Combating Illegal Logging in Indonesia

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Combating Illegal Logging in Indonesia BY LISTYA KUSUMAWARDHANI (DIRECTOR OF FOREST PRODUCT LEVIES AND DISTRIBUTION, MOF OF INDONESIA) INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LEGALITY VERIFIED WOOD 2010 TOKYO, 10-11 DECEMBER 2010

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Combating Illegal Logging in Indonesia

BY LISTYA KUSUMAWARDHANI

(DIRECTOR OF FOREST PRODUCT LEVIES AND DISTRIBUTION, MOF OF INDONESIA)

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LEGALITY VERIFIED WOOD 2010TOKYO, 10-11 DECEMBER 2010

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Outline

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Recent  trend of illegal logging

Framework to curb illegal logging

Laws and regulation amendment

Capacity building

Prosecute forest related crimes

Promote legal timber trade

Other efforts

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Recent  trend of illegal logging

• Decrease up to 75% in the last decades (DR Rachmat Witoelar, 2010, based on the report from the Chatham House).

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Fig. Raw Material for Industries Trend                          Fig. Raw Material for Industries Trend                          (capacity  up to 6.000m3/years)(capacity  up to 6.000m3/years)

Source of Raw Materials:► HA : Natural Forest (HPH & IPK / ILS )► HT : Plantation Forest (HTI, HTR, Kebun & PERHUTANI )

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

30

25

20

15

10

5

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Raw Material

Th

± 20.50 Mm3 (56.35 %)

± 11.26 Mm3 (30.03 %)

± 7.18 Mm3

(19.94 %)

± 7.40 M m33 (20.45 %)

± 24.50 Mm3 (67.90 %)

± 24.67 Mm3 (68.53 %)± 23.46 M

m3 (62.58 %)

± 11.47 Mm3 (31.53 %)

Plan-tation

Natural

± 28.82 M m3 (77.10 %)

± 5.54 M m3

(14.83 %)

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Framework to curb illegal logging

Issue a presidential instruction to curb illegal logging  (Presidential Decree  No. 4/2005)Appoint a presidential envoy to coordinate and monitor actions undertaken to curb illegal loggingEstablish a system for forest crime case tracking in order to monitor reported crimes, crime investigation and court proceedings

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Laws and regulation amendment

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Capacity building

Training (Custom, Prosecutors, Police, Forestry Officials, etc)

Establish Rapid Response Forest Police Unit at central level 

Establish National Task Force on Combating Illegal Logging at central, provincial and district level

Supported by various NGOs in curbing illegal logging

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Prosecute forest related crimes

Forest related crimes : forest harvesting, processing and transportation 

Sanctions for harvesting and processing crimes (Law No. 41/99, Gov.Reg. 6/2007 jo Gov. Reg. 3/2008):

• Imprisonment up to 10 years and fines  up to IDR 5 Billion

• Administrative sanctions  

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Promote legal timber trade‐1

Develop implement bilateral agreement with key timber trading countries to enhance law enforcement corporation, ie. :a. Indonesia and Japanb. Indonesia and Netherlandsc.  Indonesia and Finlandd.  Indonesia and UKe.  Indonesia and Australiaf.  Indonesia and Republic of Chinag.  Indonesia and the USAh.  Indonesia and Korea  

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Promote legal timber trade‐2

Develop multilateral agreement to control the trade in illegal timber, 

a. Propose resolution to criminalized logging activities to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on the UNODC  In the 15th session last year. In the 16th revised, the revised proposal was accepted by the commission.  

b. ASIA FLEG process approach.  It focuses on law  enforcement  and  the  strengthening  of governance structure.

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Promote legal timber trade‐3

a. SFM  for  Indonesian  Natural  Forest Concessionaires,  Plantation  Forest      to produce  sustainable  harvested  timber  (There have been about 13 M Ha   natural forest  has  been  certified  by  mandatory scheme;  about  1,2 M  Ha  certified  by  LEI, voluntary scheme) 

b. Development of Timber Legality Assurance System  (TLAS)

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Promote legal timber trade‐4

a. Indonesian Government  encourages some buyers to  pay higher price for products from  companies that hold Indonesia TLAS Certificates.

b. Incentive to certified companies: self approval of annual cutting plan (RKT) and Self endorsement for export purposes.

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Other efforts

a. Allowing community to access state forest (HTR, HKm, Hutan Desa)

b. Good price of fast growing species from private forest managed by community

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Thank YouDomo Arigato Gozaimashitaどうも有り難うございました