Improving law enforcementin the tropical forest sector

International Seminar for Tackling
Illegal Logging 2007 II
3-4 December 2007, Yokohama, Japan
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATIONSTRUCTURE
Comments on guidelines for Gohowood (Japan public timber
procurement policy)
ITTO activities to promote FLE intropics that could contribute toprocurement of legal/sustainabletimber in Japan

Comments on Goho-wood policy
ITTO welcomes such initiatives to promote legal andsustainable timber trade
Applicable to all timber
Rules and procedures are clear and have been
discussed with major supplying countries;verification system not dictated
Some suppliers (esp. small-scale, communities) may
require assistance to meet reliable verification
requirements
Evolving trade flows may challenge verification
systems
Keep “goalposts” fixed as far as possible

ITTO’s APPROACH TO IMPROVING FLE
Rationalize
policy & legal
environment

Promotestakeholder
participation

Improved law
compliance

Improve informationand knowledge base

Increase capacity toenforce rules andregulations

Rationalizing Policy/Legal Environment
Case studies on FLE/illegal trade in Peru,Malaysia, Honduras, Brazil, Ecuador, PNG foundconflicting laws and/or incoherent policies
Projects in several countries to assist inidentifying underlying causes of illegality anddrafting coherent, consistent, enforceable forest
legislation
Country diagnostic missions also identify
problems, promote improved policies for FLE
Project to improve implementation of CITES
requirements for listed tropical timber species,
ensure forest laws consistent with CITESBuilding Capacity for FLE
5 Best Practices workshops with FAO
Large training programs to:
improve forest statistics
promote use of C&I and auditing framework
Promoting phased approaches to certification
Promoting NGO/civil society involvement inforest monitoring (eg Japan FOE project)
Encouraging countries to engage withinternational initiatives (eg FLEG, FLEGT) andin bilateral discussions/agreements

Improving Data and Knowledge
Bi-weekly MIS provides price and trade info;
Annual Review provides detailed information
on trade flows
Trade discrepancy studies for Bolivia, Brazil,
Cameroon, China, Republic of Congo,
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New
Guinea, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A.
Many reasons for non-matching trade flows,
likelihood of illegality highest when theypersist over a number of years across arange of trading partners/products

TRADE DISCREPANCIESINDONESIA / CHINA SAWNWOOD TRADE
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Indonesia Exports - China
China Imports - Indonesia

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Indonesia Exports - Hong Kong

Improving Data and Knowledge
Log tracking projects and pilot schemes
funded in Bolivia, Cameroon, Congo, Fiji,Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, PNG, Peru,Thailand, more to comeWorking with GFW/WRI to improve FLE andconcession monitoring in CAR, Rep. Congoand DRC
New project in Guyana to use satellite
imagery with GIS (containing details of
approved concessions, roads, etc) to spot
illegal forest clearing and track legal timberImproving Data and Knowledge

Detection of forest clearing using IKONOS (4 m)and Landsat 5 (30 m) satellite dataPromoting Stakeholder Involvement
Civil Society – Private sector partnership grants
to contribute to SFM and FLE in Brazil,Cameroon, Indonesia, Panama, PNG and Peru;
more in 2008/09
International conferences arising fromrecommendations of 2004 TAG/CSAG Panel on
Illegal Logging / Illegal Timber Trade:
Timber transport (2006)
Indigenous/community forestry (2007)
Grants to be made available for NGO/civilsociety/community monitoring activities in
2008/09

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