Combating Illegal Logging
in Indonesia
BY
LISTYA KUSUMAWARDHANI(DIRECTOR OF FOREST PRODUCT LEVIES AND DISTRIBUTION,
MOF OF INDONESIA)INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LEGALITY VERIFIED WOOD 2010TOKYO, 10-11 DECEMBER 2010

Outline
Recent trend of illegal logging
Framework to curb illegal logging
Laws and regulation amendment
Capacity building
Prosecute forest related crimes
Promote legal timber trade
Other efforts
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Recent trend of illegal logging• Decrease up to 75% in the lastdecades (DR Rachmat Witoelar, 2010,
based on the report from theChatham House).

Fig. Raw Material for Industries Trend(capacity up to 6.000m3/years)
RawMaterial30
25± 20.50 M
m3 (56.35 %)± 24.67 M± 23.46 M m3 (68.53 %)m3 (62.58 %)± 24.50 M
m3 (67.90 %)Plantation± 28.82 M m3

(77.10 %)201510± 11.47 M
m3 (31.53 %)± 11.26 M
m3 (30.03 %)5020052006± 7.18 M
m3(19.94 %)2007± 7.40 M m33(20.45 %)2008± 5.54 M
m3(14.83 %)Natural2009

Th

Source of Raw Materials:► HA : Natural Forest (HPH & IPK / ILS )► HT : Plantation Forest (HTI, HTR, Kebun & PERHUTANI )44

Framework to curb illegal logging¾ Issue a presidential instruction to curbillegal logging (Presidential Decree No.
4/2005)¾ Appoint a presidential envoy tocoordinate and monitor actions
undertaken to curb illegal logging¾ Establish a system for forest crime
case tracking in order to monitor
reported crimes, crime investigationand court proceedings

Laws and regulation amendment

Capacity building¾ Training (Custom, Prosecutors, Police,Forestry Officials, etc)
¾ Establish Rapid Response Forest Police
Unit at central level¾ Establish National Task Force on
Combating Illegal Logging at central,provincial and district level¾ Supported by various NGOs in curbing
illegal logging

Prosecute forest related crimes¾ Forest related crimes : forest harvesting,processing and transportation¾ Sanctions for harvesting and processing
crimes (Law No. 41/99, Gov.Reg. 6/2007
jo Gov. Reg. 3/2008):• Imprisonment up to 10 years and fines
up to IDR 5 Billion• Administrative sanctions

Promote legal timber trade‐1
Develop implement bilateral agreement withkey timber trading countries to enhance law
enforcement corporation, ie. :a. Indonesia and Japan
b. Indonesia and Netherlandsc. Indonesia and Finlandd. Indonesia and UK
e. Indonesia and Australiaf.
Indonesia and Republic of China
g. Indonesia and the USA
h. Indonesia and Korea

Promote legal timber trade‐2
Develop multilateral agreement to control
the trade in illegal timber,a. Propose resolution to criminalized logging
activities to the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice on theUNODC In the 15th session last year. In the16th revised, the revised proposal wasaccepted by the commission.
b. ASIA FLEG process approach. It focuses onlaw enforcement and the strengthening ofgovernance structure.

Promote legal timber trade‐3
a. SFM for Indonesian Natural Forest
Concessionaires, Plantation Forest
toproduce sustainable harvested timber(There have been about 13 M Ha naturalforest has been certified by mandatory
scheme; about 1,2 M Ha certified by LEI,
voluntary scheme)
b. Development of Timber Legality Assurance
System (TLAS)

Promote legal timber trade‐4
a. Indonesian Government encourages somebuyers to pay higher price for products
from companies that hold Indonesia TLAS
Certificates.
b. Incentive to certified companies: self
approval of annual cutting plan (RKT) andSelf endorsement for export purposes.

Other effortsa. Allowing community to access state forest(HTR, HKm, Hutan Desa)b. Good price of fast growing species fromprivate forest managed by community

Thank You
Domo Arigato Gozaimashita
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