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“Selling (exporting) and buying (importing)
of tropical timber
among countries at agreed prices”
Tropical Forests: International Trade
Trends in International Tropical Timber TradeExports (US$ billion)
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Primary WoodProducts
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Trends in International Tropical Timber TradeImports (US$ billion)
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Primary Woodproducts
SPWP fromITTOProducers
SPWP fromTropical NonITTO members
Total SPWPfrom Tropicalcountries
POSITIVE IMPACT OF TRADE ON TROPICAL FORESTS
• Generate value, foreign exchange and export earnings• Create employment opportunities• Contribute to economic, national and sustainable
development• Alleviate poverty, improve livelihoods• Retain forests from conversion• Self-help and reliance
• Trade liberalization, promotion, diversification, facilitation
• Improve market access• Reduce/eliminate tariffs/non-tariff barriers• Enhance competitiveness
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF TRADE ON TROPICAL FORESTS
• Unsustainable and over exploitation of forests• Illegal logging and trade• Resource depletion• Forest and biodiversity degradation and loss• Environment damage and destruction• Community displacement and poverty
• Blanket ban and boycott on imports and use of tropical timber
• Ban on imports of illegal timber• US Amended Lacey Act• EU Timber Regulation• Timber certification• Verification of legality, CoC• CITES listings and permits
ITTO’s RESPONSE
OVER-ARCHING OBJECTIVES• Promote expansion, diversification of international trade in
tropical timber from sustainably managed, legally harvested forests
• Promote sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests
by• Providing forum to promote non-discriminatory timber trade• Enhancing capacity of members achieving exports of tropical timber
from sustainably managed sources (ITTO Objective 2000)• Promoting understanding of structural conditions in international
market• Improving market intelligence and transparency• Improving market and distribution of tropical timber from legally
harvested sources and legally traded• Addressing illegal logging and related trade in tropical timber• Improving information sharing, better understanding of voluntary
mechanisms, certification
ITTO TRADE RELATED WORK
POLICY WORK
• Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation
• Market Information Service (MIS)• ITTO Annual Market Discussion• ITTO-FAO Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in
the Forest Sector• Compendium of technologies for monitoring illegal logging
and trade• Information and database enhancement• Studies
market reviews, outlooks, forecasts Competitiveness Market access Certification Procurement policies Impact of global financial and economic crises
ITTO TRADE RELATED WORK
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
• Statistical Training Workshops• National Forest Statistical Systems• Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade• Certification• Innovative Timber Tracing Systems• Private Sector- Civil Society Partnerships• Web-based Information System• CITES NDF and capacity building
PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO ITTO TRADE RELATED WORK
TFLET TMT ITTO-CITES PROGRAMME
General Objective
Improve national forest law enforcement and governance to enhance and diversify trade in legal and sustainable timber and alleviate poverty
Promote trade in tropical timber and timber products and improve market transparency
To ensure international trade in CITES-listed timber species is consistent with their sustainable management and conservation
Planned Budget
US$ 15 million US$ 5 million US$ 5 million
Funding Pledged
US$ 6.5 million US$ 1.2 million US$ 4.4 million
Activities 4 1 25
Projects, Pre-projects
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