for the fullproject. Expected outputs of the full project to be developed include (a) a timber tracking system with DNA
and stable isotopes working for 5 important timber species in Africa, (b) reference databases on genetic andisotopic spatial patterns ready for control uses, and (c) facilities for DNA-fingerprinting and stable isotopes
with trained staff in timber producer and timber consumer countries.
Progress:
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Workshop held in Hamburg (Germany) 1-3 March 2011, 31 participants, main emphasis on
introduction of project concept and elaboration of participation and contribution of partners from
Europe, USA, Australia, Singapore
Workshop held Yaoundé (Cameroon) 23-24 March 2011, in collaboration with The Forest Trust(TFT), 50 participants, main emphasis on introduction of project concept and elaboration ofparticipation and contribution of African partners in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Congo, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya
At both workshops specific sessions for potential stakeholders were organized.
All seven partner countries confirmed their interest in and formal endorsement for the full project tobe developed.
Full proposal for a regional ITTO project on tree species identification and timber tracking system with
DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes developed and submitted to ITTO. The project will focus
primarily on three target species chosen by timber producing countries representatives: iroko (Milicia
excelsa, M. regia), sapelli (Entandrophragma cylindricum) and ayou (Triplochiton scleroxylon).

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The main goal of the pre-project to develop a full proposal for an ITTO regional project on DNA based andisotopic timber tracking involving 6 African countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Democratic
Republic, Congo Republic, Gabon and Kenya was achieved. The full proposal was supposed to be submitted
under TFLET, however as there was no call for proposals under TFLET in 2011, the proposal was submitted
to the 42nd ITTO Expert Panel and rated Category 1. It has received substantial funding of approximately US$
1,830,000 from Germany (US$ 1.7 million), USA (US$ 100K) and Australia (US$ 30K) with other countries

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having expressed interest in the project. Additional funding for project ‘satellite components’ has also beenachieved from the Australian Research Council through the University of Adelaide.
The (pre-)project is directly linked to the German national policies in support of the European Union’s FLEGT
Action Plan. While the EU FLEGT Action Plan provides measures to support developing countries to achieve
improved forest governance, it also provides for Voluntary Partnership Agreements between timber-producing
developing countries and the EU. The project concentrates on African countries that have finalized or arenegotiating a Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the EU. Except Kenya, all participating countries finalized
or are negotiating a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the EU FLEGT initiative and share homeranges for a number of relevant tree species. All partner countries also participate in the AFLEG process
aimed at better governance of African forest resources.
The full project is closely linked and will be implemented in coordination with a number of other (ITTO)
initiatives including the ITTO CITES programme. It will also provide substantial input and guidance to the
Bioversity International implemented project on ‘Identification of Timber Species and Origins’ targeted at:Coordination and networking among experts and institutes working with timber species identificationand geographic origin tools
Development of internationally accepted and agreed upon guidelines for genetic and stable isotopes
fingerprinting of timber species
Development and maintenance of an online database with geo-referenced data on genetic structureand stable isotopes of timber tree species

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Improvement of forest law enforcement at the national level to promote forest governance in
Guatemala
Project number:

TFL-PPD 024/10 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

GuatemalaBudget:Total:

US$ 804.419

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 563.339

Government of Guatemala:US$ 200.880

IUCN:

US$ 40.200

Submitted by:

Government of Guatemala

Implementing agency: National Institute of Forests (INAB)
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project will improve the effective implementation of sustainable forest management plans in Guatemala,through strengthening the capacity of forest institutions to enforce the forest management legislation andrelevant regulations, as well as through the provision of better services and instruments for the promotion ofsustainable forest management. It will strengthen the capacity of INAB to control forest law enforcement
through improvement of observation systems and inter-institutional coordination at the national, regional andlocal levels. The project will increase the involvement of civil society, institutions and local governments in theimplementation of activities aimed at strengthening actions to reduce illegal activities and ensure compliancewith current forest laws and regulations, among other activities focused on improving forest governance.
Progress:
Project activities have commenced in February 2012, after the first installment of funds has been received by
the Executing Agency. Since then progress has been made as follows:
Output 1, “The National Forest Service has been strengthened in the promotion and monitoring of sustainable
forest management”:
Workshops have already taken place for the revision of laws and regulations for forest industry and timber
depots, as well as for family consumption of timber.
Output 2, “Community and institutional participation mechanisms generated to promote forest governance”:
The National Inter-institutional Plan against Illegal Logging (signed by the Vice-president of the Republic) has
been presented in the regions of Baja Verapaz and Huehuetenango.
Output 3, “Information and experiences on sustainable forest management are available to society”: Contacts
have been established in the departments of Baja Verapaz and Huehuetenango with stakeholders from thecivil society and a schedule of meetings was agreed.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
Workshops have taken place for the revision of laws and regulations for forest industry and timber depots andfamily consumption of timber and first contacts with stakeholders from civil society have been established in
the departments of Baja Verapaz and Huehuetenango.

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Empowering civil society organizations and other non-state actors to effectively contribute to forest
law compliance in Ghana
Project number:

TFL-SPD 028/12 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 188.456

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 147.701

Government of Ghana:

US$ 40.355

Others:US$

Submitted by:

400

Government of Ghana

Implementing agency: WWF West Africa Forest Programme
Duration:

18 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
Ineffective forest law enforcement and the consequent non-compliance undermine the rule of law,reinforce forest level corruption and represent major threats to the forest ecosystems and the associatedbiodiversity in Ghana. Ineffective forest law enforcement also threatens the livelihoods of local
communities and undermines the efforts of both private and public sector organizations to develop
sustainable approaches to forest management. It is acknowledged that civil society organizations andother non-state actors can play a critical role in ensuring effective forest law enforcement in Ghana.
However, civil society and other non-state actors in the country have insufficient knowledge of theestablished models of legality and sustainability requirements as well as practical forest operations along
the timber supply chain. In addition, civil society organizations’ knowledge of modern tools of engagementwith forest authorities leaves much to be desired. This makes it nearly impossible for civil society andother non-state actors to play the watchdog role effectively. This intervention is intended to build capacityof civil society organizations and other non-state actors on established models of legality and sustainability
requirements, modern tools of engagement and to raise interest of the general public in forest law
enforcement so as to widen compliance with and enforcement of forest laws in the country. Theintervention which will be implemented in the forest zone of Ghana will emphasize a paradigm shift to aproactive civil society that is ready to defend the rights of the poor and to ensure that responsible forest
management is not unduly sacrificed
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.

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Marketing of timber from legal and sustainable sources by indigenous communities in Ucayali, Peru
for the fair trade market
Project number:

TFL-SPD 029/12 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Peru

Budget:Total:

US$ 230,291

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 137,941

AIDER:

US$ 92.350

Submitted by:

Government of Peru

Implementing agency: AIDER
Duration:

15 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The local native communities (NCs) currently have FSC certification for the management of their forests,
which produce timber at a small scale and in less than optimal conditions to meet market requirements.
The FSC market demands the same quantity and quality standards as ordinary markets, a requirement
the communities cannot meet as they operate with low production capacity and low environmental impact
equipment and machinery. In this context, it is necessary to assist the native communities to penetratespecific markets that pay a fair price for the timber they produce so as to improve their income levels. The
fair trade market does not demand high production volumes and pays a higher price for timber ofdemonstrated legal and sustainable origin. This project, to be implemented in the Department of Ucayali,
located in the Peruvian Amazon Region, is aimed at enabling seven Shipibo Conibo indigenous
communities to improve their marketing of timber from legal and sustainable sources with a view topenetrating the fair trade market. The forest enterprise management capacity of community members will
be improved and an innovative joint production and marketing strategy will be implemented on the basis ofstrategic partnerships with private companies. Improved CoC procedures will be established and adjusted
to fair trade production standards. By the end of the project, there will be a validated community forest
enterprise model that will contribute to improved forest governance in the Department of Ucayali. It should
be stressed that the innovative approach of this project lies in the enterprise-community partnership to be
developed as this type of alliance has so far been successful in the timber sector of Peru. In addition, thiswould represent the first Fair Trade Market experience in the country's forest sector.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
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Improved governance and implementation of transparent negotiation mechanisms for indigenous
community forestry in Atalaya (Ucayali)
Project number:

TFL-SPD 030/12 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Peru

Budget:Total:

US$ 191,263

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 131,236

Government of Peru:

US$ 10,800

Atalaya Local Government

US$

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation

US$ 40,227

Submitted by:

9,000

Government of Peru

Implementing agency: Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

TFLET Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The province of Atalaya, in the Department of Ucayali (Peru) covers 3,892,443 ha of tropical forests,
including more than a million hectares of forests rich in high commercial value species, which are home tomore than 50 indigenous communities. Illegal timber logging and trade represents one of the most serious
threats to the indigenous communities’ forests and to their socio-economic development expectations,maintaining and exacerbating their situation of poverty and extreme poverty (Veeduria 2011)1. Thissituation is perpetuated because the community leaders that negotiate timber logging contracts do nothave the tools required to assess the value of the forest resources harvested from their lands and do nothave sufficient knowledge about the legislation to establish fair and transparent contracts with third parties.
Furthermore, the indigenous organizations of Atalaya do not have the necessary capacity to assist theirmember communities and do not have a communications system in place to help them be informed. Thus,
the project will contribute to improve community forest governance by promoting the implementation of theCommunity Forest Watch mechanism in the province of Atalaya so as to provide technical assistance toindigenous communities and enable them to negotiate with third parties in a transparent, equitable andlegal manner for the harvesting of their forest resources. This will in turn help to curb illegal logging in the
territories of the communities. In addition, an integrated communications/outreach program will be
implemented in support of forest governance in the Atalaya area. The primary beneficiaries of this projectwill be 20 indigenous communities and the indigenous organization CORPIAA.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
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REDDES
Building a Voluntary Carbon Marketing Scheme to Promote Sustainable Forest Management
Project number:

RED-A 004/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 97,180

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 97,180

Submitted by:

ITTO Secretariat

Implementing agency: ITTO Secretariat
Duration:

9 months

Financed at:

REDDES Spring Cycle 2009

Status:Completed

Summary:
The Activity will develop a feasibility study for the establishment of a mechanism in ITTO to capture funds
from private sector and other potential contributors, to fund voluntary forest related carbon offsetting schemes,
including REDD and PES projects. The Activity shall also generate a design and strategy for the
implementation of the proposed scheme.
Progress:
The activity was reported completed to the 46th ITTC in December 2010. The report is available from the
ITTO website at http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=2137&no=0

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Strengthening Guyana’s capacity to manage forest resources and environmental services throughresources assessment and monitoring changes in deforestation and degradation
Project number:

RED-PD 005/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

GuyanaBudget:Total:

US$ 540,880

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 400,680

Government of Guyana:

US$ 140,200

Submitted by:

Government of Guyana

Implementing agency: Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC)
Duration

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Completed

Summary:This project seeks to address two main areas: conducting, at a demonstration level, an assessment of forest
resources and environmental services including the completion of a feasibility study of targeting remuneration
systems for environmental services; and secondly, by supporting sustainable forest management andresources utilization at the community level to maintain forest resources and prevent deforestation anddegradation. The outcome of the project will be the strengthening of Guyana’s capacity to manage forest
resources and environmental services through resources assessment and monitoring changes indeforestation and degradation. This will allow for planning and management of these resources to besignificantly enhanced as will management of deforestation and forest degradation. Also, capacity building
exercise will see improved management of forest and environmental resources by target communities andstronger compliance with sustainable forest management practices. These immediate benefits of these will beenhanced ability at the national and community level to manage forest and environmental services in Guyana.
Administrative Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 5 April 2010. The
project completed its activities in September 2011. The Secretariat has received the Completion Report,
several technical documents, and the Final Audited Report and, as such, is reporting this project ascompleted.
Technical Progress:
Since the first progress report on the ITTO REDDES Thematic Programme dated 31st August 2010, and inaccordance with the completion report and several other technical documents submitted via ITTO’s Online
Monitoring System, achievements can be summarized by major outputs as follows:
Output 1- Demonstrate the execution of a resources assessment of forest and environmental services inselected forested areas of Guyana
All activities under this output have been completed and the output has been successfully achieved. All
remote sensing images were acquired (medium resolution images covering approx. 11 million hectares forstandard monitoring and high resolution images covering 1 to 1.5 million hectares for hotspot monitoring
deforestation & degradation and assessing compliance with legality, has been purchased). Images wereanalyzed for both deforestation and forest degradation changes and the detecting process was outlined.
Existing forest inventory data was assessed to evaluate forest and environmental services and groundtruthing, and aerial surveys were conducted to verify results of remote sensing and forest inventory data,
providing a comprehensive evaluation on forest and environmental services in selected areas of Guyana,
including expected timber yield/ha, species composition, market values, distances to markets and otherrelevant costs. Additionally, a pilot assessment was completed with at least 6 communities, to enable accessto environmental services benefits with an aim of reducing poverty in these communities. These assessments

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are outlined in the Model Report and were subject to verification by remote sensing imagery analysis andground truthing.
Output 2- Assess the potential and feasibility of market based and other remuneration systems forcompensating environmental services
All activities under this output have been completed and the output has been successfully achieved. A reportassessing available market mechanisms for environmental services including assessment of suitability, as
well as relevant incentives programmes and remuneration systems for environmental services for Guyana,has been finalized. This report provides specific focus on the Guyana context, the climate change problematicand the rationale for PES, describes the different PES and provides information on the environmental benefits,market players, sum of money available, conditionalities, etc.
Output 3- Support SFM at the community level to help maintain low level of deforestation and forest
degradation
All activities under this output have been completed and the output has been successfully achieved. A
sensitization workshop and another workshop aimed at enforcement of regulations on sustainable forest
management were conducted. This training targeted the six community areas identified under this project for
special focus. Community level training was divided into two main areas: Resources Assessment, andSustainable Forest Management.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
At the national Level
Guyana’s pristine forest covers over 85% of the country. The great majority of Guyana’s forests are suitable
for timber extraction and currently approximately 50% of the forest is allocated to some form of production. At
the conceptualization of the project, there was an identified need for more support at the national level toassess forest resources and environmental services in Guyana. This need has impacted on effective
evaluation and planning for natural resources utilization in Guyana. The outcomes of the project were also
successful in strengthening Guyana’s capacity to manage forest resources and environmental services
through resources assessment and monitoring changes in deforestation and degradation. This has allowed
for planning and management of these resources to be significantly enhanced as well as the management of
deforestation and forest degradation.
Additionally, the project has been able to provide to the GFC, an archive of remote sensing images formonitoring and referencing of forest activities within specific areas. Through this, the GFC as well as othernatural resources management agencies can monitor and measure changes within the forests from forest
related activities such as logging, mining and agriculture.
Further, there is increased capacity in monitoring and management of the State Forest by the GFC, using
remote sensing imagery. The GFC is now able to utilize these images to increase the capacity of the GIS Unit
to plan for and monitor the activities on the ground, as well as to better enforce legislation relevant to theforestry sector to ensure the deforestation and degradation remain at low rates.
Through demonstration to the target communities, the approach to conducting resource assessment of forestand environmental services in identified project areas are now extended to local actors. The assessments
conducted have provided the GFC, as well as the GoG, with knowledge of how to conduct a resources
assessment of forest and environmental services, as well as how markets can be accessed for payments forecosystem services. Overall, the communities targeted are now better positioned to improved SFM practices.
This project has also had an impact on forest sector policies and programmes that are currently being
implemented in Guyana and also those planned for the future. Prior to the project, there was a lack ofnational level capability to conduct forest resources assessment or ecosystem services analysis as part of a
REDDES scheme. The Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) launched on 8th June, 2009 in Guyana
identified a development growth trajectory for Guyana along a series of low carbon initiatives whilst at thesame time enabling sustainable forest resources utilization. The Readiness Preparation Proposal (RPP)
which is one of components of the LCDS was prepared in accordance with the guidelines of the World Bank’s
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and outlines the work to be implemented over a three year period.
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Policy Statement; additionally, the LCDS of Guyana is further advanced through ecosystem services being
explored in a more detailed way, thereby expanding information available from forest carbon to additional
areas; in terms of REDD readiness as a whole, Guyana is able to identify in Readiness Preparation Proposal,
aspects of the deliverables under this project to detail its plans in a more robust and comprehensive way.
The project has significant potential for scaling up. The forest area assessment work that was done in thearea of the State Forest Estate as part of the forest resources valuation analysis can easily be extended toother parts of the forest areas of Guyana and any country. The Model that has been developed to conduct
valuation, given certain parameter inputs relevant to each unique case, can be applied in a similar way togenerate results, as that in the Guyana model. The training manual which was developed for this model, willallow for the use of the model to be extended and scaled up as desired.
The sustainability of the project is also assured through several targeted interventions that have been madeas part of the project strategy. Among these are: the full support of the project by the GFC and the GoG, as
the outputs achieved are consistent with policies, plans and programmes that promote the mitigation activities
against climate change; the strengthened capacity of Guyana Forestry Commission to improve the monitoringand enforcement of regulations and its GIS capabilities; the capabilities established at the level of the Guyana
Forestry Commission in REDD+ and environmental services; and sufficient awareness and capacity built at
the level of communities through adequate outreach/training activities.
At the International Level
The project also has impacts at the international level. In the areas of REDD+ readiness and specifically
MRVS, this additional technical work that has been done will allow for the international community to gain
further insights on considerations and methodological options of expanding MRVS and REDD+ readiness asa whole at the national and local level.
This project is closely linked to the initiative commenced under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership
Facility. The project has been able to demonstrate how planning for resources utilization through assessmentof forest and environmental services can lead to this desired goal enhancing REDD+ readiness activities,
which is linked to the overall sustainable development of forest resources. Additionally the outcomes of thisproject has also assisted planning, using a Road Map approach for MRVS development at the international
level.
The Project specifically explores, using the Guyana example, how identification can be carried out for theidentification of ecosystem services integration into the readiness planning framework. The outputs of thisproject, specifically with regards to the assessment of forest and environmental services, were targeted tocontribute to informing global approach to REDDES from a methodological perspective and gives practicalexamples on how this can be done, using Guyana as an example.
Overall, the project was executed over the period September 2010 to September 2011 and was effective inmeeting all set deliverables and outputs. The project was completed on schedule and within budget. The
Executing Agency has produced several products, among them studies, maps and technical documents,
including:1) Guyana’s Forest Resources and Environmental Services
2) Requirements Necessary for Guyana to Access Identified Payments for Ecosystems
Services Markets
3) Guyana Forestry Commission: Reddes Monitoring – Guyana’s National Forest Estate Model
Moreover, these publications are available for download from the ITTO website at:
http://www.itto.int/project_reports/

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Local REDDES programme for development and addressing climate change in Guatemala: Building
social processes for sustainability
Project number:

RED-PPD 006/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

GuatemalaBudget:Total:

US$ 177,660

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 82,080

Government of Guatemala

US$ 95,580

Submitted by:

Government of Guatemala

Implementing agency: Foundation of Integrated Development of Men and Environment,
CALMECAC
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
In order to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, INAB and Calmecac are seeking to develop
sustainable forest management and establish financial mechanisms derived from the management andconservation of resources and environmental services in 16 municipalities of the Departments of
Huehuetenago and Quiché, while at the same time providing a climate change adaptation mechanism. Thus,
this project is aimed at consolidating information and agreements with local communities on the managementof natural resources, while generating quantitative and qualitative data on forest resources and environmental
services potential in the area. Given the importance of the participation of local social stakeholders and theneed to raise awareness on the significance of forests and climate change impacts on the implementation of
a REDD project, the establishment of a local stakeholder network is also envisaged to create effective social
processes geared to poverty and vulnerability reduction. This pre-project links and creates social dynamics
between different sectors based on new models of participatory management of natural resources andsharing of benefits at the local level.

Progress:
Administrative Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 5 April 2010. The preproject was further granted an extension until August 2012 upon receiving a justified written request, and is
expected to submit its completion report and other outputs shortly.
Technical Progress:
Since the most recent progress report on the ITTO REDDES Thematic Programme presented in November
2011, and in accordance with the most recent progress reports submitted via ITTO’s Online Monitoring
System, progress in pre-project implementation to June 2012 can be summarized by major outputs asfollows:
Output 1.1: Stakeholders’ social factors and interests relating to forest resource management identified in aparticipatory manner for 16 municipalities of Huehuetenango and Quiché.
All activities have been completed under this output, and the output achieved. Several inter-municipal
workshops were organized for consultation and consensus-building on the collective use and management oflocal forest resources; the information on consensus-based alternatives and mechanisms on REDD, forest
harvesting and climate change, identified at the workshops, was systematized; and a diagnostic study on thecollective use and management of local forest resources was finalized;
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Activity 1.2.1 is currently under way. 4 Medium-scale forest inventories are being carried out within thecommunity and municipal forests to estimate the carbon stocks and other forest values. This activity is taking
much longer to carry out than initially planned. Activity 1.2.1 has been completed. A characterization study ofthe superficial waters in 4 watersheds has been finalized and documented;
Output 1.3: Analysis of forest cover dynamics in 16 municipalities and identification of risks and vulnerability
to climate change in the poorest 5 municipalities.
Activity 1.3.1 has been completed and activity 1.3.2 is about to be finalized. The analysis of forest cover for
16 municipalities of the northern region of Huehuetenango and Quiché has been completed, and the analysis
of risks and vulnerability to climate change in the poorest 5 municipalities is about to be finalized.
Output 1.4: Local REDD project document formulated with wide-based participation of local stakeholders,
exploring the feasibility of developing a municipal and community program for transboundary conservation
forests between Mexico and Guatemala.
Activity 1.4.1 has been completed and activity 1.4.2 is about to be finalized. A regional workshop wasorganized for the presentation of results of the diagnosis for the area and to collect information for the designof a local REDD program. The REDD project proposal is currently in its final stages of formulation.
Output 2.1: Networks linking municipalities, communities, civil society organizations, private sector andMexican institutions organized.
All activities have been completed under this output, and the output achieved. A database was developed on
relevant stakeholders at the state, municipal, community and private sector levels; several workshops werecarried out for the consolidation at the regional level to promote and further develop a REDD initiative in theregion; and a consensus-based action plan was developed to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in
the region;
Output 2.2: Dissemination and awareness program on climate change and REDD initiatives.
Activities 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 are currently being finalized. The awareness-raising tools on climate change and
REDD initiatives are currently being designed and will be disseminated locally in the short future. Activity
2.2.3 has been completed. A regional workshop was organized to promote an initiative on the reduction of
deforestation and forest degradation.
The delay in the implementation is mainly due to the execution of the forest inventories, which are taking
much longer than initially planned.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
However, the Pre-Project has already produced several products, among them studies, maps and technicaldocuments, among others. These publications, describing the interim achievements, impacts and lessons
learnt of the project, will be uploaded onto the ITTO website for a greater dissemination to all our member
countries and other interested parties.

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Enhancing Forest Carbon Stock to Reduce Emission from Degradation through Sustainable Forest
Management (SFM) Initiatives in Indonesia
Project number:

RED-PD 007/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 539,616

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 447,071

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 92,545

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing agency: Director General of Forest Production Development & Directorate ofPlanning Development for Forest Utilization, Ministry of Forestry ofIndonesia
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Completed

Summary:
The project will promote SFM as an important option for forest based climate change mitigation to reduce
emission from and by tropical forest. As a first priority it will focus on initiating multi-stakeholder processes fordevelopment of a national strategy to maintain and increase forest carbon stock through implementation of
SFM. The expected outputs of the project are:(1) Information on SFM forest based carbon, C stock, CO2
sequestration, and green products; (2) Supporting infrastructure and mechanism to bring additional incentives
in implementing SFM as important option in reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradationassessed; (3) Outreach activities to promote public awareness among relevant stakeholders on SFM
initiatives in enhancing forest based carbon stock, sequestration, and carbon storage in green products inorder to reduce GHG CO2 developed. After project completion it is expected that the strategy will beinstitutionalized. The successful implementation of the project will generate awareness among local people
and other related stakeholders to participate in managing forestland in a sustainable way. Local government,
communities and private sector will get incentives from the ongoing effort in implementing conservation andforest management in reducing emission from deforestation and degradation.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 28 May 2010. The
first installment of funds was sent on 11 August 2010 following receipt of the project inception report andapproval of the project coordinator. Implementation commenced in the last quarter of 2010 and the project
was successfully concluded on schedule in August 2012.
During the past 12 months, all of the studies called for in the project document have been completed. Building
on regional workshops implemented in late 2010/early 2011, the project organized a further five national
workshops during the period under review to present the results of project outputs and studies. All of theseworkshops were attended by relevant stakeholders from throughout Indonesia, including representatives ofcentral government (Ministry of Forestry central offices and provincial offices), provincial governments (forest
services), and representatives of other stakeholders including state-owned companies, non-governmentalorganizations, forest concession associations, related projects and national experts. An international
workshop to share experiences in SFM and REDD+ with other Asian countries was convened in May 2012,
with over 100 participants from Indonesia and other Asian countries as well as ITTO and other internationalorganizations.
The first project steering committee was convened in November 2010 and the second in January 2012. The
minutes of the steering committee meetings and other relevant project outputs were forwarded to ITTO andall REDDES donors. The implementing agency has complied in a timely manner with all ITTO reporting
requirements using the on-line monitoring system. Audited accounts for 2010, 2011 and the entire project
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outputs are available on request from the implementing agency and ITTO; project reports have been postedon the ITTO website under project reports.
Achievement, impacts and lessons learned:

A database of all REDD+ and forest carbon related projects in Indonesia established
Methodologies for establishing forest carbon baselines and for estimating the contribution of SFM
activities to reducing GHG emissions established and disseminated widelyOver 500 representatives of national/local government and a diverse range of other stakeholders
aware of the importance of SFM to achieving Indonesia’s REDD+ goals.

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Promoting the partnership efforts to reduce emission from deforestation and forest degradation oftropical peatland in south Sumatra through the enhancement of conservation and restoration
activities
Project number:

RED-SPD 009/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 181,287

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,493

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 31,794

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing agency: Regional Research Center of South Sumatra
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary
The project is intended to enhance sustainable management and conservation of tropical PSF to reduce
emissions and to increase carbon stocking through the involvement of stakeholders and local community inthe conservation and rehabilitation of degraded PSF in South Sumatra. It is part of Reduced Emission from
Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD)-Indonesia, on the context of PSF. There are two major issues
addressed in the project:
1) resolving the conflict of interest between authorities in the management of PSF and2) reducing the emission from deforestation and forest degradation through the promotion ofconservation and restoration of PSF ecosystem.
Five options for strategic management intervention specific to peatland, under REDO in Indonesia (Indonesia
Forum on Climate Change Alliance-IFCA, Consolidation report 2008) will also be addressed, namely (1)Regulate and restore water table, (2) Prevent peatland from fire, (3) Build coordination and consistency
across government jurisdiction and sectors to control cross boundary impacts of fire by controlling its sources
and spread, (4) Regulate further conversion of peatlands and revise and reinforce rules for management ofexisting peatlands plantation sites and (5) Implement land swaps where possible to retain high carbon value
forest and peat while allocating alternative land for new plantation. The project intervention will put the priority
on the third and fourth option for strategic management intervention through awareness raising, capacity
building and coordination and field implementation of restoring ecosystem function in the degraded peatland
through plantation. Local-indigenous species, which have been identified earlier, will be used in thisrestoration of ecosystem.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed in May 2010. The project
activities have been initiated from November 2010 after the completion of necessary administrative
arrangements for the implementation of the project.

Output 1.1 Institutional setting to prevent further deforestation and forest degradation.


Review of existing schemes and lessons learned from the management of peat swamp forest (PSF)
at the national and surrounding local levels has been carried out and a technical report had beendrafted and presented in early April 2011. Further discussions and analyses have been carried out inconjunction with a stakeholder consultation meeting in July 2012 including representatives from
Provincial Forest Service of South Sumatra, District Forest Service of OKI, Musi Banyuasin andBanyuasin to ensure achieving sustainable management of PSF ecosystem in South Sumatra.

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Stakeholders consultations, awareness rising, capacity building and resolving disharmony acrossauthorities in PSF management are being carried out. This activity includes various presentations: (i)fact findings on the existing programs, schemes and activities related to reducing the rate of
deforestation and forest degradation in South Sumatra; (ii)the current situation on theimplementation of government policy, rules and regulation on the management of PSF and REDD
related in South Sumatra by Local Government of South Sumatra (Provincial Forestry Service); (iii)the community awareness and practices in the managing and utilizing the existing forest resourcesand ecosystem by local Research Institution, Merang REDD Pilot Project and NGO; and (iv) setting
a priority list of actions toward the improvement of the implementation by Committees.
A preparation meeting was held on 9 June 2011 to discuss possible topics, identification ofcompetent speakers and parties to be invited, determining venue and date. Stakeholder consultation
was carried out in Palembang on 17 July 2012.

Output 1.2. Sound and aplicable technology in restoration and rehabilitation of PSF improved, disseminatedand applied degraded PSF
Since there have been various techniques and trials in the restoration and rehabilitation of PSF
ecosystem both in Sumatra and Kalimantan by several institutions such as Wetland International and
WWF-Indonesia Program, existing technologies for their wider application in the restoration of
degraded PSF had been reviewed and assessed.
This activity includes a literature survey and collection on data and information relating torehabilitation, restoration and conservation of PSF. Those data and information have been compiled
and will be completed with a comparative study of the management of PSF in Kalimantan, Sumatra
and Malaysia.

Output 1.3. Demonstration activities with the plantation of indigenous species initiated and enhanced
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Collection and propagation of indigenous local forest tree species has continued. At least 8,000
nursery grown seedlings for each species of 5 selected species (appr. 40,000 seedlings) are being
produced and used for the establishment of demonstration activities.
Five indigenous local forest tree species have been collected and propagated based on theirpotential of generating incomes (i.e. Jelutong and Melaleuca) and enhancing conservation needs.
These are: Jelutung (Dyera lowii) propagated for 8,000 seedlings; Meranti (Shorea belangeran)propagated for 8,000 seedlings; Gelam (Melaleuca leucadendron) propagated for 10,000 seedlings;
Punak (Tetramerista glabra) propagated for 8,000 seedlings; and Gemor (Alseodhapne sp.)propagated for 8,000 seedlings
Field rehabilitation and restoration activities in selected areas of South Sumatra using indigenous
species are under way. Partner MoU have been signed with: (1). District Forest Service of OKI, (2).
Industrial Forest Plantation, PT. Bumi Mekar Hijau – South Sumatra, and (3) Palm Oil Plantation
Company PT. Andira Agro – South Sumatra. Other partners under negotiation include the local NGO
Wahana Bumi Hijau – South Sumatra and the local community in OKI – South Sumatra. The land
preparation for the activity has commenced in December 2011 and planting of the demonstration
plots was initialized in January 2012.
The total area allocated for planting is 70 ha and distributed across the above the project partners. A
large number of community members are expected to be directly involved in plantation activities.
Facilitators from the local NGO will be invited.

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Sustainable forest management and utilization of ecosystem services in forests managed by the
Ese'Eja native community in Infierno, Peru
Project number:

RED-PD 018/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Peru

Budget:Total:

US$ 523,319

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 356,519

Government of Peru

US$ 166,800

Submitted by:

Government of Peru

Implementing agency: Association for Investigation and Development, AIDER
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project is aimed at strengthening the management of forests over which the community has acquired
utilization rights, so as to penetrate the emerging ecosystem services markets and thus generate additional
income to allow the community to obtain resources for the adequate management of their territory andecotourism concession. It will be implemented in the Ese’Eja native community of Infierno where a forest
concession was granted by the Peruvian Government to the community for ecotourism purposes in areas
located in the Madre de Dios region (Peru), within the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve andthe Bahuaje Sonene National Park. Community capacities will be developed for the planning andestablishment of agreements approved by all community members for the use of forest resources andservices, thus establishing the basis for the development of a project for the reduction of emissions fromdeforestation and degradation (REDD). Recognizing that well-defined utilization and marketing rights are avital prerequisite for access to these markets, the project will facilitate the formalization of rights to trade
ecosystem services and to resolve existing land tenure conflicts in the concession area. These objectives will
be met with support from the Peruvian government, which will allow the community to progress towards
sustainable development.
Progress:
Administrative Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 8 June 2010. The
Project Inception Report and the Detailed Work Programme have been received and approved by the ITTO
Secretariat and the first disbursement of funds was transferred to the Executing Agency on 13 September
2010 and project activities commenced shortly after that. The project’s Steering Committee met for the firsttime at the end of June 2011 in Lima and further visited the Ese’Eja native community of Infierno, verifying insitu the current situation of the communities and forests there at that moment. To date two additional
disbursements of funds were transferred to AIDER after verifying the executing agency’s compliance with theconditions established for each of these, and the Project’s Steering committee further met for a second timein Lima on June 19th, 2012.
Technical Progress:
Since the most recent progress report on the ITTO REDDES Thematic Programme presented in November
2011, and in accordance with the most recent progress reports submitted via ITTO’s Online Monitoring
System, progress in project implementation to July 2012 can be summarized by major outputs as follows:
Output 1: There is community consensus on the priority actions for the management of forest resources

Utilizing the recently completed socio-economic study of the communities as a basis, several
community-wide workshops were organized to evaluate the current and potential use of natural
resources. Moreover, based on the inputs obtained at these workshops, a diagnosis was carried out

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on the use, impact and actors involved in the management of the natural resources in the region(100% complete);
A strategy and an action plan for community forest management are was developed in a participatory
manner (100% complete); andAn office has been established and furbished in the community centre so as to enable capacity
development within the community and will soon be fully operational. Several presentations andworkshops have already been carried out at this new communal facility (60% complete).

Output 2: Legal rights for the use of forest resources in the community territory and ecotourism concession
area are endorsed and securedThe study on legal community rights over their forest resources and territory has been completed andsocialized with the communities involved (100% complete);
Based on the aforementioned study, some legal and topographic exercises are being carried out inorder to physically delimit the communal territory and further define and permanently attain the legal
ownership rights (40% complete); andCommunity involvement in developing policy on PES is being ensured via several participatory subactivities (60% complete).

Output 3: Community forest management incorporated as part of a REDD scheme
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AIDER is currently participating in the development of the Madre de Dios Regional Baseline.
Moreover, it is presiding over the Deforestation Analysis and Modelling Sub-Commission of theMadre de Dios Roundtable on Environmental Services and REDD (MESAR), and is also a member of
the Carbon Sub-Commission. However, these being political processes, it appears that consensus ona broad variety of issues may take longer than initially contemplated (80% complete);
Thematic cartography has been completed, and the community now has a forest stratification map of
its territory and its ecotourism concession. An analysis of the historic deforestation within the
aforementioned area has also been completed. In addition, the carbon inventory has been finalized
and disseminated among the locals as a technical document (100% complete);
The project is currently designing the methodological process for the formulation of a REDD Project
Design Document (PDD) for the Ese’Eja community forests of Infierno, following the standards
developed by the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and the Voluntary Carbon
Standard (VCS) (40% complete); andObtain validation and offer carbon credits (0% complete).

Overall, the implementation of the project’s activities continues progressing well. In addition, the project’s
2011 audit report was also presented in hardcopy and, upon revision by Management Services, appeared tobe satisfactory. Currently the Executing Agency has already produced several products, among them studies,maps and technical documents, among others. These publications, describing the interim achievements,
impacts and lessons learnt of the project, have been further uploaded onto the ITTO website for a greater
dissemination to all our member countries and other interested parties.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:

A strategy and an action plan for community forest management are was developed in a participatory
manner;
Thematic cartography has been completed, and the community now has a forest stratification map of
its territory and its ecotourism concession. An analysis of the historic deforestation within the
aforementioned area has also been completed. In addition, the carbon inventory has been finalized
and disseminated among the locals as a technical document

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Development and demonstration on scheme of payment for environmental services (PES) derived
from degraded and secondary tropical production forests in China
Project number:

RED-SPD 020/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

People’s Republic of China

Budget:Total:

US$ 203,040

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,040

Government of China:

US$ 54,000

Submitted by:

Government of the People’s Republic of China

Implementing agency: InstituteofForestResource
Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF)
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Completed

Information

Technique,

Summary:
The project attempts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, enhance environmental services andhelp improve forest dependent livelihoods in the tropics of China. The Lingshui Li Autonomous County of the
Hainan Province has been selected as project area and one typical forest-dependent community (village) will
be chosen in the demonstration area. The project will develop an assessment report on environmental
services derived from degraded and secondary tropical production forests in the selected area. A scheme of
PES derived from degraded and secondary tropical production forests in demonstration areas based oncommunity and other stakeholders' participation will be discussed, consulted, optimized, identified andimplemented. Policy suggestions on the scheme of PES will be developed and submitted to local
governments.
Progress:
The project was approved under REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009 and the agreement regulating theimplementation of the project was dully signed by all parties in March 2010. The project commenced in May
2010 after the approval of the inception report and detailed work plan. All project activities have been
completed by the end of August 2012, by output as follows:
Output 1: Assessment report on environmental services derived from degraded and secondary tropical
production forests in demonstrative area based on community and other stakeholders’ participation

After discussions with local governments and filed visits in the project area, Maohui community of
Maoyang Town in Wuzhishan City was selected as the project demonstration site. Basic biophysical,
socioeconomic and ecological aspects of the demonstration site were collected and analyzed.
An inventory of degraded and secondary tropical forests in Maohul community was conducted basedon a community participatory approach.
Environmental services derived from secondary production forests in Maohul community wereassessed and its report was prepared.

Output 2: Development and implementation on scheme of Payment for Environmental Services (PES)
derived from degraded and secondary tropical production forests in demonstrative area

Analyzed relevant international literatures and cases on PES schemes for production and protection
forests as well as national literatures on the scheme of the Forest Ecological Benefit Compensation
Funds for non-commercial forests currently being implemented in the country with the support of theCentral government.
A workshop on PES schemes for degraded and secondary tropical production forests in the project
area was held with the participation of local stakeholders, including representatives from local andprovincial governments.

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A draft scheme of PES for secondary production forests in Maohul community was formulated andendorsed. Subsequently the scheme of PES for secondary production forests in Maohui community
is being implemented.
Policy suggestions on the PES scheme for degraded and secondary tropical production forest to local
governments were provided.

The project published a comprehensive study report on Payments for Environmental Services (PES) of
Natural Production Forests in Hainan Province, China. This study report includes a review of the current
research methods relating to PES based on opportunity costs, and contingent valuation. It also includes ananalysis of the physical, social and economical situations of Maohui community with the identification of arange of 490-1,570 RMB/ha/year as a long-term PES standard for the demonstration site based on aninterest rate of 2%.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The project has contributed to the capacity of local stakeholders in designing and implementing PES
schemes for secondary tropical production forests in southern China. The key stakeholders benefitted by the
project include the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Wuzhishan Forestry Bureau and Hainan Forestry
Department, and villagers of the demonstration site (Maohui community). It furthermore provided an excellent
learning opportunity and experience on PES for young researchers of the Chinese Academy of Forestry
engaged in the project, as well as young government officers from Wuzhishan Forestry Bureau and Hainan
Forestry Department. Local villagers, indigenous groups and communities in the demonstration site havebenefited from the project directly because the project helped them to get the PES for tropical natural
production forests. Villagers of the demonstration site have better understood the importance of the natural
production forests in providing various goods and services including cultural value. The implementation of a
PES scheme, commits the villagers to preserve the ecosystem in the demonstration site and prevent
degradation.
The impacts of the project include improved capacity to develop supportive policies and measures towards
the effective design and implementation of PES schemes in the Hainan Province, southern China. With suchsupportive policy development through PES schemes, the conversion of national production forests toplantations is expected to be reduced. This is in contrast to the past common practice of forest owners(collective organizations or villagers) who received forests’ property rights after the Reform of Collective
Forest Tenure System in China, to have forests converted into plantations by clear cutting.
Lessons learned and sustainability:
The project was widely recognized in Hainan Province, southern China and has contributed to policy
development for PES schemes. A number of lessons have emerged from the project’s implementation. These
include:
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Payments for Environmental Services (PES) could be an effective economic incentive to encourage
forest-owners to maintain and sustainably manage their forests in southern China. Designing andimplementing an effective payment mechanism for environmental services provided by natural
production forests in southern China will be a counting challenge.
For further development of PES schemes in the Hainan Province, it is necessary that the Hainan
Forest Department continues to strengthen policy development through capacity building andtraining. It is also important to continue to work with local communities to bring mutual benefits to thepeople and provision of environmental services.
For smooth operation of any project activities in the future, promoting better understanding andcooperation among key stakeholders especially in the minority communities will be vital. Consultative
meetings with local communities in particular with motivated community leaders, taking into accountlocal customs and culture, were instrumental to generate a common vision for the conservation andsustainable management of natural production forests of the demonstration site.
It was essential that the roles and responsibilities of the institutions involved in the project
implementation are clearly defined and documented by subcontracts in the beginning and throughout
the project implementation.
A separate management system must be ensured to keep project files and documents. Relevant
documents and information on the project in different stages needs to be added and presented in thesystem. Monitoring and evaluating mechanism should be effectively implemented by projects.

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Sustainability of the project has been ensured with the creation of a special management organization andrelated mechanism to take charge of the protection and management of the demonstration site by the local
government (Wuzhishan Forestry Bureau). The local government is entrusted with the responsibility ofcontinuing and extending the work of the project. PES schemes of tropical natural production forests in the
project area through demonstration work in Maohui community are likely to be extended to many parts ofsouthern China, in particular in the Hainan province. It is also vital that the Hainan Forest Department
continues to strengthen policy development to address the issues of establishing sustainable and equitablepayment mechanisms for environmental services rendered by natural production forests in southern China.

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Technical Support for the National Forest Inventory Development in the Democratic Republic ofCongo for the Evaluation of the Carbon Stock Changes in Forest Lands
Project number:

RED-A 023/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Budget:Total:

US$ 510,220

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 476,820

Government of D.R. Congo:

US$ 33,400

Submitted by:

Government of D.R. Congo

Implementing agency: Directorate of Forest Inventory and Planning (DIAF)
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Completed

Summary:
The activity was implemented in support to the UN-REDD Programme in the DRC, in order to complement
the work of FAO in this exercise by ensuring the existence of a technical and logistical capacity in the DRC tocarry out this Activity. The objective of this Activity was to lay the strong foundations required for supporting aforest carbon inventory on national forest lands in the DRC by providing national institutions:

Qualified personnel to undertake field measurements and manage the information generated;
Office equipment (e.g., laboratory with computers and printers) and field operations equipment.

The aim of this activity was to support the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in developing a system ofmeasurement, reporting and verification (MRV) for the REDD mechanism under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The goal of this Activity was to establish cooperation
with between ITTO, FAO and the DRC to support the development of UN-REDD programme in the DRC. The
Activity was funded as a special support to the UN-REDD Programme in the DRC and a complement to thework of FAO regarding the initiative of carrying out the national forest inventory focusing on forest carbon.
The goal of this Activity was to build the capacities of appropriate institutions and lay the foundation for thedevelopment of such a field-level MRV system in the DRC, in order to ensure that the country could betechnically and logistically capable of performing a national forest carbon inventory. The specific objective
was to enable the effective participation of the DRC in a potential REDD mechanism through thedevelopment of a national forest carbon inventory, which is a prerequisite to operationalize a system of MRV
in DRC.
Progress:
The Agreement regulating the Activity implementation was duly signed on 19 March 2010. The inception
report and related first Yearly Plan of Operation (required for the release of the first installment of projectfunds) were submitted on 28 April 2010 and approved. The Activity implementation began with the
disbursement of the first installment of TP funds on 13 May 2010. The extension of the Activity
implementation was granted until August 2011, without additional ITTO funds, by the ITTO Secretariat, basedon an official request including proper justification with appropriate detailed work plan and budget. With thecompletion report received in May 2012, the duration of the activity implementation was 24 months instead of
12 initially indicated by the Executing Agency.
In accordance with the activity document, technical reports and completion report, all activity actions werecarried out and contributed to the following main outputs:

Simplified roadmap, for the steps of relevant actions to be taken for the national forest inventory
focusing on forest carbon, was approved at the technical workshop held in July 2010 in Kisantu,
Province of Bas-Congo;

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associated to those of the Faculty of Agronomy of Yangambi (IFA) and environmental NGO Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS), for the training sessions on forest carbon inventory
Eighty (80) technicians mainly from DIAF and DDD have been trained on necessary actions related
to a forest carbon inventory, and on the analysis of information and data from forest carbon inventory
to be used a technical basis for sustainable forest management in DRC. The training sessions werecarried out in the Gazetted Forest of Yoko, in Orientale Province, and in the UNESCO-MAB Forest
Reserve of Luki, in Bas-Congo Province;
Purchase of five vehicles, necessary equipment and materials to carry out forest carbon inventory
activities in the field in the five selected sites representing the main five forest ecosystems of DRC,
with technicians trained during the implementation of this Activity.

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The achievements, impacts and lessons learnt deriving from the implementation of this Activity can besummarized as follows:
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The capacity of national institutions, including the Directorate of Forest Inventory and Management(DIAF) and the Directorate for Sustainable Development (DDD), within the Ministry of Environment,
Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT), was substantially strengthened in terms of carbon forest
inventory;
DIAF’s mandate to conduct the national forest inventory on a continual basis was adapted to thetechniques and methods for the forest carbon inventory, and its technical personnel was trained forthat purpose;
DDD has become operational on the techniques and methods for the analysis of information and dataon forest carbon stocks, thanks to the expertise acquired by its selected technical staff members;
The activity provided (for the first time) the opportunity to the experts at UNIKIS and IFA, as well as
those of WCS-DRC, to participate in practical training sessions on the carbon forest inventory;
The vehicles, equipment and materials purchased through the implementation of this activity allow
the DIAF technical staff members trained to immediately start the field activities regarding thenational forest carbon inventory. However, the field activities have not been implemented yet due to adelay in the release of FAO funding promised by the UN-REDD Programme for the Democratic
Republic of Congo.

The main beneficiaries of the ITTO thematic programme activity are the DRC government and more
specifically the Directorate of Forest Inventory and Planning (DIAF) and the Directorate of Sustainable
Development (DDD) within the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT), theUniversity of Kisangani (UNIKIS) associated with the Faculty of Agronomy of Yangambi (IFA) and theenvironmental non-governmental organization WCS-DRC. The Activity has largely contributed to get the DRC
technically and logistically capable of performing a national forest carbon inventory. It laid the foundation forthe development of a field-level system dealing with monitoring, reporting and validation (MRV) for REDD
implementation in the DRC. By doing so, ITTO has supported the DRC to take the first step towards
operationalizing a MRV system for REDD. The strategy to involve relevant stakeholders, through apartnership between the stakeholders and targeted beneficiaries (Government of DRC through the DIAF and
DDD within the ministry in charge of forestry, University of Kisangani, environmental NGO with WCS-DRC
Programme), was a key to the achievement of the project’s objective. The involvement of experts fromUNIKIS, IFA and WCS-DRC is an asset for the replication and sustainability and reduces the need forexternal expertise on forest carbon inventories.
A setback in terms of sustainability of this activity is the delay in promised financial support to DIAF by FAO
through the UN-REDD Programme for DRC, for the implementation of activities in the field related to theforest carbon inventory, as planned in the framework operationalizing the REDD Work Plan of DRC preparedby FAO, UNDP, UNEP and World Bank, in May 2009. The delay carries the risk that the ‘momentum’ createdby the implementation of this activity is lost.

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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation through Collaborative Managementwith Local Communities
Project number:

RED-PD 026/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 760,408

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 658,716

Government of Ghana

US$ 101,692

Submitted by:

Government of Ghana

Implementing agency: Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
Duration:

48 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project aims to contribute to sustainable management and conservation of Ankasa Conservation area toimprove the provision of environmental services and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Ankasa
Conservation area incorporates the Nini-Suhien National Park and the Ankasa Resource Reserve and isconsidered as the most biologically diverse forest ecosystem in Ghana. The project specifically intends todevelop and implement participatory, good governance and management system for the Ankasa conservationarea, determine the financial value of the environmental services as well as methods for measurement,
assessment reporting and verification (MARV) for forest carbon. The project will be participatory and thus willbuild on a high level community involvement and capacity building.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 05 March 2010. The
project implementation began with the disbursement of the first installment of TP funds on 20 April 2010, witha focus on the following main activities:

Development of management plans through a participatory process (identification of management
options for different areas, selection of appropriate management strategy, preparation of draft
management plans, and validation of draft management plans) in close collaboration with local
communities;
Development of a framework for good governance and benefit sharing based on three basic pillars(assessing the clear coherence of policy, legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks with thesesystems; considering the degree of transparency, accountability and inclusiveness of key forest
governance processes and institution while exploring their characteristics on the planning anddecision-making; and examining the extent of the implementation, enforcement and compliancerelated to the policy, legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks while considering the level of
effectiveness, efficiency and equitability of implementation);
Determination of baseline forest carbon stocks and development of verifiable method for forest
carbon estimation and monitoring (reviewing existing methodologies for forest carbon inventory;
preparing the standard guidelines for field measurements of forest biomass; and undertaking pilot
surveys of biomass stocks in selected forest lands).

These plans and documents have been developed through a participatory process involving relevant
stakeholders including the following nine (9) communities: Amokwaw, Fia, Nungua-Cocoatown, Tweakor
Navrongo, Aiyinasi-Ayawora, Ohiamadwen-Fiasoro, Asomasi, Naptoma and New Adiembra of the project
area (Ankasa Conservation Area).
The progress in project implementation can be summarized as follows:

Article prepared by the project team and published in Ghanaian newspapers regarding the

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sensitization on the problem of forest degradation in the Ankasa region;
The inception workshop was held on 10 -12 May 2010, in Kumasi (Ghana), for sixty (60)representatives of the following nine (9) communities involved in the project implementation:
Amokwaw, Fia, Ghana-Nungua-Cocoatown, Tweakor Navrongo, Aiyinasi-Ayawora, OhiamadwenFiasoro, Asomasi, Naptoma and New Adiembra of the Ankasa Conservation area. The workshop
report was submitted through the on-line monitoring system;
The Executing Agency has started the strategic analysis of the drivers of forest degradation anddeforestation at identified sites, through a participatory process. The aim is to establish baseline
data on forest cover changes in the Ankasa Conservation Area, as a demonstration area on SFM for
REDD with an effective participation of identified local communities;
Development of a management plan for the Ankasa Conservation Area (ACA), with the involvementof all relevant stakeholders, through a participatory approach for the identification and developmentof management options of different sub-areas of the ACA. A draft management plan has been
circulated for review, prior to its validation by relevant stakeholders;Development of a draft framework for good governance and benefit sharing scheme based on FAO,World Bank and CBD references and adaptation to the particular conditions of the Ankasa
Conservation Area through a participatory consultation process of all relevant stakeholders,
including local communities. For validation, a draft document on good governance and benefit
sharing scheme has been circulated, for review by stakeholders; andA study for the monitoring of 25 years of land cover change within the Ankasa Conservation Area
was initiated by the project through the analysis of satellite images taken in January 1986, February
2000 and January 2011 combined with field surveys to collect information and data for the crosschecking process.

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Monitoring deforestation, logging and land use change in the Pan Amazonian Forest – PANAMAZON
II
Project number:

RED-PD 029/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

PanAmazonian

Budget:Total:

US$ 6,262,784

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 1,124,784

ACTO Contribution:

US$ 1,389,600

ACTO Member Countries:

US$ 3,748,400

Submitted by:

Government of Brazil

Implementing agency: Amazon Cooperation Treaty Agency (ACTO)
Duration:

48 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project will address constrains that are limiting the use of the Indicator of the Forest Cover byimplementing national monitoring systems as a key element so as to increase the governance in the Amazon.
In order to facilitate countries interaction and integrated action in boundary zones the project will strengthen
the dialogue and coordination platforms linked to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). The
project is divided in three components:

Coordination of participatory processes for the development of Forest Cover National Monitoring
Systems;
Implementation of Forest Cover National Monitoring Systems; andStrengthening of the existing platforms for regional dialogue and coordination on forest
management, with focus on forest cover monitoring with the possibility to include other criteria andindicators for sustainable forest management.

The systems will make use of the technology platform developed by the Government of Brazil and themethodology already adopted in this country will be considered for the implementation of the National
Systems. Furthermore, the project will contribute to the improvement of knowledge in the sector, to share newtechnologies, to prioritize lines of action for the regional cooperation and to share experiences on theenforcement of forest laws.
Progress:
Following the approval of the Inception Report, the first installment was transferred to the Executing Agency
in July 2011. Subsequently, in August 2011 the project Regional Coordination Unit (RCU) has been
established at ACTO in Brasilia, with the hiring of the Regional Administrative Manager and the Regional
Technical Coordinator, supported by funds from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (BMZ) and German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). National Focal Points havebeen designated by all participating countries (except Suriname). Due to budget constraints the originallyforeseen position of a Technical Assistant was not filled.
The operational structure of the project has been set up in each ACTO Member Country (Bolivia, Brazil,
Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela) by installing the National Coordination Units(National Focal Point –NFP and National Coordination Institution -NCI). All participating countries havenamed their National Focal Points as well as its National Coordinating Institutions.
The series of training courses started in October 2011 at the Amazonian Regional Center of the National
Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Belem, Brazil. Three courses were programmed in total. The First
Training Course in Spanish for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (12 participants), in the “Use

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is to develop knowledge and skills of officials and experts of ACTO Member Countries, as well as national
consultants selected by the countries to help implement the “Amazon Deforestation Monitoring” Project, in theuse of the TERRA AMAZON System and other tools (mapping, monitoring and control deforestation andAmazon forest cover) developed by INPE for this purpose. Included are (among others): (i) System ofDeforestation Detection in Real Time-DETER and (ii) Calculation Program of Deforestation in the Amazondigital PRODES developed by INPE for monitoring forest cover in Real-time Brazilian Amazon. The second
training course in English for Guyana and Suriname (10 participants) was held in February 2012.
Representatives of the Secretariats of ASEAN (Jakarta, Indonesia) and the Commission des Forêts d'AfriqueCentrale - COMIFAC (Yaoundé, Cameroun) were invited to participate, but declined the invitation. The third
training course was held in March 2012.
Progress has also been made in terms of the installation of the Observations Rooms in each country. Bolivia,
Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela have identified the institutions where theirObservation Rooms will be installed. The consultants integrating the technical team in Bolivia have been
hired and are working in the Observation Room installed in the Universidad Mayor de San Simon in
Cochabamba. They also participated in the first INPE training course given in October/November 2011 andstarted using the TerraAmazon System to map deforestation of an area of Bolivia. The observation room wasformally inaugurated on 18 May 2012. The Peruvian observation room was inaugurated on 1 October 2012 in
Lima.
Regular communication and information exchange among the parties involved is a major issue in this project.
To maintain contact, disseminate information and share progress/experiences in terms of monitoring
techniques, a proposal to promote a Technical Information exchange network has been developed in
November 2011. A Forum has been initialized and technical inquiries from participants of INPE Training
Courses will be addressed by technical support staff of the INPE Amazonian Center at Belem. The Forumalso provides an interface for exchange with other existing initiatives conducted by INPE. The Forum willserve the purpose of setting up a monitoring interoperable system in each participating country.
The proposal on "Monitoring Deforestation, Forest Utilization and Land Use changes in the Pan Amazon
Forest" project presented by ACTO/PS to National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) of
Brazil in December 2009 was reformulated. The proposed project aims to ensure continuity/sustainability forthe current project RED-PD 029/09 Rev.1 (F). The BNDES proposal has been revised taking into account theresults and experiences of the REDDES project. The goals have been extended to generate inputs for forest
management, institutionalizing a platform for action in the member countries of the Amazon Cooperation
Treaty Organization (ACTO) with the main objective to support member states in improving governanceissues in the Amazon forest through the development of monitoring systems, plans, national forest monitoring
and tracking of changes in land use. The proposed budget of the proposal to the Amazon Fund is US$ 11.1
million to support and strengthen the following activities:

Develop in each ACTO Member Country a National Plan of Monitoring of Forest Cover Amazon,
given the guidelines of the regional approach, and install infrastructure operating room observationof forest cover operating following methodological guidelines and standardized regionally;
Disseminate and promote the assimilation of remote sensing technologies for monitoring
deforestation and changes in land use in complementary sectors in all ACTO Member Countries;
Ensure the existence and operation of adequate infrastructure in each ACTO Members Countriesof the effective adoption of technologies for monitoring deforestation and changes in land use in the
Amazon region and its use in decision-making cycle.

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The Bolivian Government has formally acknowledged the project as a cornerstone in the development offorest policy in the country. It has become the centerpiece of the new forestry information system developed
by Bolivia and Bolivia has expressed the importance the project will have in implementing the National
Information and Monitoring System (Note Embassy of Bolivia VL 143/2011 of 07.05.2011 – note to the
Executing Agency).

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Rehabilitation and restoration of residual forests and arid savannah lands in the Akpé and Akama
valleys
Project number:

RED-PD 031/11 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Togo

Budget:Total:

US$ 773,349

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 478,894

Government of Togo

US$ 294,455

Submitted by:

Government of Togo

Implementing agency: Office de Développement et d’Exploitation des Forêts
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project is the result of pre-project PPD 7/98 Rev. 2 (F) and simultaneously aims to implement therehabilitation and restoration of residual forests and the conversion of arid savannah lands in the AkpossoAkébou landscape for timber production with the involvement of local communities in order to improve thesocio-economic conditions of local communities.
It provides for the enrichment planting of natural forests (200 ha), agro-forestry lots (50 ha), gallery forests(50 ha) and the establishment of 300-ha new forest plantations. To secure the sustainability of thisrehabilitation: i) A co-ordination mechanism will be established between stakeholders; ii) local
communities will be effectively trained in participatory management; iii) and most of all, a management
plan will be established and implemented by a management unit to be created.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of this project was duly signed on 12 January 2012. An
Inception Report and related first Yearly Plan of Operation were submitted on 26 January 2012 and approvedby the ITTO Secretariat. The project implementation began with the disbursement of the first installment of TP
funds on 01 February 2012. The first Project Steering Committee was held on 02 April 2012 with the aim toprovide guidance the way to smoothly implement this project under the requirements of the REDDES
Thematic Programme as well as those related to the rules and procedures applying to ITTO projects.
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Value adding to environmental services from managed forests belonging to seven communities in the
Ucayali region
Project number:

RED-PD 033/11 Rev.3 (F)Project country:

Peru

Budget:Total:

US$ 654,965

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 415,384

Government of Peru

US$ 239,581

Submitted by:

Government of Peru

Implementing agency: Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Integral – AIDER
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project will be implemented in the territories of 7 native communities of the Ucayali Region. It is aimed atstrengthening the management of community forests and enhancing the capacities of indigenous
communities to incorporate the marketing of carbon and other environmental services into integrated forest
management practices in order to penetrate carbon markets. This will allow the communities to generate
additional income, providing them with the resources required for the adequate administration of theirterritories and management of their forests. The project will develop community skills for the planning andconclusion of agreements among all members regarding the use of forest goods and services, thus
establishing the basis for the development of a project to reduce emissions from deforestation anddegradation (REDD) and for the adjustment of forest production processes to the PES (payment forenvironmental services) scheme. The proposal is based on the premise that clearly defined use andmarketing rights are an essential pre-requisite to access these markets. These objectives will be achieved
with the support of the Peruvian government, which will ensure the progress of the communities towards
sustainable development
Progress:
Administrative Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 28 February 2012.
The Project Inception Report and the Detailed Work Programme have been received and approved by the
ITTO Secretariat and the first disbursement of funds was transferred to the Executing Agency on 3 April 2012and project activities commenced shortly after that. The project’s Steering Committee met for the first time at
the end of August 2012 in Lima to review and guide the project in its start-up activities.
Technical Progress:
In accordance with the most recent progress report and other technical documents submitted via ITTO’s
Online Monitoring System, the first six-monthly progress report presented during the first Steering Committee
meeting in Lima, progress in project implementation to August 2012 can be summarized by major outputs asfollows:

Output 1: Native communities have acquired the technical capacity to improve their efficiency in forest
management, complying with the conditions required by REDD.
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A diagnostic study was carried out in each of the seven communities via participatory workshops, inorder to establish their training needs in forest management for timber, non-timber forest products
and environmental services;
Based on the results of the aforementioned diagnostic studies, a training plan was developed based

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on their knowledge needs; andSpecific training modules are being developed.

Output 2: REDD forms part of the forest management planning in the 7 communities.
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A plan is currently being developed for the communal awareness campaign;
A study to stratify the forest and other areas in the project’s area of influence is well advanced;
A study on the carbon stocks has been initiated in the project’s area of influence; andA study on the historic quantification of the accumulated deforestation in the project’s area ofinfluence is being initiated.

Output 3: Native communities have acquired management capacity for the production and marketing oftimber, NTFPs and forest carbon.
Workshops on self-evaluation and refection are currently being planned.

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Reducing forest degradation and emissions through sustainable forest management (SFM) in
peninsular Malaysia
Project number:

RED-PD 037/11 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Malaysia

Budget:Total:

US$ 864,622

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 590,922,

Government of Malaysia

US$ 273,700

Submitted by:

Government of Malaysia

Implementing agency: Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Inception Phase

Summary:
Forest management in Malaysia is based on the Selective Management System (SMS) which involves theselection of a management regime to optimize not only the objectives of efficient and economic harvestingand sustained yield but, more importantly, to ensure that forest development is ecologically andenvironmentally sustainable. However, forest degradation in terms of carbon stocks is occurring in production
forests as a result of logging operations. Logging operations in Malaysia in the past have also been reported
to be damaging, but significant improvements have been made. The extent of current forest degradation interms of carbon stocks needs to be further studied as it is still not well understood in Malaysia. Reports haveindicated that improved forest management could reduce degradation and reduce carbon emission. However,
all these studies are confined to specific areas and with limited information for scaling up activities.
Consequently, this project is implemented to assess enhancement of climate change mitigation throughreduced emissions from forest degradation in Malaysia. Specifically, the project will determine emissions fromforest degradation in logged forests and assess the value of enhancing forest management practices toreduce emissions from forest degradation. Financial evaluations of the improved management practices will
be undertaken to provide avenues for assessing payment for ecosystem services.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the REDDES 1st Cycle 2011. The project is in the inception phase. An
inception meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur on 8 March 2012. The Inception Report and other obligatory
documentation for project implementation have been received however amendments are needed due tocertain changes proposed by the Executing Agency. Project implementation is expected in November 2012.

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Capacity building for developing REDD+ activities in the context of sustainable forest management
Project number:

RED-PD 038/11 Rev.3 (F)Project country:

Myanmar

Budget:Total:

US$ 645,692

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 571,890

Government of Myanmar

US$ 73,802

Submitted by:

Government of Myanmar

Implementing agency: Forest Department/Forest Research Institute. Ministry of Environmental
Conservation and Forestry (MOECAF), Myanmar.
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
Forests in Myanmar have contributed to the provision of abundant benefits to local, regional and global
communities especially in reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and enhancing forest carbon stocks
and environmental services. The Toungoo District in the Bago Yoma region of Myanmar is approximately
1,064,939 ha and it will be used as project site. Implementation on Reducing Emissions from Deforestationand forest Degradation and Enhancing Forest Carbon Stocks (REDD-plus) through sustainable forest
management requires understanding and participation by all stakeholders. As the concept and methodologies
of REDD-plus are new to Myanmar, capacity building and awareness raising for all levels of stakeholders areof crucial importance, and urgently needed. Accordingly, the development objective of this project is tocontribute to sustainable forest management in the Bago Yoma region to improve the provision ofenvironmental services and reduce GHG emissions from deforestation and degradation and enhancement ofcarbon stocks. The specific objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Forestry in
REDD-plus initiatives. The expected outputs are: (i) REDD-plus national strategies prepared, (ii) Institutionalsetting for capacity building on REDD-plus strengthened and (iii) Capacity built to conduct MRV of the carbon
stock
Progress:
The Agreement regulating the implementation of the project is expected to be signed in October 2012. Project
implementation is expected to commence in November 2012, the 1st PSC meeting is scheduled for December
2012.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Improving the quality and coverage of the estimates of carbon stocks in Thailand's forests and trees
outside forest: Phase I
Project number:

RED-SPD 039/11 rev.1 (F)Project country:

Thailand

Budget:Total:

US$ 158,279

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 113,373

Government of Thailand

US$ 44,906

Submitted by:

Government of Thailand

Implementing agency: Kasetsart University, Faculty of Forestry
Duration:

18 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The small project aims to develop and pilot-test methodology to construct new equations to estimate carbon
stocks in Thailand’s natural forests and tree resources outside forest (TROF). The existing tree carbon
equations are inaccurate, the national reporting of carbon stocks is incomplete especially in TROF areas, andthere is limited knowledge of the methods and benefits of carbon stock assessment among the potential
stakeholders. This project shall contribute to well-informed policy decision-making and balanced publicdebate on climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration by trees. The project strategy is toconstruct tree carbon estimation equations for selected major tree species groups in a pilot project area
(Ngao Demonstration Forest, Lampang province), and to promote carbon stock assessment methods andbenefits through a national workshop. The Phase I project outputs are 1) methodology for constructing newtree carbon equations, and 2) an action plan to develop and promote new national equations for the major
tree species groups in Thailand. The project main target beneficiaries are the various national agencies
reporting on carbon stocks and a number of universities interested in the information for research andeducation.
Progress:
The small project has been approved under the REDDES 1st Cycle 2011. The project is in the inception
phase and arrangements for project implementation are in progress. The Royal Forest Department ofThailand is currently seeking approval from the Cabinet to sign the project agreement regulating theimplementation of the project.

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Designing a Programme for Capacity Building and Meaningful Stakeholder Participation in Forest
Governance and REDD+ in Honduras and Guatemala
Project number:

RED-PPD 041/11 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Guatemala, Honduras

Budget:Total:

US$ 170,320

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 144,650

Client Earth

US$ 25,670

Submitted by:

Government of Guatemala; Government of Honduras

Implementing agency: Client Earth
Duration:

9 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The pre-project will specifically assist in the formulation of a comprehensive and appropriate programme ofwork that will build the capacity of stakeholders to effectively participate in forest governance and thesuccessful implementation of REDD+ in Honduras and Guatemala. It will lay the groundwork for the intended
project by assessing and reporting on existing stakeholder capacity and the need for further capacity building,as well as the desired processes and means necessary for effective multi-stakeholder processes for REDD.
The major outputs include: (1) Information on stakeholders‘ capacity constraints and needs has beengathered and assessed, and comprehensive understanding of the processes and means necessary for
effective stakeholder participation in forest governance has been established and documented; (2) The
specific context and dynamics related to capacity building and participation in Honduras and Guatemala havebeen analyzed and reported on; and (3) A full project proposal for work on capacity building and participationof stakeholders in REDD+ in Honduras and Guatemala has been produced and is fully supported by all
stakeholders.
Progress:
Administrative Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the small project was duly signed on 13 June 2012.
The Project Inception Report and the Detailed Work Programme have been received and approved by the
ITTO Secretariat and the first disbursement of funds was transferred to the Executing Agency in September
2012.
Technical Progress:
Project field activities are expected to commence in September 2012.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Environmental assessment and economic valuation of ecosystem services provided by coastal
forests (mangrove forests, flood forests, rain forests and scrub forests on dunes) and theiragricultural replacement systems on the central coastal plain of Veracruz, Mexico
Project number:

RED-PD 045/11 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

MexicoBudget:Total:

US$ 871,825

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 470,682

Institute of Ecology (INECOL), Mexico

US$ 401,143

Submitted by:

Government of Mexico

Implementing agency: Institute of Ecology (INECOL)
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project aims at a quantitative assessment of the goods and services provided by the various types oftropical forests and coastal forests (mangrove forests, tropical flood forests, rain forests and scrub forests ondunes), on the coastal plains of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico. Services to be evaluated will include flood
containment, carbon sequestration, improved water quality, and accelerated regeneration). These services
will also be assessed from the economic point of view, and criteria will be developed jointly with local
communities for monitoring and valuing these benefits, thus encouraging sustainable use of theseecosystems. A comparison will be drawn between technical data and local community perceptions ofpotential benefits and products from these tropical forests, and the evaluation of services gained for paddocks
and agricultural fields created by cutting down these ecosystems. Material will be developed to publicize
valuation and assessment of environmental services outcomes among the population, and workshops will beorganised with government sectors to transfer information and seek their inclusion in payment forenvironmental services schemes. The project will contribute to sustainable forest management and to thevaluation of coastal forests with similar conditions throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican PacificRegion.
Progress:
The first installment of the project was done in May 2012, and the inception meeting took place from 4-6
September 2012, where progress by Output was reported as follows:
Output 1: “Environmental and socio-economic diagnosis of resources derived from forests and coastal forestson the central coastal plains of Veracruz, Mexico”
Preliminary results on “perceptions on local communities”:
 The survey is being conducted with a universe of 85 people.
 47% of respondents as of today did not understand the relationship of the selected ecosystem VS
contamination, and protection from tropical storms. The perception of the value of ecosystems isquite vague.
 The work is still on-going; two more communities will be interviewed.
Preliminary results on “restoration techniques”:
 The study is on-going with the purpose of designing simple and economical system for forest
restoration that can be used by the local communities.
Preliminary results on “economic valuation of Payment of Environmental Services (PES) of the selectedecosystems”:
 Estimates of the value of carbon sequestration VS the price of sugar cane (major crop in the region)
are now available.

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This study was also used for a thesis of a Masters programme.

Output 2 “Aerial technical evaluation of plant productivity, in coastal forests and their replacement agricultural
systems and organic carbon content in these ecosystems”. Activities are scheduled for the second year of the
project.
Output 3 “Evaluation of the role of the soil in the containment of floods and in hydrological flows and water
quality in mangroves and flood forests”. Activities have not yet commenced, the EA is foreseeing a change inthe means of verification, which is to write the manual of good practices with direct participation of the local
communities.
Output 4, “Evaluation of the role of native trees in these ecosystems in various agricultural-silviculturallivestock benefits”. Activities are ahead of schedule, the study of economic valuation will be carried out in thefirst year VS the third year as originally planned.
Output 5 “Economic valuation of environmental services, included in an economic value that can beincorporated into government policies and instruments”. Activities are on-going, but yet nothing to report.
Output 6 and 7 activities are as scheduled, but yet nothing to report.
The EA presented one technical document prepared under the project: the Thesis mentioned under output 1,
entitled “Diagnosis and perspectives for the sustainable management of the wetlands in the lake system ofAlvarado, Veracruz, Mexico”.
Due to the seasonality, field monitoring will take place from November 2012-2014 and this may require an
extension of 4 months without additional funds. This issue will be reviewed again at a later stage.
In terms of project sustainability, the EA foresees a proposal on PES mechanism for carbon sequestration,and valuable information to influence the policy and decision making of PES in Mexico for the selectedecosystems.
In general, implementation of activities vs the work plan is within the budget and planned schedule, withminor delays in only two activities, and activity 4.2 will commence in year 1 vs year 3.

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The study on “economic valuation of Payment of Environmental Services (PES) of selected ecosystems” hasproduced estimates of the value of carbon sequestration vs the price of sugar cane (major crop in the region)and has subject of a master thesis prepared.
The Mexican Government, through the National Forestry Agency, has expressed its expectations in order to
use the outputs of the project for improvement of the national programmes for payment of environmental
services.

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Participatory development, conservation and rehabilitation of degraded forest areas in the
Bamboutos Mountain chain, West Cameroon
Project number:

RED-PPD 050/11 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Cameroon

Budget:Total:

US$ 93,713

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 73,613

Government of Cameroon

US$ 20,100

Submitted by:

Government of Cameroon

Implementing agency: MINFOF
Duration:

8 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The degradation of the mountain ecosystem in the Bamboutos Range – the ‘water tower’ of the West
Cameroon region, an area with high cultural tourism potentials which acts as a climate-control system – hasreached a critical threshold during past twenty years. The cause of this degradation process has been
ascribed to a combination of three main factors, which are: climate variability, the fragility of this particular
ecosystem and population pressure. The pre-project aims to provide for the development of a strategic
framework for sustainable management of the regional forests on the basis of a consensus that takes into
account the interests of all stakeholders in generating an integrated management plan that includes a priority
action plan. Such action plan will contribute to improving the welfare of communities, mitigate the degradationof the ecosystem and implement the restoration process. The implementation of this pre- project will also
remove the constraints hindering the process of classification as Integral Reserve, currently under way in theregionProgress:
The Pre-project Agreement regulating the implementation of this pre-project was duly signed on 17 April
2012. An Inception Report and related first Yearly Plan of Operation are still to be submitted, as a prerequisite
for the disbursement of the first installment of ITTO required to start the implementation of this pre-project.
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Contribution to the implementation of REDD mechanisms by enhancing the participation of
stakeholders in sustainable forest management in Cameroon
Project number:

RED-PPD 051/11 Rev.1

Project country:

Cameroon

Budget:Total:

US$ 100,864

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 81,864

Government of Cameroon

US$

IUCN

US$ 10,000

Submitted by:

9,000

Government of Cameroon

Implementing agency: International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Duration:

6 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
Since the early 90s, Cameroon has embarked on a series of initiatives aimed at placing its forest resources
under sustainable management. Despite a substantial body of legal and institutional framework, it has been
noted that deforestation and ecosystem degradation continue abated together with persistent poverty. Thissituation could be explained partly by the lack of involvement of all stakeholders, including the local
communities, in efforts to achieve the sustainable management of forest resources, which could be causedby the inadequate dissemination of relevant information in the sector, the low conspicuity of the beneficial
impacts the sustainable management of these resources can achieve and the lack of adequate stakeholders’capacity. The pre-project will develop a project proposal for strengthening the participation of all stakeholders
in the sustainable management of forest ecosystems in Cameroon. It will contribute to poverty reduction
through minimizing the effects of deforestation and forest degradation through the enhanced participation andinvolvement of communities and all other stakeholders.
Progress:
The pre-project agreement regulating the implementation of this pre-project was duly signed on 17 April 2012.
An Inception Report and related Detailed Work Plan were submitted on 16 July 2012 and approved by the
ITTO Secretariat. The pre-project implementation began with the disbursement of the first installment of TP
funds on 7 August 2012.
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Integrating sustainable livelihoods, environmental mortgages, and science-based reforestation for
tangible forest conservation change in the Ecuadorian Chocó
Project number:

RED-SPD 055/11 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

EcuadorBudget:Total:

US$ 207,744

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,922

Government of Ecuador

US$ 25,222

OthersUS$ 32,600

Submitted by:

Government of Ecuador

Implementing agency: Pinchot Institute for Conservation
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
In one of Ecuador’s two remaining Chocó forest expanses, a new economic incentives program will be pilot
tested, aimed at permanently reversing deforestation by facilitating livelihood improvements that are
intrinsically linked to environmental stewardship. Toward creating a viable economic alternative for the
reserve’s 50-some rural communities, the current cacao market system will be revamped. Required funding
for achieving this aim will be run through the new “environmental mortgages” microfinance model, in whichlines of credit are calculated against the conservation value of a community’s surrounding de facto
environmental assets. The rural poor typically have no access to globally perceived existence values (e.g.
carbon offsets, biodiversity) of these assets, which are often their most valuable. Tying the capital in a lending
trust to that value creates incentives for sustainability, while providing the financial resources needed to climb
out of poverty. The two year initiative will focus on developing and implementing the environmental
mortgages framework in three reserve communities. Year one will focus on necessary due diligence (sociopolitical analyses, asset monitoring/evaluation protocols, microfinance details, market development) andcommunity organization. Year two we will pilot the program.
Progress:
Administrative Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the small project was duly signed on 22 August
2012. The Project Inception Report and the Detailed Work Programme have been received and approved by
the ITTO Secretariat and the first disbursement of funds was transferred to the Executing Agency on 24
August 24, 2012, after project staff and consultants were put in place and the Secretariat was notified that the
project was ready to commence its activities.
Technical Progress:
Project field activities will commence in September 2012.
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Strengthening the capacity of ITTO producer countries in Africa in generating and disseminating
scientific information on Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing
Environmental Services from Forests
Project number:

RED-PA 056/11 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria

Budget:Total:

US$ 348,120

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 253,120

International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO)

US$ 95,000

Submitted by:

ITTO (Secretariat)

Implementing agency: ITTO
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The project will support ITTO producer countries in Africa in dealing with the challenges of reducing
deforestation and enhancing the rehabilitation of degraded tropical forests. The project will generate scientificinformation on specific REDDES pilot areas in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria, and disseminate theinformation to policy makers and forest practitioners at the national and regional level through science-policy
interactions in close cooperation with the African Forest Forum (AFF). Regional networking and capacity
building is further strengthened by jointly organizing a regional forest congress for forest scientists, policy
makers and other forest stakeholders. The congress will mainstream project results, foster regional
cooperation and strengthen the role of ITTO in the region and in networks such as FORNESSA and AFF.
Progress:
The letter of agreement regulating the implementation of this activity was duly signed on 26 January 2012.
The activity implementation began with the disbursement of the first installment of funds on 22 February
2012, and in accordance with the activity’s reports, progress in project implementation can be summarized asfollows:

National experts have been selected and started the assessment of REDDES-related pilot areas infour countries involved in the implementation of this activity (Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria)
in order to develop strategies for their implementation;
FORNESSA information managers in four countries (Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria) havestarted collection and analysis of information and data regarding REDDES-related activities in thesecountries, for sharing and dissemination with forest policy makers and forest stakeholders at the
ITTO/AFF Forest Policy Day during the IUFRO/FORNESSA Regional Congress, held from 25 to 29
June 2012, Nairobi (Kenya). The theme of the ITTO/AFF Forest Policy Day was “The Policy/Scienceinterface for sustainable forest management in Africa”. The IUFRO/FORNESSA Regional Congress,
which was co-sponsored by ITTO through the implementation of this activity, gathered African forest
scientists with the aim of reinforcing their networking capacity.

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:Achievements of several ITTO projects were presented in technical/scientific sessions of the
IUFRO/FORNESSA Regional Congress;
The congress, including the ITTO/AFF Forest Policy Day, provided and excellent opportunity for
African forest scientists to share experiences among themselves and with scientists from othercontinents. The ITTO/AFF Forest Policy Day was attended by 134 participants from governments,organizations and institutions based in 33 countries of all five continents.

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Developing REDD+ES in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest
Project number:

RED-SPD 058/11 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

BrazilBudget:Total:

US$ 164,610

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 142,110

Instituto BioAtlantica (IBio)

US$

Fibria, Brazil

US$ 18,750

Submitted by:

3,750

Government of Brazil

Implementing agency: Instituto Bio Atlantica (IBio)
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
Due to its exceptional biological diversity, the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest is among the five top priority
conservation areas in the world. The biome hosts 80% of the Brazilian GNP and is home to more than 110
million people (or 60% of the Brazilian population), who depend on key environmental services produced byforests, such as fresh water, clean air, and climate stability. Due to deforestation activities, only 7% of theAtlantic Forest original vegetation is left. To further protect and recover the forest, additional incentives andfinancial resources, including sales of carbon credits, must be identified and channeled to landowners andlocal communities. REDD+ is a promising mechanism with the potential to assist the conservation andrecovery of forests, however requirements for the development of on-the-ground projects are very technicaland complex. This proposal aims to identify the potential of using the REDD+ mechanism to help restore andpreserve the Atlantic Forest.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the REDDES 1st Cycle 2011. The project is facing difficulties as the key
collaborating agency has unexpectedly declined to participate in the project. The Executing Agency iscurrently considering possible alternative collaborators.
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Promoting local community initiatives on the rehabilitation of mangrove ecosystems withdemonstration activities in Bintan Island to reduce further deforestation and forest degradation.
Project number:

RED-PD 064/11 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 555,887

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 504,317

Government of Indonesia

US$ 51,570

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing agency: Directorate General of Watershed Development and Social Forestry,
Indonesia
Duration:
24 months
Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Inception phase

Summary:This project aims at the improvement of mangrove ecosystem quality in Indonesia through local community
participation, using a demonstration area on Bintan Island. The specific objective is to control, through local
communities, the further exploitation of mangrove areas in order to reduce further forest degradation. The
expected outputs of the project are: (1) A Draft Policy Legislation on Mangrove Forest Management
formulated; (2) Improved capacity of communities to rehabilitate degraded mangrove forest area. It is
expected that after project completion, national strategies on mangrove forest management will beinstitutionalized and adopted at various levels for an action program to improve mangrove ecosystems by
local communities and thus also promote the reduction of deforestation and degradation. The successful
implementation of the project will generate awareness among local people and stakeholders to participate inmanaging mangrove forest in a sustainable way. Local governments, communities and private sector will get
incentives from the ongoing effort in implementing conservation and forest management in reducing
deforestation and forest degradation.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the REDDES 1st Cycle 2011. The project is in the inception phase withsome documentation pending from the Executing Agency.

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Quantifying the carbon benefits of ITTO projects
Project number:

RED-PA 069/11 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 143,510

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 143,510

Submitted by:

ITTO (Secretariat)

Implementing agency: ITTO Secretariat in collaboration with Intercooperation
Duration:

14 months

Financed at:

REDDES 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
Taking into account the large ITTO operational experience forest management at the project level – which
covers a wide range of activities such as sustainable forest management, restoration of secondary forest,
conservation efforts and the management of plantations and newer experiences gained through the REDDES
Thematic Programme, the proposed review will be an important input helping bridge the remaining gap
between policies and implementation about how REDD+ can be implemented at the operational level. The
purpose of this study looking into the carbon effects of ITTO projects is to show the extent to which theoperational work of ITTO has already been contributing to the reduction of emission from deforestation andforest degradation, to come up with methods how to estimate carbon stock baselines and climate mitigation
services of operational activities, and how to screen for co-benefits of forestry activities. Systematicallyassessing the costs and benefits of forest management activities and the relation to changes in carbon stocks
in a number of selected projects will help to understand the challenges and opportunities, and will show theco-benefits of different alternatives. The study will allow developing concrete guidance how future ITTO
projects can best be developed to achieve maximum effects. The new knowledge is not only valuable forparties interested in submitting a project proposal, but for demonstrating the value of the ITTO as a key
partner for institutions and countries interested in operationalizing REDD strategies.
Progress:
The activity has been approved under the REDDES 1st Cycle 2011. The project is in the early stage of
implementation after the conclusion of a service agreement with HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation in April
2012.
A comprehensive review is under way for existing methodological approaches including the Good Practiceguidelines of the IPCC for the Forest sector (GPG-LULUCF, 2003) and carbon standards such as the
Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the Climate, Community
and Biodiversity Standards (CCBS) vis-`a-vis their use in existing and future ITTO projects
Based on such review, the project activity will design a methodology including requirements for baseline
quantification and qualification, data requirements for changes in C stocks, data requirements for considering
co-benefits, and description of methodological steps. It will also select sample ITTO projects implemented inconservation, restoration, REDD+ and sustainable forest management (including improved forest
management and RIL) in the three tropical regions for the estimation of carbon benefits in those projects.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Identification of a project on gender mainstreaming in the development of actions to control
deforestation and forest degradation, to improve the well-being of communities dependent on forestsand other ecosystems in Central and West Africa
Project number:

RED-PPD 074/12 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Cameroon

Budget:Total:

US$ 126,739

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 101,117

REFACOFUS$ 25,622

Submitted by:

Government of Cameroon

Implementing agency: Network of African Women for Community Forest Management REFACOF
Duration:

6 months

Financed at:

REDDES Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
In Central and West Africa, women are recognized as being among major players responsible for suchcauses as deforestation and forest degradation. The pre-project proposal places special emphasis on
REFACOF Member Countries which are also ITTO Members given their achievements through theirrespective activities.
Women in these organizations’ member countries are also identified at once as agents of some major causesof climate change and victims of the negative impacts climate change is having on their environment.
Combating and mitigating these climate change phenomena calls for a new awareness of their causes andconsequences and to build the capacities required, especially in technical, managerial and financial aspects,
while contributing to socioeconomic development of relevant communities in Central and West Africa.
The implementation of such an initiative has a number of prerequisites including the implementation of abaseline study, analyzing existing opportunities and establishing a programme relating thereto. This is the
purpose of this pre-project aimed at the implementation of studies to develop a project enhancing theinclusion of gender in the development of actions against deforestation and forest degradation, and theimproved well-being of forest-dependent communities who also depend on other ecosystems in Central andWest Africa.
Progress:
The pre-project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.

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Demonstration on investigation and assessment of typical forest ecotourism resources in Hainan
province, China
Project number:

RED-SPD 075/12 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

China

Budget:Total:

US$ 199,000

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 145,800

Government of China:

US$ 53,200

Submitted by:

Government of China

Implementing agency: Chinese Academy of Forestry, Division of Forest Resource Information
Techniques
Duration:

18 months

Financed at:

REDDES Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
Forest ecotourism is an important part of the construction of the Hainan International Tourism Island. Forest
ecotourism is an important and effective way to enhance environmental services and local livelihoods in theprovince and investigation and assessment of tropical forest ecotourism resources is the most important stepfor implementing and promoting ecotourism. Six typical tropical forest ecotourism resources at the forest
landscape and/or forest community level will be selected as demonstration objects to assess the potential ofdeveloping tropical forest ecotourism. A sound methodology for investigating and assessing tropical forest
ecotourism resources in the Hainan Province will be developed through reviewing relevant knowledge andbest practices and participatory multi-stakeholders consultation process. A comprehensive assessment reporton the six typical forest ecotourism resources will be published and circulated to interested parties in China.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
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Rehabilitation of degraded forests for sustainable wood fuel production and climate change
mitigation in the forest-savanna transition zone of Ghana
Project number:

RED-SPD 077/12 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 169,360

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 121,662

Government of Ghana:

US$ 47,698

Submitted by:

Government of Ghana

Implementing agency: FORIG
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The project aims at contributing to reduction in rural poverty and improved income and employment while
reducing deforestation and degradation and contributing to carbon sequestration in the forest savannatransition zone of Ghana. This will be achieved through sensitizing and building the capacity of commercial
charcoal and firewood producers in the transition zone to plant and/or manage wood fuel plantations
sustainably. Participatory approaches will be employed at all stages of the project to ensure that stakeholder
needs are adequately incorporated in the choice and design of plantation regimes. Management plans will
also be produced to guide communities for efficient utilization of wood fuel resources. The government of
Ghana will benefit through improved resource base and sectoral information for policy decisions. Other
benefits to be derived include building up of the capacity of resource managers to support forest communities
to sustainably utilize and manage wood fuel resources and to reduce pressure on the natural forest estate.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
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Strengthening of governance and sustainable management of mangrove ecosystems in Guatemala asa climate change adaptation measure
Project number:

RED-SPD 079/12 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

GuatemalaBudget:Total:

US$ 215,223

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 146,751

INAB:

US$ 58,320

ARCAS:

US$ 10.152

Submitted by:

Government of Guatemala

Implementing agency: INAB
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The lack actions aimed at mangrove forest protection and management has led to the loss and degradationof mangrove ecosystems outside of protected areas; weak mangrove forest management and governance;
food insecurity; and limited economic opportunities for the local communities. This project on mangrove forest
protection, restoration and conservation as a climate change adaptation measure will help address these
problems. It will produce increased knowledge about the dynamics and contribution of mangrove forests so
as to improve their management and rehabilitation and it will strengthen and consolidate a sustainablecommunity forest management model. At least 15 sites directly linked to the protection and management ofmangrove ecosystems in the seven prioritized departments will be actively promoting the restoration,
management and special protection of at least 700 hectares of mangrove forests, with the effective
participation of local partners. It is expected that the development and systematization of the projectexperience will help strengthen and consolidate the Mangrove Forest Regulations, which include agreed
guidelines for the prioritization of mangrove forests, and the management, restoration and conservation
mechanisms to be implemented through the effective participation of local and government stakeholders.
Through improvement of mangrove forest management and restoration, the project will create new economic
opportunities and improved food security for the local communities, while contributing to the conservation ofmangrove ecosystems.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
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Improving efficacy of forestry policies and activities in Liberia through REDD+ demonstration projects
Project number:

RED-SPD 084/12 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Liberia

Budget:Total:

US$ 308,718

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,922

NORAD:

US$ 158,796

Submitted by:

Government of Liberia

Implementing agency: Forest Development Authority and Flora & Fauna International (FFI)
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
As Liberia emerges from conflict, avoidable threats to its forests remain, including shifting agriculture, illegal
and quasi-legal logging, and wide-scale conversion to agro-industrial crops. Underlying these issues are key
threats associated with low national capacity coupled with a lack of large scale livelihood development
interventions. Faced with these challenges, the Government of Liberia has been actively exploring options for
REDD+ development- however, a demonstration site is critically lacking. The project proposes to support theestablishment of two on-the-ground demonstration projects for testing pro-poor REDD+ approaches that are
replicable and will feed into improving the efficiency, equity and efficacy of forestry policies and activities in
Liberia. Adopting a grassroots and participatory approach, the project will support the establishment of tenurearrangements and equitable benefit sharing and ensure good governance, with a key focus on community
rights and gender equity. Project activities will support the development of sustainable livelihoods, with a propoor approach underpinning all activities.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
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Reducing deforestation and forest degradation in the Natchambonga and Djiyega community forests
by promoting participatory forest management actions
Project number:

RED-SPD 092/12 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Togo

Budget:Total:

US$ 290,377

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,904

Government of Togo:

US$ 140,473

Submitted by:

Government of Togo

Implementing agency: Water and Forest Authority
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The project aims to contribute to the restoration and rehabilitation of the Natchambonga and Djiyega forests
to ensure the value-added development of environmental services and to improve the livelihoods of people inthe savannah region of Togo. It will reduce unplanned deforestation and forest degradation for the benefit oflocal communities. Project activities aim to establish 50 ha of grazing pastures, 100 ha of fuel woodplantations; to redefine transhumance corridors (for seasonal movement) through stakeholders’ consensus;
to establish 10 reservoirs; to support forest protection; to improve charcoal production technology; to improve
agricultural practices; to conduct extension work and raise awareness of regulations; to train stakeholders in
SFM/SLM techniques; to train 50 stakeholders in GHG evaluation; and to train and equip local forest
management committees
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
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CFME
Strengthening capacity of stakeholders for the development of community-based plantation forest at
3 selected areas in Indonesia
Project number:

CFM-PD 001/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 553,711

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 465,151

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 88,560

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing agency: Directorate of Plantation Forest Development, Directorate General of
Production Forest Development
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The government of Indonesia has initiated new policies and legislation allowing local communities to be
actively involved in forest management especially in the state production forest. Community-based plantation
forest (HTR) is offered as a priority program in Indonesia to achieve SFM mission. HTR was launched in2007. Constraints to the development of HTR include limited managerial and technical capacity. The projectwill improve the knowledge and skills of CBPF owners in managing their forest. It will enhance the capacity ofcommunities to plan, utilize, monitor and manage their forest resources, which is critical to reduce illegal
logging and associated trade. Expected outputs of the project include: 1) Improved capacity of community
group in developing community based production forest (CBPF) management plan and in forest cultivation; 2)Increased number of facilitators and technical persons in the field of forestry at the district level, provincial
and central to guide the community in managing their plantation forest; 3) Improved market access for forest
products from CBPF and other plantation business.
Progress:
The Agreement regulating the project implementation was duly signed on 15 February 2011. The project
inception report and the first YPO were approved on 7 July 2011. The project implementation began with the
disbursement of the first installment of funds on 12 July 2011.
The project work has been focusing on the following main activities:Preparation of training modules, to be used as guidelines for facilitators and technical persons, on
how to guide communities regarding the management of forest plantations. The modules werevalidated and implemented in three selected project sites (West Lampung, Minahasa Utara andNorth Sulawesi Districts) for the reinforcement of capacity of intermediaries, facilitators and technicalpersons in the field of community-related forestry at the district level;
Training workshops were carried out for field facilitators and technical persons operating in the threeselected districts which are located in three different provinces;Training on land delineation and boundary marking of community-based forest plantations (CBFP)
was conducted in the project sites, to improve knowledge and technical/managerial skills ofcommunities, smallholders and their organizations to sustainably manage their plantations

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
Training modules have been prepared, validated and implemented at three sites and first training workshops
were held.

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Increasing access to markets and capital for teak plantation smallholders in Thailand
Project number:

CFM-PD 005/10 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Thailand

Budget:Total:

US$ 53,904

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 31,104

Government of Thailand:

US$ 22,800

Submitted by:

Government of Thailand

Implementing agency: Forest Resource Management Office 3 (Lampang), Royal Forest
Department of Thailand
Duration:

6 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Inception Phase

Summary:
Smallholder tree plantations are contributing significantly to income generation in rural households. Many
countries have developed conclusive policies and regulations to establish such plantations, involving in manycases various forms of government subsidy schemes. However, there are still considerable barriers ingovernment legislation to create a supportive environment for enabling smallholder’s easy access to markets.
The main objective of this pre-project is development of a full proposal to improve both the quality andquantity of the supply base for high value timber plantations, at the same time increasing income andcontributing to poverty reduction through smallholder forestry in rural areas of Thailand.
Progress:
The agreement for the implementation of the pre-project is under consideration by the submitting government.
Reminders were sent to 26 August 2011 and 26 July 2012.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Enabling customary landowners to participate effectively in CFM and REDD schemes within four pilot
areas of PNG
Project number:

CFM-PPD 006/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

PNG

Budget:Total:

US$ 156,040

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 122,040

Government of PNG:

US$ 34,000

Submitted by:

Government of PNG

Implementing agency: PNG Forest Authority
Duration:

9 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The Pre-Project Proposal is a direct outcome of the “PNG Forestry and Climate Change Policy Framework for
Action”, highlighting the need for engaging customary landowners at the local level and enhancing thecapacity of government institutions at the national level. Forest communities in the four pilot areas are
dependent upon forest products and services for subsistence and commercial purposes. The Pre-Project will
enable the PNG Forest Authority to formulate a Full-Project Proposal to support CFM and REDD schemes in
PNG through the establishment of a model platform for collecting and managing data and other information
related to customary land ownership and forest quality. The Pre-Project will enable participating communities,
the PNG Forest Authority and other stakeholders to systematically gather and consolidate forest and land
tenure information using a single platform to jointly address the interrelated challenges of CFM and REDD.
Progress:
The pre-project agreement regulating the implementation of the pre-project was duly signed in April 2011.
The Executing Agency is in the process of finalizing a detailed work plan in consultation with key stakeholders
and administrative arrangements with the selection of competent project personnel. The pre-project is
expected to commence in mid-October 2012
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
Nothing yet to report.

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Enrichment of young forest plantations with selected NTFPs for livelihood improvement and support
of forest fringe communities in Atwima Mponua District of Ghana, in order to secure and protect theresources on a sustainable forest management basis
Project number:

CFM-SPD 007/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 290,079

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,229

Government of Ghana:

US$ 140,850

Submitted by:

Government of Ghana

Implementing agency: Rural Development and Youth Association (RUDEYA)
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The development goal of the small project is to establish sustainable Community Forest Management andEnterprises (CFME) to reduce rural poverty through improved livelihood options, reduced land degradation,and soil fertility management in young reforestation area in the Atwima Mponua District of Ghana. The projectwill use a participatory approach to initiate and establish pilot forest enterprises for short to long-term
management of young forest plantations for 150 farmers using beekeeping, grains of paradise and black
pepper. It is envisaged that at the end of the project business management groups are established and the
150 forest dwellers will have between the parties agreed legal rights to the land and forest resource they are
managing. This will help improve community participation in sustainable forest management, enhance
livelihoods, promote community based forest enterprises and reduce poverty among Taungya farmers andforest communities.
Progress:
The Agreement regulating the small project implementation was duly signed on 5 January 2011. The
inception report and first Yearly Plan of Operation were approved on 25 January 2011. The project
implementation began with the disbursement of the first installment of TP funds on 3 February 2011.
The project work has been focusing on the following main activities:Three workshops have been organized, for 150 modified taungya farmers, local chiefs, landowners
and technicians from Resource Management Support Centre (RMSC) of Ghana Forestry
Commission (FC), regarding the procedures leading to agreements on ownership of land, use offorest resources and tree ownership in forest lands rehabilitated with the modified taungya
agroforestry system. Around 600 modified taungya farmers have been registered by the RMSC/FC
data centre for the process leading to the legal benefit sharing agreements from Ghana Forestry
Commission;
Progress made in the negotiation among stakeholders on the financial mechanism ensuring their land
tenure and forest resource rights to finalised by Forestry Commission and Forest Services
Department (FSD); and50 modified taungya farmers have been trained in bee-keeping and best practices in honeyproduction to be installed in degraded forest lands they have contributed to rehabilitate with themodified taungya agroforestry systems;

Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:The Forestry Commission of Ghana has started finalizing secure land titles and forest resources
rights to farmers for managing Community Forest gardens.

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Marketing and processing agencies have provided value additions to NTFPs within the forest-fringe
communities.



Negotiations have been initialized on financial mechanisms to support timber plantations and nontimber forest products (NTFPs: honey, black pepper and “grains of paradise”) development.

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with Focus in the Asia PacificProject number:

CFM-PA-009/10 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Asia Pacific

Budget:Total:

US$ 200,000

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 200,000

Submitted by:

ITTO Secretariat

Implementing agency: ITTO Secretariat
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Completed

Summary:
The Activity focuses on Activities 32 and 47 of the ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2010-2011; approved by
the 45th Session of the ITTC (Decision 2/XLV), requiring ITTO to organize an International Conference on
Forest Tenure, Governance and Small and Medium Forest Enterprises with focus in the Asia-Pacific; as wellas to develop a global study on gender in relation to tropical forests, to assess the status of gender equity inforest ownership and forest enterprises in the tropics. The Conference will complete a series of similar
conferences organized by ITTO and partners with previous focus in Latin America (Brazil, 2007) and Africa(Cameroon, 2009).
Progress:
The International Conference on Forest Tenure, Governance and Enterprise: Experiences and Opportunities
for Asia in a Changing Context was held on 11-15 July 2011 in Lombok, Indonesia. The Conference was
jointly organized by ITTO, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry,
with the support of 20 other organizations, including the Global Alliance of Forest Communities. The
Conference was attended by about 300 participants from Indonesia and other countries in the Asia-Pacificregion, Europe, Africa and the Americas. Participants comprised representatives of governments, civilsociety, local communities, traditional authorities, regional and global organizations, and donors. Conference
participants identified key issues, challenges and lessons and made recommendations for governments,
donors and international organizations, communities, and civil-society organizations. They noted that 2011 is
the International Year of Forests and acknowledged the Ministerial Declaration at the 9th Session of theUnited Nations Forum on Forests, in which ministers committed to “improving the livelihoods of people andcommunities by creating the conditions needed for them to sustainably manage forests, including throughstrengthening cooperation in the areas of finance, trade, technology transfer, capacity-building andgovernance, as well as by promoting secure land tenure, participatory decision-making and benefit-sharing”.
The Conference also noted that all parties – governments, institutions, industry, communities, NGOs andinternational organizations – must employ the principles of good governance: accountability, transparency,
efficiency and effectiveness, responsiveness, forward vision and rule of law. Forest-tenure reform requires aclear policy that should be set before laws are drafted. The policy must be developed in an inclusive andparticipatory way. The Conference further noted that the time has come in Asia to move community forestry to
a new level in order to unlock the potential of forests to make a significant, consistent and sustainable
contribution to community and national development.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
The outcomes of the Conference were presented to the Forty-fifth Session of Committee on Reforestation
and Forest Management.

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TMT
Improving resilience of the tropical timber sector to the impacts of global and regional economic andfinancial crises
Project number:

TMT-SPD 002/10 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 150,000

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 150,000

Submitted by:

ITTO Secretariat

Implementing agency: ITTO Secretariat
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

TMT Spring Cycle 2010

Status:Completed

Summary:
The proposal is a response towards the lack of resilience of the tropical forestry sector to the impacts of therecent global financial and economic crisis. It will particularly address the concern of ITTO producer member
countries that detailed analyses of the impacts of the crisis and policy responses were required to enable
them to be better prepared for future economic and financial downturns. In addition, the study will address theconcern of ITTO consumer member countries that the analyses will improve the understanding of theunderlying factors impacting demand for tropical wood products in consumer markets. The proposal focuseson increasing the resilience of the tropical timber sector to the threats arising from global economic andfinancial shocks by increasing the capacity of ITTO producer member countries to manage, adapt, recoverfrom and anticipate such crises. The study will develop a knowledge base for informed decision-making at
international, regional and national levels on strategies for minimizing the risks to the tropical timber sector
from global economic and financial shocks.
Progress:
The appointment of the lead consultant to undertake the conduct of the study was made on 15 March 2011,
followed by the appointment of national consultants to conduct national case studies in Brazil, Ghana andMalaysia. Reports on the national case studies have been submitted in September 2011 to be incorporated
into the overall project report by the lead consultant. During the Forty-fifth Session of the CEM-CFI on 14-19
November 2011 in La Antigua, Guatemala, the lead consultant made a presentation on the progress in theimplementation of the study. The presentation focused on the component of the overall study which involved
three producer country case studies in Ghana, Brazil and Malaysia. The case studies assessed the impactsof the crisis across the supply chain; policy responses and other remedial measures employed at regional,
government and private sector levels and their effectiveness; the risk factors that would expose the casestudy country to market volatility; and actions that could minimize the risk to the tropical forest industries.
The draft final report of the study is scheduled to be submitted by 30 September 2012 and presented forconsideration at the Forty-sixth Session of the CEM-CFI scheduled for 5-10 November 2012 in Yokohama,Japan.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:

Ghana’s forest industries were exposed to the crisis by the predominance of small- and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs) and reliance on commodities, with production and exports of most wood products
declining over the crisis period. Brazil’s large and growing domestic market had buffered the tropical forestry
sector from the impacts of the global financial and economic crisis, although export oriented firms were mostaffected. Remedial measures employed by the private sector and the government initiatives focused on
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Page 105the crisis because of its high proportion of trade in GDP. Exports of primary wood products had fallen sharply
during the crisis and had negatively impacted the wood processing sector. The Malaysian Timber Council
had played an important role in assisting the industry to remain competitive and well positioned during thecrisis.
It was concluded that the forestry sectors in all three case study countries had been impacted by the global
downturn, and although their risk profiles were somewhat different, there were some common elements interms of how tropical timber industries could minimize impacts and become more competitive during severe
economic downturns. These included the need to develop market intelligence capabilities in the tropicalforestry sector through better cooperation between private sector, government and internationalorganizations; the importance of investing in the development of new products and geographical market
opportunities, including domestic and regional markets; the need to continuously make gains in productivity to
reduce costs and maintain competitiveness; the need to focus on value-added and innovative products which
would be less affected by global economic downturns and the need to strengthen industry and tradeassociations, including marketing and promotional support organizations, which would be crucial for
implementing policies to ensure export competitiveness during downturns.

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Page 106Strengthening of the forest information system of Guatemala to improve market and tradetransparency and decision-making in the forest sector
Project number:

TMT-PD 004/11 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

GuatemalaBudget:Total:

US$ 656,562

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 359,716

Government of Guatemala

US$ 270,278

IUCN

US$ 26,568

Submitted by:

Government of Guatemala

Implementing agency: Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB)
Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

TMT 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
Guatemala has launched the implementation of a national forest statistics information system. In this second
system enhancement phase, the project will strengthen strategic information access and availability with aview to increasing the sustainable management of the country's forest resources. To this end, processing
tools need to be developed to link the various systems and to automate technical procedures. The project
also aims at fostering a pro-forest and environment culture by developing and implementing a plan to build
awareness on the system. Simultaneously, the project will compile and analyse the strategic information
required to support forest product monitoring and tracking, thus contributing to the reduction of illegal
activities in this sector.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TMT 1st Cycle 2011. The project is in the inception phase andarrangements for project implementation are in progress. The Executing Agency is in the process of signing
the MoUs with Collaborative Agencies in order to complete the requirements for project implementation.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Strengthening market information systems to enhance trade and market intelligence in the forest
sector of Guyana
Project number:

TMT-PD 006/11 Rev.3 (M)Project country:

GuyanaBudget:Total:

US$ 420,820

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 320,920

Government of Guyana

US$ 99,900

Submitted by:

Government of Guyana

Implementing agency: Guyana Forestry Commission
Duration:

18 months

Financed at:

TMT 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Ongoing

Summary:
The specific project objective is to improve the Guyana market information systems, and the capacity topromote trade and especially to develop an integrated market and trade information system that will benefit
the regulatory agency and those directly or indirectly involved in the production, processing or trade of timber.
Ultimately, through greater foreign exchange and domestic earnings, the benefits will filter to the wider
population of Guyana through increased revenue, employment opportunities and service provision.
Additionally, the main advantage of enhancing market information system will be to allow for a more diverse
market and trade environment to be developed in Guyana’s forest sector which then will allow for a more
dynamic and sustainable forest industry. A major change envisaged will be a more thorough and rational
approach to tropical timber trade issues and marketing based on greater knowledge and capacity. By
involving stakeholders – including local communities – during the development of the activities, target groups
will have a sense of ownership of the outcomes. The project will establish the technical capacity (hardware,
software and human resource) to sustain the outcomes and GFC will provide the labor and finance tocontinue the utilization of the technology/systems developed.
Progress:
The project has started in June 2012. The procurement process has been concluded and initial work on the
project outputs has commenced.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Methodological Development for Life Cycle Analysis of Tropical Wood Products to Improve theirCompetitiveness in International Markets
Project number:

TMT-PA 007/11 Rev.1 (I)Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 60,116

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 60,116

Submitted by:

ITTO Secretariat

Implementing agency: ITTO Secretariat
Duration:

6 months

Financed at:

TMT 1st Cycle 2011

Status:Completed

Summary:
The amount of wood going into the long-term product pool (and therefore carbon sequestered in this pool) is
relevant to almost all forest-related activities eligible for the voluntary carbon market including
Afforestation/Reforestation (AR), Improved Forest Management (IFM) and Reduced Emissions from
Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). Thus, as the voluntary market develops, it is important that themethodologies and emission factors used are based on the most up-to-date understanding and scientificknowledge. Currently, under the voluntary market a single method dominates for wood products accounting
and it is therefore in ITTO’s and its member countries’ best interest to revise and up-date the methodology inorder to have accurate estimates of the carbon stocks stored in tropical wood products by species, producttype, and end-use. This activity focuses on the development of methodologies for life cycle analysis of tropicalwood product and will address apparent problems in the figures used for tropical timber products in theapproved voluntary market methodology for improved forest management, reducing emissions fromdeforestation and degradation and afforestation/reforestation. The outcome will be a methodology to produce
more accurate information on the estimation of carbon stocks in the long-term tropical wood products pool,which will improve the products’ competitiveness in international markets, especially in the context of avoluntary carbon marketing scheme.
Progress:
The project has produced two technical reports, namely:
1) Wood product accounting and climate change mitigation projects involving tropical timber; and2) Work plan for accounting methodology development for wood products in climate change mitigation
projects involving tropical timber.
1)

Wood product accounting and climate change mitigation projects involving tropical timberThis review and analysis plan is focused only on the accounting of harvested wood products (HWP) in forestbased climate change mitigation projects. The review is focused on existing methods for accounting for HWP
at the project scale and possible new analyses that could be conducted to improve methods and allow
equitable yet accurate accounting for forestry project and in particular forestry projects in tropical countries.
The existing methods are:

Winjum et al (1998) – the dominant approach in the voluntary market methodologies
The IPCC Guidance for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006)
Smith et al. (2006) – US Forest Service

Once retired, wood products will either decompose in debris piles, be stored and a proportion decomposed inlandfills, or will be burned. The three different pathways will have significant implications for the ultimate
estimate of emissions. Winrock will examine the literature and consult with experts to determine theproportion following each of the three pathways for the region in which the wood product will be retired. IPCC

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methods will be used to estimate emissions through time. For example for landfills, the IPCC has a
spreadsheet tool that allows calculation of emissions for landfilled wood and paper each year after deposition.
The emissions estimates will feed into the wood product atmospheric impact calculations. The study will
ultimately derive a model that will, for a given timber producing country, estimate the products produced, theexport of products, the in-use lifetime of the products, and the post-retirement emissions from products. The
plan is for the model to calculate all these factors for the year of production and then calculate an effective
lifetime atmospheric impact of the units of carbon dioxide effectively sequestered in the products.

2) Work plan for accounting methodology development for wood products in climate change mitigation
projects involving tropical timber.
The scope of this deliverable is to lay out a plan for developing a new accounting approach for wood products
in mitigation projects involving tropical timber. The work plan will detail the necessary analyses together withthe timing and estimated costs. The work plan will include the following elements:







Analysis of production and export of wood products
Analysis of in use lifetime of wood products
Analysis of emissions from retired wood products
Calculation of net atmospheric impact of wood products
Plan for accounting methodology development
Likely costs and timing

STEP 1: Write up methodological steps required of users accounting wood product sequestration andemissions
STEP 2: Discuss with the Verified Carbon Standard and the American Carbon Registry the update of existing
methodologies with the enhanced calculation approach
STEP 3: Tailor methodological write-up (where necessary) to each existing approved methodology.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
With analyses completed, the final part of the work that remains will be writing up methodologicalrequirements for wood product accountings. Such text will ideally fit with minimal or no changes into existing
methodologies to facilitate the process of adoption by the relevant standards.

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Project number:

TMT-SPD 010/12 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

FranceBudget:Total:

US$ 273,789

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 138,033

CIRAD

US$ 135,756

Submitted by:FranceImplementing agency: CIRAD
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TMT Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
The project aims to produce, publish and disseminate an Atlas of tropical timber species covering theinformation contained in the latest TROPIX software (version 7 - 2011) distributed by CIRAD; the very firstversion of this software was developed in the late 1980s by CTFT (CIRAD Forestry Department) withfinancial support from ITTO. This new Atlas is meant to be a continuation of the three former timber Atlas
covering Africa, South America, and Asia respectively, the last of these three books (on timber from SouthAmerica) have been produced and published in 1988 by CTFT and ATIBT with financial support from
ITTO. The three books are still in high demand among operators of the timber sector but they are partly
out of print; in addition, most of the information contained is partly obsolete and should be updated andsupplemented. The Atlas will be published in French and English (TROPIX is available in these two
languages). The new edition will be associated with the release of a new version of TROPIX (version 8)
describing species in greater number than the current version 7 (290 total instead of the current 245) andhaving new technological features requested by operators in the timber sector.
The project is funded under a grant from the EU to the ITTO-CITES program which provides for part of thefunds pledged to be used for TMT activities with objectives relevant to both programs.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Adaptation and application at the national scale of the Trace Bois-Gabon (Gabon timber tracking) forthe collection and processing of forest and timber statistics in Gabon
Project number:

TMT-SPD 011/12 Rev.2 (M)Project country:

Gabon

Budget:Total:

US$ 411,996

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 138,996

Government of Gabon:

US$ 273,000

Submitted by:

Gabon

Implementing agency: Ministry of Water and Forests, Directorate of Information Systems
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TMT Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
Despite five phases completed to date, the ITTO support to improve statistics on forest and timber in Gabon
has not been fully brought to function. This small project aims to build upon the achievements of previous
projects, applying nationwide the computer module Trace Bois Gabon (Gabon Timber Tracking) designed forthe collection and processing of Gabon’s statistics on forests and timber, for the benefit of the Ministry of
Water and Forest Resources and that of economic operators in the timber sector. The project includes workon finalizing the software development, and a training program for users. It aims to provide a dashboard of
the forest and timber economy in Gabon and the related monitoring structure. Following this project, allstatistical data on forests, forest production, timber processing and trade in Gabon will be compiled andcomputer processed to track the products from the forest to processing plants and final marketing and saleoutlets.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Improving intra-African trade and market transparency in timber and timber products
Project number:

TMT-SPD 012/12 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 149,996

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 111,931

Ghana Timber Millers Organization:

US$

Submitted by:

38,065Ghana

Implementing agency: Ghana Timber Millers Organization (GTMO)
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

TMT Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
African timber suppliers accounted for less 10% per year of the total African imports of timber and timber
products (ITTO 2010). One major constraint identified was the lack of knowledge among traders in the region.
This proposal seeks to increase knowledge of the regional market and promote trade (and thus leading to anincreased intra-African market share) within the region through active engagement of traders and information
provision. The outputs of the study will be an online timber marketplace, capacity building of enterprises toleverage ICT to enhance their competitiveness, and a geospatial database of market access and logistic
information. The online timber marketplace will catalogue timber companies, trade leads and provide a social
media tool to facilitate liaison among African traders. At the marketplace, regular surveys will be conductedwith trader and market intelligence will be gleaned, prepared and reported on the website for the various
users.
The project is funded under a grant from the EU to the ITTO-CITES program which provides for part of thefunds pledged to be used for TMT activities with objectives relevant to both programs.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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Analysis of the Economic Impact of Governmental Procurement Policies on Tropical Timber Markets
Project number:

TMT-SPD 013/12 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 150,000

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 150,000

Submitted by:

ITTO Secretariat

Implementing agency: ITTO Secretariat
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

TMT Spring Cycle 2012

Status:Inception phase

Summary:
Legality requirements and timber procurement policies are being introduced in many countries.
These requirements and policies are principally aimed at addressing public concerns about the legal andenvironmental credentials of products. Many purchasers are demanding that products should come fromsustainable, or at least legal, sources and that this be verifiable in order to maintain credibility with buyers in
the market place. Such requirements and policies have significant implications for tropical timber suppliers.
As developments are occurring at a rapid rate, there is an urgent need for tropical wood product exporters tomonitor these developments, assess their ability to meet these requirements which are being widely adopted,
and explore the market implications and opportunities presented by these developments.
This proposal aims to analyze the economic impact of governmental procurement policies on tropical timbermarkets, update the developments on legality requirements and timber procurement policies and assessmarket implications and opportunities for ITTO producers and consumers.
Progress:
The project has been approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2012 and is in the inception phase.
Achievements, impacts and lessons learned:
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TFLET MONITORING PROTOCOLTFLET General objective
The general objective of the Thematic Programme is to improve national forest law enforcement and governance in tropical ITTO member countries in order to enhance and diversify international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed forests, and help alleviate poverty in those countries.
Specific Objective

Outputs

Output Indicator

Target Value

Means of Verification

Associated activities/projectsa) Strengthen forest
law compliance andgovernance throughimproved national
policy and legal
frameworks,
strengthened
enforcement and otherinstitutions, improved
data and knowledge,
strengthened
partnerships andimproved cooperation
among the private
sector, civil society
organizations andother stakeholders

Improved access to forest
resources by forest communities
and other forest-dependent
peopleLaws and legal instruments ontenure and user rights
established, reviewed or
improved

5 countries

Improved laws and regulations
published in the national gazette(where applicable)

PP-A/43-202

Multi-stakeholder platforms forpolicy dialogue on forest
governance

Establishment and operation ofmulti-stakeholder consultation
mechanism

Evidence on establishment ofcommittees
Reports of Multi-stakeholder
committees

TFL-PPD 024/10 Rev.2 (M)
TFL-SPD 028/12 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PPD 005/09 Rev.2 (M)National Action Plan formulated
and under implementation

Evidence on approval of National
Action Plans
Periodic reports on implementation of
National Action Plans

Establishment andstrengthening of law
enforcement units

Number of personnel trained in forest
law enforcement
Evidence on establishment of LEU
Law Enforcement Units operational

PD 449/07 Rev.2 (M,I)
PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F)National studies on timber flows
carried out

Reports on studies
Database(s) on interventions onforest crime, illegal logging and trade

PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F)PP-A/43-202
TFL-PD 003/09 Rev.2 (M)Reconciliation Mechanism forresolving trade flow
discrepancies

Reconciliation mechanism
established and related reports

Improved verification andmonitoring procedures for legal
compliance

Cost-effective and non-paper
based timber tracking systems
developed and implemented

Report on the implementation of thesystems, certification of verification oflegality, chain of custody certification
reports

PP-A/43-194
PPD 138/07 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PD 010/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PPD 023/10 Rev.1 (F)Assessment of appropriate

Compendium on tracking andCompendium of tracking and tracing

PPD 138/07 Rev.1 (M)National action plans forstrengthening forest governanceand law compliance

Improved data and knowledge
on illegal logging and trade

Compendium

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Specific Objectiveb) Improvetransparency andeffective managementof supply chains andincreased domestic
and international tradein legally produced
tropical timberc) Improve capacity ofcommunity and small
and medium-sizedenterprises toimplement anddemonstrate thattimber produced andtraded comes fromlegal sources
contributing tosustainable livelihoods

Outputs

Output Indicator

technologies for chain ofcustody, tracking and tracing

tracing technologies prepared

Ensured market access forcompetitive tropical timber
products from legal/sustainablesources

Increased volumes of tradedtropical timber and timber
products from legal andsustainable sources

Appropriate public procurement
policies related to timber

Development of Procurement
policies in ITTO producing
countries

Increased opportunities in the
public sector markets for legally
produced tropical timber andtimber products

Public timber procurement
policies and legislation
formulated and/or under
implementation

Functioning partnerships
established among civil society
organizations, the private sector
and government agencies inmonitoring of timber flows andlegal compliance and origin oftropical timber supplies

Civil society / private sector /governmental agency
partnerships established

Capacity building activities
undertaken among civil society
organizations

Training Courses on forest law
compliance implemented

Approved codes of conduct oftrade associations anddemonstration of commitments
to their implementation
Increased production of tropicaltimber from legal andsustainable sources (fromcommunity forests)

Codes of conduct from theprivate sector)

Target Value

Means of Verification

Associated activities/projects

technologies and evidence on
dissemination

PD 449/07 Rev.2 (M,I)

TBD

Number of Certificates of COC,
legality, etc.

PD 449/07 Rev.2 (M,I)
TFL-PD 003/09 Rev.2 (M)
TFL-SPD 007/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PD 017/09 Rev.2 (M)5 countries

Number of countries with public
procurement policies and legislation
formulated and/or implemented

TFL-PD 017/09 Rev.2 (M)Dissemination of public timber
procurement policies in producer
countries
Increased trade volumes of tropicaltimber and timber products

TFL-SPD 030/12 Rev.1 (M)Progress/Completion Reports; MOUsof partnerships

TFL-PD 003/09 Rev.2 (M)TFL-PD 010/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PD 017/09 Rev.2 (M)TFL-PPD 024/10 Rev.2 (M)Number of Training modules
Reports on training programmes
Participants evaluation reports

TFL-PD 010/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-SPD 028/12 Rev.1 (M)

5 Codes ofConduct

Reports on the implementation of
Codes of Conduct adopted

PD 449/07 Rev.2 (M,I)
PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F)Value and volume of timber
produced and traded by forest
dependant and local
communities

5 communities

Production and Trading records fromthe communities
Certification of community based
SFM

PD 124/01 Rev.2 (M) Phase II –Stage 2
TFL-PD 014/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PD 019/10 Rev.2 (M)
TFL-SPD 029/12 Rev.1 (M)Capacity building activities
undertaken in communities

Relevant training modules
developed and disseminated inforest communities

5 communities

Increased production of tropical

Value and volume of timber

5 SMEs5 partnerships

Training modules, reports on training

PP-A/43-200
PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F)TFL-PD 014/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-SPD 029/12 Rev.1 (MPP-A.43-193

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Specific Objectived) Improve
international
cooperation in forest
law enforcement andgovernance among
ITTO member
countries and otherrelated international
initiatives

Outputs

Output Indicatortimber from legal andsustainable sources by SMEs

traded by SMEs

Capacity building activities
undertaken for SMEs

Relevant training modules
developed and disseminated toSMEs

5 SMEsIncreased number of SMEs
operating in the formal sector
International policy development
activities undertaken

Increased number of registered
SMEs
Increase in the number of ITTO
member countries participating
in international and regional
initiatives to improve forest law
enforcement and governance

Percentage
increase
TBD

Regional and international
cooperation initiatives
implemented

Information sharing andknowledge management
activities undertaken

Target Value

Means of Verification

Associated activities/projects

Production and Trading records fromthe SMEs

PP-A 43-194
TFL-SPD 007/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PPD 024/10 Rev.2 (M)Training modules, reports on training

Database on registered SMEs
Reports of the international andregional initiatives

Increase of ITTO member
countries in trans-boundary
timber control processes

Number of bilateral initiatives onforest law enforcement

Increased number of ITTO
member countries engaged inregional and international
cooperation initiatives
FAO/ITTO best practices onforest law compliance policy
briefs disseminatedNumber of initiatives to facilitate
country engagement in regional andinternational cooperation initiatives
such as VPA/FLEGT etc
Distribution list of FAO/ITTO bestpractices on forest law compliancepolicy briefs

Information on timber
procurement and due diligencerequirements disseminated

All ITTO
membercountries

Due Diligence Report and reports on
dissemination mechanism

PP-A/43-193
PP-A 43-194
PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F)
TFL-SPD 007/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PD 010/09 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PD 017/09 Rev.2 (M)
TFL-SPD 030/12 Rev.1 (M)
TFL-PD 017/09 Rev.2 (M)
TFL-SPD 029/12 Rev.1 (M)
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Reduce deforestation and forest degradation, enhance environmental services and help improve forest dependant livelihoods through sustainable management of tropical forests,
forest restoration and other related activities.
Outputs
Avoideddeforestation,
restoration orconservation
initiatives established
to combat
deforestation anddegradation;

Output Indicator
Increased area under SFM, restoration orconservation

Target Value
6 countries (2 per region)

Means of Verification
Projects funded
Reports on initiatives

Number of initiatives on avoided
deforestation:
Delineated land and forest tenure and user
rightsMonitor forest cover and landuse change
Establishment of permanent forest estate
Number of initiatives addressing restoration:
Forest landscape restoration
Demonstration projects on restoration

Integration of climatechangemitigation/adaptationand otherenvironmental
services in the ITTO
guidelines on C&I,
SFM, certification,
valuation, as
appropriate to
manage forest area
sustainably
Income generation
based on forest
related environmental
services and otherforest outputs by local
communities

Number of initiatives on conservation
Trans-boundary Conservation Area (TBCA)
Buffer zone management
Revised/updated
versionsof
ITTO
guidelines and other relevant policy
documents incorporating new approaches
on climate change and environmental
services

Increased income resulting from forestrelated environmental services and otherforest products by local communities ofparticipating countries

2 guidelines/policy
documents
reviewed/updated

New/updated versions of
ITTO guidelines

10% increase from thebaseline information inincome in at least 30
communities

Reportsonthedemographic and socioeconomic situation in thearea of influence of the
projects supported by the
Thematic Programme

Associated activities/projects
 RED-PD 005/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-SPD 009/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 026/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 029/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PA 056/11 Rev 1 (F) RED-PD 031/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 064/11 Rev. 2 (F) RED-SPD 055/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 077/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 079/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 084/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 092/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-PPD 006/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 018/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 031/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 033/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-PPD 051/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 055/11 Rev.1 (F)ITTC(XLVIII)/9 Rev.1
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Outputs

Increased recognitionof the values oftropical forests andtheirenvironmental
services

Output Indicator
Increase of women participation in thecommunity forest-related environmental
services of participating countries
Increased public awareness

Existence of appropriate methodology tovalue Environmental Services and ability to
apply

Target Value
Increaseof
womenparticipation in at least 30
communitiesofparticipating countries
2 countries

Means of Verification

1 country

Report on appropriate
valuationandmethodology available
National
accounting
reports

2 countries
Increased forest value and market
opportunities for forest products andservices

Quantification ofcarbon stocks
performed using
reliable monitoring
and assessment
technologies and/or
valuation techniques
Value of biodiversity
assessedandsurveys conducted onland with potential forbiodiversity
PES
schemes
Assessmentsaremade in an attempt to‘bundle’environmental
services, to maximize
forestrelatedrevenues

Number of awarenesscampaigns
atcommunity/country level2 countries

Incorporation of the value of forest
environmental
servicesinnational
accounting
National forest carbon assessment andmonitoring systems

Report on study on actual
payments
forenvironmental services
2 national forest carbon
inventories supported by
the programme

National forest monitoring
systems

 RED-PD 007/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-A 023/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 026/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PA 069/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 039/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 026/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PA 056/11 Rev 1 (F)National forest
inventory reports

carbonNational/regional studies conducted on
assessment of value of biodiversity on landwith potential for biodiversity PES schemes.

3 studies

Reportofthenational/regional studies

Assessment
strategies

1 country

Assessment reportsofNational

forestAssociated activities/projects
 RED-PPD 074/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 075/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 092/12 Rev.1 (F).
 RED-A 004/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 026/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 037/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 038/11 Rev.3 (F) RED-SPD 058/11 Rev.2 (F)financeOutputs
Community initiatives
takentoidentify
opportunities
toincrease productive
capacity of forests,
includingbyimplementing
SFM
schemesCapacity building
initiatives undertaken
to implement policy
reforms and/or clarify
land/forest tenurearrangement
Information sharing
and knowledge
management systems
operational

PES incentive
mechanisms
assessed andestablishedCountries withimproved capacity to
implement SFM,
forest restoration andrehabilitation.

Output Indicator
Increased area of community forest
protected against fire, pest and disease

Target Value
30 communities

Means of Verification
Fire, pests and disease
incident reports

Improved silvicultural systems in community
forests

3 countries

Project reports

National policy reforms and clear forest andland tenure arrangements in place,
integrating climate change
mitigation/adaptation and otherenvironmental services

3 countries

 RED-PD 018/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PPD 041/11 Rev.2 (F)Learning network on forest landscaperestoration focusing on benefits ofenvironmental services

Establishment of one
global network supported

Evidence on policy andlegislativereforms
processes on forest andland tenure in at least
three countries coveredby the programme
Website and links to the
network;
information
made available

Information on REDDES results available on
ITTO website
PES incentive mechanisms developed orundergoing implementation

Regularly
website3 countries

Evidenceon
PES
mechanisms developedorundergoing
implementation

Studies on the assessment of willingness topay for environmental services

3 studies RED-A 004/09 Rev.1 (F) – ITTO.
 RED-PD 005/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 033/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 037/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 038/11 Rev.3 (F) RED-PPD 051/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 055/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 058/11 Rev.2 (F)Forestry stakeholders trained in theimplementationofrestoration
andrehabilitation activities, PES schemes andthe implementation of policy reforms and/or
land/forest tenure arrangements

300 forestry stakeholders
in 3 countries (100 each)

updatedReports

3 countries
region)(one

Training Reports

per
National C& I reports

Demonstration areas
established

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Associated activities/projects
 RED-SPD 009/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-PPD 051/11 Rev.1 (F)National criteria and indicators for SFM,
forestrestoration
andrehabilitation
developed
Demonstration projects on community
involvement in avoided deforestation anddegradation, development of environmental
services, SFM, restoration and rehabilitation

3 demonstration projects

Project reports. Visit
reports of demonstration
projects.

 RED-SPD 009/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-SPD 020/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 064/11 Rev. 2 (F) RED-PPD 041/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-PPD 050/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 005/09 Rev.2 (F RED-SPD 009/09 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 018/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 018/09 Rev.1 (F)ITTC(XLVIII)/9 Rev.1
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Outputs

Operational practicesforcommunity
involvementindevelopmentofenvironmental
services

Stakeholder
consultations/dialogu
es undertaken forawarenessraising
and to encourage
cooperation
among
interested parties
Information sharing
mechanisms in place

Output Indicatorof secondary and degraded forest areas.

Target Value

Means of Verification

Communities trained and assisted indevelopment and implementation of PES
mechanisms

Communities
incountries trained

Communities directly involved in PES
mechanisms developed and /or undergoing
implementation with the support of the
programme

Communitiesin3
countries involved in PES
mechanism

Participatory systematization of lessons
learned30 communities

3
Report of the training
workshops

Activity Report

Report of the multistakeholder partnerships

Associated activities/projects
 RED-SPD 020/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 026/09 Rev.1 (F) RED-PD 033/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 037/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-PD 038/11 Rev.3 (F) RED-PD 045/11 Rev.2 (M) RED-PD 064/11 Rev. 2 (F) RED-PPD 050/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-PPD 051/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 055/11 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 079/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 084/12 Rev.1 (F) RED-SPD 058/11 Rev.2 (F) RED-SPD 079/12 Rev.1 (F)3 countries(Sub-) National working groups
Forest dependent communities sensitized on
adaptation options to climate change.
Issues of the TFU and number of hits on the
ITTO website for the information sharing
and knowledge management systems

International seminar on REDDES to shareexperiences and lessons learned

3 countries

Workshop
Reports

3 issues of TFU (one peryear) and more than
5,000 hits on the ITTO
web page for REDDES
information sharing

Report of theestablishment of networkand the operation of thewebsite including usagematrixandtraining

1 international seminar
Proceedingsoftheinternational seminar on
REDDES and PES.

 TP website operational and updated

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CFME MONITORING PROTOCOL
CFME General objective
The general objective of the Thematic Programme is to contribute to poverty reduction in tropical forest areas by:(i)strengthening the ability of forest communities and smallholders to sustainably manage their tropical forest resources; and(ii)
assisting CFEs to add value to and market the products and services obtained from these resources.
Specific objective

Outputs

Output indicators

Target value

Strengthen community
level capacity in SFM
and adding value tothe forest resource.

Improved operational practices forcommunity forest management
and enterprises
Trained human resources in
implementation of community
forestry in the programme impact
area

Number of communities involved in SFM
implementation
Training materials on community based
SFM produced and activities implemented
Community leaders and members trained
and assisted in development andimplementation of SFM

At least 9communities in atleast 3 countries(3/country)

Increased area of community
lands under SFM; including bothnatural forests, and plantations forfuelwood, agroforestry and otherpurposes, as well as restored andrehabilitated forests.
Enhanced conservation of
biodiversity, soil, water, carbon
storage and other natural
resources in community forests
Improved consensus building,management systems andpractices in community
organizations

Sustainably managed pilot anddemonstration areas on SFM established incommunity forests

At least 3 areas
established (at least
1/region)

FMPs, monitoring
reports

Sustainably managed pilot anddemonstration areas on Environmental
Services established in community forests

At least 3 areas
established (at least
1/region)

FMPs, monitoring
reports

Training materials for awareness raisingand improved management systems andpractices of community organizations
produced and training activities
implemented
Associations, networks and/or alliances
established and functional

Training packages,
Workshops, training
courses in at least 3
countries

Training packages
Workshop andcourse reports

Associations,networks and/or
alliances in at least 3
countries

Reports ofassociations,networks and/or
alliances
MoUs

CFM-PD 001/10 Rev.1 (F)Pilot communities empowered at local level

At least 9communities in atleast 3 countries(3/country)

Community level
records

CFM-PD 001/10 Rev.1 (F)Associations, networking andalliances established andstrengthened among forest
communities, indigenous peoples
and smallholders, and theirenterprises
Local communities empowered toadvance sustainable forest
management and forest based
enterprises in their areas ofinfluence

Means ofverification
Community
internal records
Training packages
Training event
reports

Associatedactivities/projects
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Improved knowledge ontechnology and financing
possibilities among forest
communities, indigenous peoples,
smallholders and service providers
Improved knowledge among thefinancial community andtechnology providers on theopportunities and needs of CFEs

Improved information availability on
financing sources, and appropriatetechnologies among CFEs

promotional material
at community level inat least 9communities

Documentation
produced
Dissemination
records

Facilitate communications between
financial community/technology providers
and CFEs
Promotional material produced

Records on loans
and service
agreements
extended tocommunities

Improved mechanisms forfinancing and technology transfer
for CFEs identified and piloted

Analytical studies on the design offinancing mechanisms and technologicalimprovements as well as dissemination
activities
Pilot projects implemented
Technical and business management
training activities on value added
production
Pilot and demonstration initiatives
implemented in CFE development

Information on theopportunities andneeds of CFEs to atleast 3 financial
institutions/technolog
y providers
3 studies3 pilot projects

3 training activities
3 pilot CFEs and/or
business plans

Training Course
reports
Project progress
reports
Business Plan
documents
Market studies
and reports
Project progress
reports

Improved technical and business
management capability among
CFEs

Improved marketing arrangements
and facilitated access to markets
by CFEs
Expanded sales by CFEs

Strengthen country
capacity and enabling
conditions forcommunity forest
management andenterprises

Improved family employment andincome among communities
directly involved in community
forestry and enterprises
Participatory processes
established for promoting
community forestry

Improved market information on thedomestic and export markets for CFEs
Pilot and demonstration initiatives
implemented in marketing
Increased production and exports by CFEs
Commercial partnerships establishedbetween CFEs and private or public
enterprises/investors
Increased revenues of CFEs
Increased employment opportunities andincreased income

Stakeholder consultations/dialogues
undertaken for awareness raising andpolicy development for community forest
management and enterprises
Improved information on the status andpotential of community forest management
and enterprises at sub-national andnational levels

3 market survey
reports
At least 3 pilot
initiatives

CFM-PD 001/10 Rev.1 (F)Study reports
Project progress
reports

Increased revenues
in at least 3 CFEs

CFE records

Employment andincome increased in
at least 9 CFEs

CFE records onlabour force andpayroll

At least 3 countries

Reports onmeetings andworkshops,
Survey reports on
CFEs

CFM-PPD 005/10 Rev.1 (M)

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Strengthen
knowledge
management at alllevelsStrengthening of land tenure andresource rights of forest
communities, indigenous peoples
and smallholders

Analytical studies on constraints in land
tenure and resource rights

At least 1 study

Study report

CFM-SPD 007/10 Rev.1 (F)Policy, legal and institutional
reforms designed and initiated topromote community forest
management and enterprises

Local communities tenure and access toforest resources clarified and facilitated
Awareness raising events anddissemination
Policy, institutional and legislative reforms
initiated
Policy revision plans produced

3 countries

Study reports
Event reports
Revision plans
Reports on the
progress of policy
revision

CFM-PD 001/10 Rev.1 (F)Integration of development ofcommunity forestry andenterprises in national forest
programmes and similar planning
frameworks
Information sharing andknowledge management systems
operational

NFPs incorporating and promoting
community-based forest management andenterprises

3 countries

NFP documentation

Compilation, assessment, analysis anddissemination of lessons learned at local,
national, regional and international levels.
Events for sharing experience at
local/national/regional and international
levels
ITTO web portal developed

Manuals andguidelines
Synthesis reports on
lessons
Web portal

Compilation of traditional knowledge on
community forest management

Compilation in atleast 3 communities- Improved availability of traditional
knowledge on community forest
management

Manual andguideline
documents
Dissemination
records
Reports on
lessons
Records on web
portal users
Compendium
reports

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TMT MONITORING PROTOCOLTMT General objective
The general objective of the Thematic Programme is to :(iii)
Promote the trade of tropical timber products and NTFPs by increasing the capacity of producer member countries in market intelligence and marketing skills, and(iv)
Improve market transparency through improved data and knowledge
Specific
Objectives
Strengthen
information
systems onmarkets and theforest sector

Outputs

Output Indicators

Target Value

Countries withimproved information
systems on markets
and forest sector

Information Systems onmarkets and forest sector
improved

At least 3
countries withimproved systems

Project progress reports

National strategies tostrengthen
information systems

National strategies tostrengthen information
systems developed or
quality improved
Improved statisticalinformation and analyses on
trade and markets in
producing countries

At least 3
countries withnational strategies

National strategy/plandocuments

TMT-SPD 011/12 Rev.1 (M)At least 3
countries withimproved
statistics andanalyses
At least 3
countries withtrained decision
makers, staff andspecialists

Statistical and analyticalreports

TMT-PD 004/11 Rev.2 (M)
TMT-PA 007/11 Rev.1 (I)
TMT-SPD 011/12 Rev.1 (M)
TMT-SPD 013/12 Rev.1 (M)Improved quality ofdata and analysis

Means of verification

Descriptions of information
systems

Traineddecisionmakers, staff
and specialists

Training courses,
workshops and othercapacity building initiatives
undertaken
Decision makers trained indevelopment and use of
information systems

Private sector
organizations withimproved systems
and skills

Training and informationsharing working groups
established and operational
Number of organizations
with improved systems

Organizations withimproved systems
in at least 3
countries

Working group reports;
System descriptions

Networks between
producers and users
of information

Specialized networks on
sector/market information
established and operational

At least 3
countries with
networks

Networks and reports

Associated projects
TMT-PD 004/11 Rev.2 (M)
TMT-PD 006/11 Rev.3 (M)
TMT-SPD 011/12 Rev.1 (M)Training packages
Workshop/meeting/training
reports

TMT-PD 006/11 Rev.3 (M)Specific
Objectives
Fill gaps in themarkettransparency oftropical timber andtimber products.

Outputs

Output Indicators

Target Value

Identified
gaps/weaknesses inexisting trade
statistics

Review and analyses of existing
trade statistics

Review andanalytical studies
in at least 3
countries

Review and analytical reports

TMT-SPD 002/10 Rev.1 (M)
TMT-SPD 011/12 Rev.1 (M)
TMT-SPD 013/13 Rev.1 (M)Improved trade
statistics

Improved Forest Sector Joint
Questionnaire for data
Collection
Improved responses to JQ

Improved JQ

JQ document

TMT-SPD 011/12 Rev.1 (M)All member
countries

Timely, complete and accurate
submission of JQ

Improved trade codes andconversion factors

Proposals for HS Proposal documentation
code improvement Meeting reports

Updated information

At least 3 reports

Study reports

Improved capacity of tradersand policy makers to utilize
market information

At least 3
countries

Workshop/seminar/conference
reports
Improved marketingstrategies/policies/institutionalframeworks

Updated information

At least one study Study report (Asia, Africa andLatin America)

Survey and study reports onmarkets for LUS and newmaterials

At least one study Study reports

Survey and study reports onmarket trends for tropical timber
plantation species

At least one study

Appropriate HS
codes for tropicaltimber and timber
products
Specific information
on production anduse of tropical timber,demand and supply
outlook, bioenergy,
emerging markets
Strengthened
capacities to utilize
market information
for marketingstrategies andimprovement ofpolicy, legal andinstitutionalframeworks
Improved information
on intra-regional
tradeMarket information on
Lesser Used Species(LUS) and newmaterials
Information onmarket outlook forindividual plantation
species

Means of verification

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Associated projects

Study reports

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Specific
Objectives

Enhanced market
access and tradepromotion oftropical timber

Outputs

Output Indicators

Target Value

Means of verification

Associated projects

Improved informationon the structure of
the value chain oftropical timber andtimber products
Periodic systematic
information on factors
affecting markets(tariffs, non-tariffbarriers, etc.)

Surveys and study reports ondevelopment of the value
chain of tropical timber andtimber products

At least one study

Study reports

Reports on trends and factors
affecting tropical timbermarkets

At least one study

Study reports

TMT-PD 006/11 Rev.3 (M)
TMT-SPD 013/13 Rev.1 (M)Monitoring andanalysis of emerging
market requirements
for tropical timber andtimber products
Periodic systematic
information andresearch on the life
cycle impacts oftropical timber vs.
substitutes

Reports on emerging market
requirements of tropical timber
and timber products trade andtrendsAt least one study

Study reports

TMT-SPD 002/10 Rev.1 (M)Monitoring, research reports
and awareness raising
activities on life-cycle impactsof tropical timber vs.
substitutes

At least one study

Study report

TMT-PA 007/11 Rev.1 (I)Marketing strategies
in pilot enterprises

Model companies withmarketing strategies

At least 3
enterprises(1/region)

Project progress reports

TMT-SPD 012/12 Rev.1 (M)Trained staff andspecialists in market
intelligence andmarketing skills
Policies and legal
frameworks
facilitating tropicaltimber trade inexporting countries
Trade promotion
strategies and action
plans

Training course on market
intelligence and marketingskillsAt least one
training course

Training course reports

Improved policy and legal
frameworks related to timbertrade in exporting countries
and dissemination activities

At least one
exporting country

Approved policy documents,
proposals for adjustment oflegislation and regulations,

Strategies and action plans
formulated and under
implementation

At least one
country

Strategy/plan documents

Specific
Objectives

Outputs

Output Indicators

Improved access bybuyers, users andproducers on
information on
tropical timber
speciescharacteristics anduses
Promotional
materials on SFM
and tropical timberfor generic marketing

Web portal on timber species,
trade and market information

1 web portal
operational

Web portal and its species
coverage
Visitor records

Promotional documentation
produced

1 promotional
material package

Documentation/ITTO website
Dissemination records

Market promotion
activities for tropicaltimberTrade promotion activities
implemented
Advocacy and market
promotion activities for legallyand sustainably produced
timber and timber products
Information sharing networks
operational

1 campaign

Records on campaign

At least one
network

ITTO website
Network reports and surveys

Effective networking
among trading
partners

Target Value

Means of verification

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Associated projects

TMT-SPD 010/12 Rev.1 (M)
TMT-SPD 012/12 Rev.1 (M)

TMT-PA 007/11 Rev.1 (I)