INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION IN SUPPORT OF TROPICAL
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION IN SUPPORT OF TROPICAL TIMBER AND FOREST THE ITTO’S EXPERIENCE By Amha bin Buang Assistant Director (Economic Information and Market Intelligence) International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Yokohama, Japan
Bringing Tropical Forests under Sustainable Management MAGNITUDE OF THE CHALLENGES
NO TIMBER WITHOUT TREES Study on the Status of Sustainable Forest Management (1989) Main Conclusions i. The extent of tropical forests being at an operational scale for the sustainable production of timber was, on a world scale, negligible; ii. Many countries had the intention, expressed in their legislation, to manage sustainably; in a number of these countries, partial forms of sustainable management were being practiced; iii. There seemed to be some awareness in these countries that action was needed to attain sustainable management; iv. Progress in establishing stable sustainable systems was so low that it was having very little impact on the state of tropical forests; v. Comprehensive and urgent measures were necessary if the tropical timber trade was to continue in the long-term; and vi. The future existence of tropical forests depended on the establishment of sustainable systems of management.
Progress Towards the Achievement of the ITTO Year 2000 Objective PROGRESS PROBLEMS I. Producing Members • Policy and legislative reform • Strategies not fully acted upon • Reorganization of administrative arrangements • Shortage of personnel and finance • New strategies and master plans • Illegal logging and poaching • Establishment of PFE • Inadequate management of protected areas • Consultation with local communities • Application and enforcement of guidelines and regulations • Expanding forest lands for conservation • Broadening awareness about SFM • Usage of ITTO guidelines, C&I • Establishing a sound basis forest harvesting • Development of standards forest management • Implementing strict engineering specification for road design • Possibility of timber certification • Greater practices of RIL • Increased awareness about SFM • Securing and protecting PFE • Increased value-added exports
STATUS OF TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT 2005
CURRENT STATUS
UNDERLYING CAUSES
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
ITTO: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS Non-Member Governments Trade/Industry/ Private Sector International Organizations, Bodies, Agencies, Treaties, Initiatives International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) Consumer Members Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence Producer Caucus Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management Expert Panel for the Technical Appraisal of Project and Pre-project Proposals Informal Advisory Group Bureau Fellowship Panel Trade Advisory Group Civil Society Advisory Group Producer Members Consumer Caucus Civil Society Committee on Forest Industry Executive Director and Secretariat Committee on Finance and Administration
ITTO OBJECTIVES Promote expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber 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
ITTO’s POLICY WORK AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES ITTA ITTO Action Plan ITTC Decisions ITTO Biennial Work Programme 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 APPROACHES · Consultation · · Cooperation Collaboration Partnership Capacity-building – human/institutional · Supportive measures · Enabling measures · Implementation oriented PROJECT ACTIVITIES · Country-driven: initiation, implementation, ownership · 6 month project cycle · address beneficiary needs and priorities · grant funding · 7400 projects (US$270 million) · 150 projects on-going engaging >500 local full time professionals
Major Areas of ITTO’s Work
ITTO’s WORK OF DIRECT RELEVANT TO CLIMATE CHANGE
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