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Meeting the challenges with SCP solutions – Protecting the forests by working through the supply chain Presented by: Wei Zhao Team Leader, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility UNEP / Wuppertal Institute collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production Meeting the challenges with SCP solutions – Protect the forests by improving the supply chain Climate change, deforestation and poverty Sustainable supply chain management – examples of SWITCH-Asia projects Policies to support the shift to sustainable practices 2 Content

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Meeting the challenges with SCP solutions –Protecting the forests by working through thesupply chain

Presented by:

Wei Zhao

Team Leader, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility

UNEP / Wuppertal Institute collaborating

Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production

Meeting the challenges with SCP solutions – Protect theforests by improving the supply chain

• Climate change, deforestation and poverty

• Sustainable supply chain management – examplesof SWITCH-Asia projects

• Policies to support the shift to sustainable practices

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“As the largest contributor to the region’s GHG emissions(75% in 2000), the land use change and forestry sectorholds the key to successful emissions reduction. This can beachieved by reducing emissions from deforestation anddegradation, encouraging afforestation and reforestation,and better forest management.”

ADB, The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia:A regional review

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The trade value offorest products inSoutheast Asia in2006 is 11,826,283thousand USdollars.

Source: WorldResource Institute

Deforestation trend in Borneo, Indonesia

Deforestation in Asia

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• Climate change, deforestation and poverty

• Sustainable supply chain management –examples of SWITCH-Asia projects

• Policies to support the shift to sustainable practices

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Life-cycle approach for sustainable development

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Sustainable SCP of forest-based products

• Sustainableharvest

• Emissionreduction

• Better products

• Reducingwastes

• Certificationschemes

• Product LCinformation

• Labels

• Sustainableuse

• Reuse

• Recycle ofmaterials

Logging

Preliminaryprocessing

Productmanufacturing

Trading

Retailing

Use

End of lifedisposal

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Influencingsuppliers

Global ForestTrade

Network

Engagingwood

manufacturers

Sustainable and Responsible Trade Promoted to WoodProcessing SMEs through Forest and Trade Networks inChina, India and Vietnam

The long term objective of this project isthat by 2020 sustainable consumptionand production in forest product marketsworldwide will be predominated by bestpractice, leading to conservation offorests and supporting truly sustainabledevelopment in the 3 targeted countries.

• Sustainableharvest

• Emissionreduction

• Better products

• Reducingwastes

• Certificationschemes

• Product LCinformation

• Labels

• Sustainableuse

• Reuse

• Recycle ofmaterials

Logging

Preliminaryprocessing

Productmanufacturing

Trading

Retailing

Use

End of lifedisposal

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Project facts

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Duration 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2011

Leading applicant/Implementationmanaging body

WWF Greater Mekong Programme

ImplementationPartners

Beijing Xiangfei Market Investigation Company, China, andVietnam Timber and Forest Production Association (VIFORES)

Action Locations ― China: Pizhou in Jiangsu Province, Jiashan in ZhejiangProvince, Linyi in Shandong Province and

Zhengding in Hebei Province

― India: Rajasthan, Kerala, and Uttar Pradesh Districts

― Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong province, Dong Naiprovince and Binh Dinh province

Sustainable and Responsible Trade Promoted to Wood Processing SMEsthrough Forest and Trade Networks in China, India and Vietnam

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Main actions

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Expected results

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1. By 2012, at least 45 wood processing SMEs in China, India andVietnam apply internationally accepted best practice which improvesthe environmental profile of their wood supply chain

2. By 2012, 600 wood processing SMEs demonstrate positivebehavioural change in adopting responsible practices for thepurchase of forest products

3. By 2012, raised awareness amongst the wider wood processingindustries in Vietnam, China and India of the long term marketsustainability of their wood supply chain

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Establishing a Sustainable Production System for RattanProducts in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

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• Sustainableharvest

• Emissionreduction

• Better products

• Reducingwastes

• Certificationschemes

• Product LCinformation

• Labels

• Sustainableuse

• Reuse

• Recycle ofmaterials

Logging

Preliminaryprocessing

Productmanufacturing

Trading

Retailing

Use

End of lifedisposal

RattanProcessors

Tradecompanies

Retailers

CertificationSupport

Improvingproductdesign

Project facts

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Duration 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2011

Leading applicant/Implementationmanaging body

WWF Greater Mekong Programme

ImplementationPartners

Vietnam National Cleaner Production Centre/INEST, Artisans’Association of Cambodia, Lao National Chamber of Commerceand Industry

Action Locations ― Cambodia: Koh Kong, Kampong Cham and Kampong Thom provinces

― Laos: Bolikhamxay, Vientiane and Sekong provinces

― Vietnam: Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces

Establishing a Sustainable Production System for Rattan Products inCambodia, Laos and Vietnam

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Main Actions

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Expected results

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• Rattan supply chains, including trans-boundary links, areinstitutionalized and organized in a more efficient way.

• 300 small and medium sized enterprises are familiar with cleanerproduction of which at least 120 introduce concrete measures.

• At least 35 small and medium sized enterprises have a credibly certifiedchain-of-custody in place.

• At lease 25 of the processing enterprises to have started to exportcredibly certified rattan products.

• Legislations are amended and enforcement strengthened to bettersupport optimized supply chains and sustainable production.

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Content

• Climate change, deforestation and poverty

• Sustainable supply chain management – examplesof SWITCH-Asia projects

• Policies to support the shift to sustainablepractices

Policy instruments

Soft

Har

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SupportReward / Penalise Motivate

Government strategy

Det

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Norms andStandards

LiabilityLaw

GreenProcurement

Eco-Labelling

CertificateTrading

LearningNetworks

InformationCentres

Research andDevelopment

Tributes,Dues and Fees

Voluntaryapproaches

SustainabilityReporting

ConsumerAdvisory System

Technology Cooperationand Promotion

Education and Trainingfor Eco-Efficiency

EnvironmentalTaxes and Charges

Subsidies

Finance

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Some policy actions needed for these projects to havelasting results

• Better enforcement of forest protection regulation to stop illegallogging;

• Education and training support to SMEs on sustainable productionpractices;

• Promote and endorse sustainable product certification schemes, orlabels;

• Walk the talk – public procurement to screen suppliers and productsbased on sustainability criteria;

• …….

• Total size of funding is 90 MEUR.

• 2007 Funding

More than 300 applications – 23 MEUR of fundingfor 15 grant projects in China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka,India, Nepal, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan.

• 2008 Funding

Call for Proposals launched in November 2008 –more than 300 applications – 55 have been invitedto submit full applications – Evaluation completed –Autumn 2009 projects will start.

• 2010 Funding

Call for Proposals to be launched in second half of2010.

Programme funding Programme components

• Grant Projects

Partnerships of organisations from EU and Asiaworking to help large numbers of SMEs and/orconsumers to practise sustainable production andconsumption.

• SWITCH Networking Facility

to collect results and experiences from SWITCHprojects and make them available in variousformats to a range of audiences.

• SWITCH Policy Support Component

to provide technical assistance to governments thatare implementing policies on sustainableconsumption and production.

SWITCH-Asia - EuropeAid programme

Advancing sustainable consumption and production in Asia

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For more information, visit www.switch-asia.euOr contacts Network Facility

Team Leader:

Mrs. Wei [email protected]

SCP and Communication ExpertMs. Burcu [email protected]

UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)Hagenauer Str. 30 . 42107 Wuppertal . GermanyTel: + 49 - 202 . 45 95 8 - 10Fax: + 49 - 202 . 45 95 8 - 31

Thank you for your attention!