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WORK PLAN

Legality Verification

 

1. Title of the Work Plan

Establishment of Legal Origin Verification System.

2. Main objectives of the Work Plan

Establishing means of independent verification to curb illegal logging.

3. Expected results

  • Legal Origin Verification system established as a mean to curb illegal logging

  • Lesson learned to develop policy model to segregate industries relying on legal and potentially sustainable sources from those relying on illegal sources and forest conversions.

  • Lesson learned to develop general understanding among AFP member to promote or recommend formulation of public procurement policies that support legal and sustainable forest management.

  • Well-documented processes.

Specific Target of the Partnership/Initiative :

Industries that produce timber products from potentially sustainable forest.

4. Modalities/Procedures

  • Proposing of the Work Plan to 4th Meeting of AFP

  • Multistakeholder workshop of the 1st draft of Legal Origin Verification System

  • Formulating 2nd draft of Legal Origin Verification System

  • Field testing in 4 proposed potential sites of industries (to be confirmed belong to: Riau Pulp and Paper, Arara Abadi, Musi Hutan Persada, and Wira Karya Sakti). These are potential sites as they are now in the process of LEI’s certification.

  • Multistakeholder workshop to finalize the field tested system.

  • Finalization the Legal Origin Verification System

  • Report of the Finalized of Legal Origin Verification System to 5th Meeting of AFP.

5. Time frame

1 (one) year

6. Arrangements for potential funding

Proposing AFP to support the establishment of Legal Origin Verification System

7. Partners involved

Government : Ministry of Forestry, Directorate General of Forestry Production Management
Intergovermental Organizations : -
Civil society : -

 

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