6. successful strategies for supporting regional fleg declarations
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Jussi Viitanen, EFITRANSCRIPT
Successful strategies for supporting regional FLEG declarationsRegional Conference on ”Update on the 2005 Saint Petersburg Ministerial Declaration”
Tbilisi, Georgia 9 July 2014
Hosts two facilities
EU FLEGT
EU REDD
Supports
the policy implementation of EU Member States and the EC
Offices in Barcelona, Joensuu, Brussels, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing
The FLEGT and REDD Unit of European Forest Institute (EFI)
More information
www.euflegt.efi.int
The EU FLEGT Action Plan
aims to reduce illegal logging by strengthening
sustainable and legal forest management,
improving governance and promoting trade in
legally produced timber.
Timber and timber
products come from
legal sources
Means and capacity for
law enforcement are in place
Legality is assured
through a timber legality
assurance system (TLAS)
Key elements of the FLEGT
EFI’s regional work in Southeast Asia
15 VPA countries globally
In Southeast Asia
• 5 FLEGT VPA countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Thailand
• 3 FLEGT countries: Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines
• Regional cooperacion since Bali Declaration 2001
• EC funded regional FLEGT project 2008-
Progress in Southeast Asia
• FLEG(T) actors have sustained and built momentum
• FLEG(T) is linked to broader political processes
• Timber legality assurance system development is advancing – in country level
Lessons
Develop regional communication and build capacity
• Set standards and share best practices• Support consistent communication• Build regional ownership of the forest
governance problems and reforms with an emphasis on the education of future generations
Integrate with other sectors
• Forest sector has important impact beyond forests, trees and forest products
• Address social and economic development - this would enable the regional FLEG process to link up with other important social and economic development issues
Work with demand-side measures
• Demand-side measures against the trade in illegally harvested timber and timber products increase private sector buy-in
• Create synergies between national TLAS systems and private sector certification schemes in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts
Invest in stakeholder participation and transparent decision-making
• The quality of stakeholder processes and transparent decision-making will continue to be a focal area of work and discussion in the regional FLEGT process
21Address law
enforcement through comprehensive
governance approach
Work through stakeholder
engagement, involving civil society
and industry with governments
Conclusion – Successful strategies of regional FLEG
