FLEG UKRAINE PROGRAM: KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS

(September 2009 – December 2010)

What are the issues?

– Analysis of information from various sources– Assessment of volumes of “gray” timber– Analysis of practices of planning and organization

of forest management and felling practices– Identification of high risk areas

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Typology of violations

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•Land-use and access to forests•Mineral resources•Long-term lease of forest land•Environmental management broadly

Timber harvesting: final felling

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Dynamics of sanitary felling

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Selective sanitary felling

Clear sanitary felling

Final felling Pre-commercial thinning

Commercial thinning

Selective sanitary felling

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Analysis of legislation + recommendations

– Corruption risks of forest legislation– Regulations on forest felling– Comparative analysis of legislation– Regulations on State Forest Guard Service– Legislation on long-term lease of forest lands– Guaranteeing rights of local residents and small business for the

legal use of forest resources and to ensure transparency and public participation in these processes

– Analysis of nature conservation management legislation (started)– Recommendations on enforcement (administrative and criminal

law)

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Timber tracking system

– Identification of hot points of the Chain of Custody and the areas for improvement (ongoing).

– International practices in timber quality and accounting issues:

• Study tour to Latvia• Translation of standards/methodologies used in Poland

and Latvia – Recommendations on legality of timber origin– Designing the logical scheme to control timber flow

(started)

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Sociological and other surveys

– Expert interviews – Opinion poll of local population in the three “high-risk” areas of the

Carpathian region– Sociological survey of local population and small business– Expert interviews (business) - upcoming– Analytical study on economic and social impact s of unsustainable

forest practices and illegal logging– Survey on communication platform of the SFCBased on the results developed recommendations related to:– Improving structure and communication tools of the regional web-

sites of the SFC– Improvement of access to information and process of public

involvement in forestry sector at pilot territories and in Ukraine broadly (preparation of Manual for forest managers)

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Publications and training to support forest guard service and law enforcement authorities

• FLEG Brochure• Manual for State Forest Guard Service• Manual/ on administrative violations (in printshop)

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Information and awareness

– Workshops in Kyiv, Lviv and other locations– International conference in (Lviv)– Report on effectiveness of cooperation with the Ukrainian

public sector.– NGOs involvement– Press-events– Publications and dialogue with media– Internet – International events

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Media outreach

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