Reports on combating illegal logging

Newly added Reports

Learning Lessons to Promote Forest Certification and Control Illegal Logging in Indonesia
Authors: Luca Tacconi, Krystof Obidzinski and Ferdinandus Agung, CIFOR 2004
[View details | PDF, English, 910 KB | PDF, Bahasa Indonesia, 1.1MB]

Strengthening the Social Component of a Definition of Legal Wood ...
Strengthening the Social Component of a Standard for Legality of Wood Origin and Production in Indonesia. Report prepared for The Nature Conservancy. By Marcus Colchester

New Reports on illegal logging by Royal Institute of International Affairs in London

• A LICENSING SYSTEM FOR LEGAL TIMBER: Options and considerations for a legality licensing system under the EU FLEGT Action Plan.
  Analyses the practical requirements for implementing the FLEGT Action Plan’s proposed licensing scheme for trade in legal timber. Comparisons are made with existing licensing systems, and conclusions are drawn for the content of the proposed EU regulation and for the partnership agreements to be negotiated with producer countries.



• FLEGT AND TRADE: WHAT WILL THE IMPACTS BE?
  Assesses the potential impact of the EU FLEGT Action Plan on the trade in wood-based products between the EU and partner producer countries. The study takes the approach of a standard impact assessment, comparing the business-as-usual scenario with the situation that would result under the Action Plan.



• PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF TIMBER: EU member state initiatives for sourcing legal and sustainable timber
  Background paper for the workshop on public procurement of timber held in Copenhagen, September 2004. Provides a concise comparison of developing procurement policy in five EU member states: Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands and UK. EU procurement legislation and WTO procurement agreements are also analysed.



• ILLEGAL LOGGING AND MONEY LAUNDERING: Analysis of the questionnaire to EU member states
  Background paper for the workshop on illegal logging and money laundering held in Berlin, September/October 2004. Provides an analysis of the questionnaire responses from twelve EU member states on the state of money laundering legislation in their country and its possible application to the profits of illegal logging overseas.

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Reports

Informal Logging in East Kalimantan - Social Economic and Political Implication. A collection of Papers by Krystof Obidzinski and Iman Suramenggala. CIFOR  and ITTO. February-December 2000. PDF file English [393KB]

Technologies for Wood Tracking: Verifying and Monitoring the Chain of Custody and Legal Compliance in the Timber Industry
Authors: Dykstra, D. P., George Kuru, Rodney Taylor, Ruth Nussbaum, William B. Magrath, and Jane Story

This report is a collaborative work with the Alliance to Promote Forest Certification and Control Illegal Logging, developed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), sponsored by the United State Agency for International Development (USAID).

November 17-20, 2003 in Kisarazu, Japan
International Expert Meeting on the Development and Implementation of National Codes of Practices for Forest Harvesting
[DOC, 38KB]

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Presentations, reports and contribution papers from the ITTO workshop on strengthening the AFP, Yogyakarta, August, 30 - September 1st, 2004.

Creating a framework for cooperation among customs agencies and other  relevant agencies in the Asia-Pacific region 
Dr. Nigel Sizer, Director Asia Pacific Forests Program, TNC  [PPT, 59KB]

Harmonization of existing initiatives to combat illegal logging in the region, including the Asia FLEGT, the Pan-ASEAN Timber Certification Initiative, ITTO etc. 
Mr. Hugh Speechly, Coordinator Forest Law Enforcement and  Governance Program,  DFID [PPT, 122KB]

Indonesian paper on illegal logging and its associated trade 
Mr. Banjar Yulianto Laban, Director of Forest Product Processing   and Marketing, MOF, Indonesia [PPT, 149KB]

Developing minimum standards of legality, timber tracking, chain of custody, and verification systems among Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) partners 
Dr. Takeshi Toma, Senior Scientist, CIFOR [PPT, 27KB]

Necessity of international cooperation to combat illegal logging in the Russian Federation
Dr. Vladimir Korotkov [DOC, 31KB]

Necessary actions to combat the illegal logging in Japan
Junichi Mishiba [DOC, 279KB]

Why Must there be a Credible Constituent Based Initiative in the Region?
Aditya Bayunanda, Indonesian Ecolabeling Institute - LEI [DOC, 26KB]

Japan original Forest Certification System
by T. Okazaki, Sustainable Green Ecosystem Council [DOC, 72KB]

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