Plenary Session
Day 3 (1st of September 2004)
Strengthening Partnership: Combatting Illegal Logging & Trade

Chairman: Dr. Agus Setyarso
Rapporteurs: Ms.Neria Andin & Mr. Eang Savet

General Issues:

1. Enabling mechanism

• Harmonized definition, interaction and synergies
• Reinforce relationships
• Provide platform for partnership

2. Building partnership

• Generate multi-stakeholder involvement
• Develop public private partnership (accelerate investments)

3. Creating alliances to address cross-boundary, multi-jurisdictional issues

• Built on blocks/strengths
• Complimenting initiatives
• Integrate obligations into legal instruments

4. Strengthen capacities in governance

• Implement capacity building
• Strong database and transparent information sharing

Recommendations for AFP Resolutions

1. Complete analysis to identify existing and needed legal measures in importing countries that enable them to prevent import of wood clearly identified as illegal (ongoing workplan, funded).

2. Recommend development of a new workplan to build on the above workplan to promote active collaboration between customs agencies, development of information sharing protocols, and sharing issues and experience (TNC to facilitate with UK/Indonesia MOU Program).

3. Strengthen ongoing workplan on legality standards and wood tracking by involving other partners and review experience with other relevant efforts (CIFOR facilitating, funded).

5. Implement on-the-ground meetings in the field at some priority bilateral smuggling and illegal logging hotspots (e.g. between West Kalimantan and Malaysia) among key enforcement agencies, NGOs and experts (new workplan to be developed by WWF-Indonesia, which also is joining AFP. Not yet funded).

6. Convene a sub-committee of AFP Partners at AFP 5 to prepare detailed recommendations on co-ordination between FLEG and AFP.

7. In the meantime, AFP Secretariat to get views of both Partners and FLEG Participants (via FLEG Secretariat) through e-mail dialogue. These will form the basis for the sub-committee痴 recommendations.

8. The governments in partnership with the corporate sector and the civil society to create the system to verify legality of wood.

9. AFP to set guideline, to establih world definition of legality of logging and timber trade.

10.Promote adoption and application of tools and standards for combating illegal logging and its associated trade (C&I for SFM, Certification scheme・

11. Promote international trading on wood product base on legality, public transparency and good governance.

12. Conduct regional workshop on forest governance and decentralization in the context of the priorities of AFP.

The AFP should move forward to intensify concrete actions in combating illegal logging and associated illegal timber trade at the national and regional levels.

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