Legal & Sustainable Supply Chains
ITTO’sProgram and Implementation
Thematic Workshop 3
CBFP MOP 20
4 June 2024, Kinshasa

Qiang LI
Market & System Analyst, ITTO

INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION (ITTO)

ITTO Pilot Programme Lines
 Legal & Sustainable SupplyChains (LSSC)
 Conservation of Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services
 Forest Landscape Restoration
and Resilient Livelihoods
 Emerging Issues andInnovation

ITTO’s LSSC Programme Enhance tropical timber supply andvalue chains, from the forests to themarket, to achieve legality andsustainability.
 Improve Capacities of legal andsustainable supply chains, andfacilitate business collaboration andnetworking.
 Provide nature-based solutions forSDGs.
 Funded by BMEL, Germany andChina, USA at its initial phase (Jun2019- Dec 2021)

LSSC Programme：Initial Activities
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Incentives
forgreen-growth
value
chain
investments in tropical forests.
Supporting the establishment and operation of theGlobal Legal and Sustainable Supply Chain (LSSC)
Platform.
Study of the Blockchain-based International Timber
Tracking System (BTTS) for building sustainable
wood supply chains.
Expand and update the Timber Trade Portal (TTP):
Towards well-informed legal trade.
Promotion of smallholders’ forest landscaperestoration in West Africa.
Development of training curricula for Central African
Countries on legal and sustainable supply chains.

ITTO’s LSSC Programme:
International Forum for Forest Industry
 International Forum: Together towards
Global Green Supply Chains—A Forest
Products Industry Initiative.
 Held in Oct 2019 in Shanghai, China
 ITTO with ATIBT, NFGA, CTWPDA 370 participants A dialogue for forest industries in LSSC
 Established the Global Green Supply Chain
Network. www.itto-ggsc.org

LSSC-GGSC Platform

LSSC-GGSC Business Information Exchange Platform Aug 2019-Dec 2021
 LSSC-GGSC website (http://itto-ggsc.org) was in operation
since June 2020.
 The GGSC index initially operated since Jan 2020 andpublishedmonthlyat
http://ittoggsc.org/site/article_zsbg/id/44.
 Collaboration among timber producers, buyers, processers,consumers.

Study of the Blockchain-based International Timber Tracking
System (BTTS)
 July 2020-Dec 2021
 Conceptual framework developed and case studies
conducted in Gabon and Cameroon through online
activities.

Timber Trade Portal: Towards well-informed legal trade Mar – Dec 2021
 TTP website https://www.timbertradeportal.com renewedand expanded.

LSSC training modules for the Congo Basintransferable to other tropical regions
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Aimed at: expanding market access contributions to sustainable development,climate-change mitigation.
Implemented in ITTO member countries in theCongo Basin region (Cameroun, CAR, ROC, DRC andGabon)
Four modules:
1) Understanding “zero deforestation”
2) Assessing legality and achieving accountability
3) From legality to sustainability4) Markets and market access.
Cover best practices in legality, sustainability andtraceability (as required by international markets).
Designed for use by a wide range of stakeholders.

www.itto.int/resources/?resType=learning-materials

LSSC: Programme ongoing Collaborative Framework Between
ITTO and IPIM of Macao SAR, China.
 Global Legal & Sustainable Timber
Forum for Building Legal andSustainable Forest Products SupplyChains, GLSTF.
 Global Timber Index, GTI.
 Blockchain-based Timber Traceability
System, BTTS
 Global Green Supply Chains, GGSC
platform.

Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF)

Objective

Increase networking, collaboration and business exchange
among. Implementation of ITTO mandate and LSSC Programme.

Promote SFM, build legal and sustainable forest
products supply chains within a stable, transparent
and predictable business environment.

Contribute to the United Nations 2030 SDGs and climatechange mitigation.

Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum - GLSTF 2023
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Co-hosted by ITTO and Macao IPIM, Organized byGGSC.
700 participants from 36 countries.
Theme: Connect, cooperate and share to promote
the recovery of the global tropical timber market.
Congo Basin is a focus.
Main Forum + 4 Sub-forums + Other events.
4 Specialized Sub-forums:
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Timber legality and sustainability
resources, markets and trade
Processing technology and machineryGreen finance and innovative facilitating measures

Legal and Sustainable Timber Industry Display.
Other events: Side events, B2B Matchings, Releases
Simultaneous interpretation: Chinese, French,English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum —GLSTF 2023

Achievements

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First global forum for LSSC.
A Key Message from the GLSTF 2023.
Release Global Timber Index (GTI) Platform.
Release Collaborative Operation of Blockchainbased Timber Traceability System (BTTS)
Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI) for Sustainable
Forest Management and Responsible Timber
Industry Operation.
China-Africa Timber Green Supply Chain Action
Signing Agreement.
Many Chinese enterprises with operation in CB
participated.

Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum —GLSTF 2024
MGM COTAI, Macao SAR, China

论坛主题
Theme of GLSTF 2024

举办时间Date“Together Towards Reliable And Effective
Global Timber Supply Chains”

11-12 September, 2024
2 daysForum Structure

Legal & Sustainable Timber Industry Display1) The Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum(the main forum).
2) Four specialized subforums(subforums).

A legal and sustainable timber industry display will
be organized in parallel with GLSTF 2024, witharound 30 booths.

• The main forum will discuss topics related to reliable and stable timber resource supplies, trust and effectivenessalong timber supply chains, and the prospects for revitalizing global timber supply chains.
• 700 participants expected.
• The specialized subforums, which will be organized by partner agencies, will contribute to the GLSTF 2024 theme
through the following topics: timber legality and sustainability; sustainable timber resources, markets and trade;advanced technology and machinery for wood processing; and green finance and innovative facilitating measures.

Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum
GLSTF

Global Timber Index (GTI) Platform

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The objective of this activity aims to establish and operate a GTI platform to facilitate businessinformation and data exchange and collaboration, for building LSSC and increasing trade in a stable,transparent and predictable business environment.

2Main outputs• GTI collaborating platform: interactive and feedback activities• GTI monthly index reports: 20 issues• Specialized indexes: GTI-Producers and GTI-Woodbased Panel (GTI-WBP).

3Information exchange and cooperation enhanced. The policy, market, and economic related
information, strengthen stakeholders’ understanding and preparation for status and trends oftimber industry. The GTI is expected to be gradually developed into a barometer for timber sector.

GTI Platform••

10 pilot countries participated, including the Congo, Gabon, Ghana,Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, and China.
200 advantageous enterprises from 10 pilot countries actively involved.

010203The monthly GTI index report is released in fivelanguages: Chinese, English, Portuguese, French andSpanish.
Multi-dimensional service is provided for GTI
sample enterprises, including B2B, training, seminar,ect.
The interactive and feedback activities with pilot
countries, information exchage, Thinktank,international activities, ect.

GTI Monthly Repor t

GTI platform & Multi-Dimensional service

Blockchain-based Timber Traceability System
BTTS FeaturesOpenness,tamper-proof
modification,
anonymity, traceability, can’t be edited ordeleted, "decentralized" characteristics
Successfully used in many fields such as foodsafety, vaccine traceability, drug, and devicetraceability.
Technical
advantages
manages
timbertraceability effectively, enhance the collaboration
efficiency of stakeholders in the timber supply
chain, reduce the costs of timber legality andsustainability
certification,andincreasetransparency of timber market.

Blockchain-based Timber Traceability SystemBTTS Activity Phases2020-2021: BMEL funded: BTTS theoreticalarchitecture.
2022-2023: Macao IPIM funded 1st phase:
Supporting Pilot Collaborative Operation of theBlockchain-based Timber Traceability System(BTTS).
2023-2024: Macao IPIM funded 2nd phase:
Establishing and Testing a Simulation Platform forCross-border.
2024-2025: Macao IPIM funded 3rd phase:
Upgrading the BTTS platform and conducting
Application Tests in Practical Operation Scenarios.
GLSTF 2023: released BTTS reportWORK WITH US!

GLSTF: 11–12 Sept 2024, Macao
ITTC60: 1–6 Dec 2024,
Yokohama, Japan!

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li@itto.int