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INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION

ITTO’s Criteria and Indicators

A Tool for Monitoring, Assessing

and Reporting on SFM

© ITTO 2003

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1989 - No timber without trees

1990 - Guidelines for the sustainable management of natural tropical forests

1992 - Criteria for the Measurement of Sustainable Tropical Forest Management

1993 - Guidelines for the Establishment and Sustainable Management of Planted Tropical Production Forests

1993 - Guidelines for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in Tropical Production Forests

1997 - Guidelines on Fire Management in Tropical Forests

1998 - Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forests

2000 - Manual for the Application of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forest –

2001-03 - Reporting Formats

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Criterion #1

Enabling Conditions

for Sustainable

Forest Management

Criterion #2

Forest Resource

Security

Sustainable Management

of

Natural Tropical Forests

Criterion #7

Economic, Social, and

Cultural Aspects

Criterion #3

Forest Ecosystem

Health and Condition

Criterion #6

Soil and Water

Criterion #4

Flow of Forest

Produce

Criterion #5

Biological

Diversity

+66 INDICATORS

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Ø During 2000/2001, regional training workshops convened in Kuala Lumpur, Bogor, Quito and Sangmelima (Cameroon)

Ø 110 forest management professionals (“trainers”) from
32 countries trained in application of ITTO C&I

Ø Testing of the national C&I carried out with Forestry Department (Malaysia), Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia), COMAFORS, Ministry of Environment (Ecuador) and National Working Group on SFM and Certification (Cameroon); plus workshop participants.

Ø Field testing of FMU C&I:

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ü Three quarters of 32 participating countries had difficulty to obtain data on 40-50% of the indicators

ü Main problem areas biodiversity, soil & water (no data)

ü Some indicators at FMU level (esp. endangered species, socio-economic measures) more applicable at national level

ü FMU level testing: size and ownership of concession/forest important with respect to data availability

ü Some overlapping/duplicate data requirements under different indicators

ü Some definitions too general (“light”, “heavy”)

ü Manuals need to be user-friendly

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§ Over $5 million since 1995 in Brazil, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Congo, Gabon and Indonesia explicitly on dissemination/development of C&I

§ Many other SFM projects incorporate use of C&I

§ Related activities for Indonesia (strengthen National Forest Program) and ATO (publication and adoption of ATO/ITTO Principles, Criteria and Indicators)

§ Also by Council decision, reporting on progress towards ITTO’s Objective 2000 to be based on C&I

§ Reporting Format developed in 2001 consistent with perceived requirements of UNFF, took into account results of training

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• Training and field testing showed main objective of many countries/forest managers was certification

• ITTO began developing auditing guidelines for SFM at 29th session, on basis of framework developed by Simula/Baharuddin

• Proposed audit guidelines based on ITTO C&I, adding another layer of “verifiers” to each indicator

• Several countries already working on standards of performance and national certification systems based on ITTO C&I; these countries will be best placed to provide information on SFM to ITTO and others

• Decision at 31st ITTC called for distribution of auditing guideline framework and for assistance to Members that wish to establish credible auditing systems for ITTO’s C&I

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Ø More training and field testing (8 national level workshops with 50 FMU level participants each to be implemented in 2003/2004 – already 10 completed)

Ø More national auditing and certification schemes based
on C&I

Ø Updating/revision/refinement of C&I and Reporting Format

Ø Mangrove C&I?

Ø Potential for partner organizations to collaborate on training and assistance in capacity building, mobilizing required resources

Ø More collaboration between different processes (ITTO/ATO already; 2004 FAO/ITTO Expert Consultation follow-up to CICI 2003 a good opportunity for further dialogue)

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Producers (32)

*Cameroon

ATO / ITTO

Bolivia

ITTO, TARA

C.A.R.

ATO / ITTO

*Brazil

ITTO, TARA

*Congo

ATO / ITTO

*Colombia

ITTO, TARA

Cote d’Ivoire

ATO / ITTO

Ecuador

ITTO, TARA

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

ATO / ITTO

Guatemala

ITTO, LEP

*Gabon

ATO / ITTO

Guyana

ITTO, TARA

Ghana

ATO / ITTO

Honduras

ITTO, LEP

Liberia

Nigeria

ATO / ITTO

ATO / ITTO

Panama

ITTO, LEP

Togo

ATO / ITTO

Peru

ITTO, TARA

Cambodia

ITTO

Surinam

ITTO, TARA

Fiji

ITTO

Trinidad & Tobago

ITTO

India

DFAs, ITTO

Venezuela

ITTO, TARA

*Indonesia

ITTO

Malaysia

ITTO

Consumers (3)

Myanmar

DFAs, ITTO

*China

DFAs, ITTO, MON

PNG

ITTO

Egypt

ITTO, NE

Philippines

ITTO

Nepal

DFAs, ITTO

Thailand

DFAs/ITTO

Vanuatu

ITTO

(All 23 others involved in MCPFE or Montreal Processes)

*C&I Projects funded by ITTO.

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ü “Status of Tropical Forest Management” publication to be published in 2004 by ITTO; 22 producer countries have already submitted first national C&I report to feed into this

ü All C&I processes should commit to a timetable and periodicity for publishing available data for member countries

ü Many countries will require more assistance than provided to date

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ü Analysis/synthesis of results from country reports will require more resources in ITTO, we need to work with partners

ü Best to use existing data (C&I, TBFRA, FRA) if any direct collection of information from countries is required; IWGFS provides a good model for global coordination

ü Revision/updating of ITTO C&I and Reporting Format (scheduled for 2004/05) provides an excellent opportunity to work towards greater synergies with FRA, including possibility of a joint questionnaire approach

Thank you

INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION

Thank you

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