ITTO WORK OF RELEVANCE TO ILLEGAL LOGGING AND TRADE AMHA BIN BUANG Assistant Director (Economic Information and Market Intelligence) International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Yokohama, Japan
. International intergovernmental organization . Established by ITTA,1983, legally binding, negotiated under aegis of UNCTAD . and Administers/supervises  operation  of  ITTA,1983 subsequent ITTAs . Operationalised in 1986 with headquarters in Yokohama, Japan . Currently operates under ITTA,1994 while ITTA,2006 enters into force
Promote expansion tropical tim ITTO Objective 2000 Achieve exports of tropical timber from sustainably managed sources Promote sustainable management of tropical forests Promote processing of tropical timber in producing countries
POLICY WORK
●  Policy consultation, deliberation, development ●  Policy research, studies ● Normative work – guidelines, Criteria & Indicators, Manuals ●   Monitoring,assessment and reporting ● Communication and outreach materials ●  ITTO Fellowship Programme
ITTA ITTO Action Plan ITTC Decisions ITTO Biennial Work Programme
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
● Country-driven: initiation, implementation, ownership ● ６ month project cycle ●  address beneficiary needs and priorities ● grant funding ● > 400 projects (US$270 million) ● 150 projects on-going engaging >500 local full time professionals
APPROACHES
• Consultation Cooperation Collaboration Partnership Capacity-building - human/institutional ● Supportive measures ●  Enabling measures ● Implementation oriented
TABLE 1: Global summary of management status in the tropical PFE PFE ('000 hectares)

NORMATIVE POLICY WORK
PROJECTS/PRE-PROJECTS
POLICY ACTIVITIES

Transboundary Conservation Systems for Sustainable Forest Management Inclusion of tropical timber species in Appendices of CITES Market Access, Intelligence and Transparency . . ITTC DECISION 6(XXXI) – Forest Law Enforcement in the Context of Sustainable Timber Production and Trade ITTO TRADE DATA DISCREPANCIES STUDY 11 member countries Various reasons for discrepancies - Measurement errors/differences (incl. conversion factors) - in Errors customs classification lllegal activities - CASE STUDIES TO ENHANCE FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 5 member countries: Peru, Honduras, Malaysia, Brazil, Ecuador and Papua New Guinea
FLEG PROCESSES – East Asia, Africa . . WSSD TYPE II INITIATIVES  – Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) Forest Basin Congo Partnership (CBFP) . CITES – Inclusion of Tropical Timber Species in CITES Appendices – Mahogany, Ramin • FAO - Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forest Sector
(A)  Follow up to Joint CSAG/TAG Workshop on Illegal Logging and Illegal Trade, Interlaken 2004 ● Expert meeting on transportation of timber products, London 2006 ● Private sector/civil society partnerships on SFM and certification [Indonesia, PNG, Brazil and Cameroon] ● International Conference on indigenous and community forestry and their relationship to illegal logging and trade, 2006 (B)  Integrating Legality and Sustainability Requirements . Shift to legality could distract progress towards SFM . Phased approaches to certification, with verification of legality as first phase towards full certification . Monitoring progress in comparability and acceptance of forest certification systems
(C)  ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2006-2007 ● Auditing of Existing Timber Tracking Systems ● Improved capacity to implement CITES listing of tropical timber species ● Regional workshops on ITTO/FAO Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forest Sector ● Assist member countries in developing systems to demonstrate legality of timber exports – Guyana ● ITTO pilot schemes on timber tracking systems for private sector forest companies
● ● ● . ● ● ● . ● Proliferation Variation in definitions, requirements for legality and sustainability Lack of coordination, harmonization Discrimination Additional costs Capacity-building Market access impediment, non-tariff barrier Inconsistent with WTO rules and obligations Distraction from SFM target
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
● . ● ● ● Simplification, standardization, coordination and harmonization of policies Non-discrimination Consistent with WTO rules and obligations Flexibility Remunerative prices PD 391/06 Rev.2 (M) ‘Promoting and Creating Market Demand for Certified Tropical Wood and Verified Legal Tropical Wood’ Support SFM in tropical countries ● Create and promote demand for C/VL tropical wood in Japan ● Fairwood Center as clearing house and point of expertise ● Support companies in exporting countries and Japanese importing companies ● Focus on Indonesia and Malaysia ● Friends of the Earth (FoE) Japan and Global Environment House (GEF) ● US$302,472, 24 months ● THANK YOU www.itto.or.jp