Tuukka CastrénWorld Bank

Chisinau/July 13 - 14, 2010

ENPI FLEG RegionalConference

StructureWhy forests are special governance

challengeAddressing governanceENA FLEG ProcessWhat has happened after St. Petersburg

What do thieves want?

Owner absent

Owner/Manager unaware of inventory and value

Potential witnesses indifferent or hostile to owner

Police untrained, under equipped, uninterested

Easy to bribe way out of trouble

Staff untrained and underpaid

Asset unsupervised/unguarded

Lax business practices/procedures

Loot easy to sell

Winner is…

World’s Forests

Owner absent

Owner/Manager unaware of inventory and value

Potential witnesses indifferent or hostile to owner

Police untrained, under equipped, uninterested

Easy to bribe way out of trouble

Staff untrained and underpaid

Asset unsupervised/unguarded

Lax business practices/procedures

Loot easy to sell

Global trade in primary wood products is about US$ 186 billion/yr and the total trade in all wood products is several multiple higher.

20% of global carbon emissions come from deforestation and degradation

Forests Matter

Over 400 million people dependon forests for income, food, energy,medicines and shelter.

Components of Forest Law Enforcement

Prevention

Good governance

Theft Prevention

Legitimacy

DetectionSuppression

Compliance

Declaration: key themesNational - 11 principles oncommitment to improve fleg and forest

legislationstrengthening institutions, human capacity,

cooperation and anti-corruption actions engaging with stakeholders and

recognizing rights and knowledge of forest-dependent and indigenous people

exchanging and disseminating information and promoting implementation and analytical work

Declaration: key themesInternational - 11 principles onstrengthening cooperation on and

information sharing fleg and trade (incl. wildlife, CITES)

monitoring, assessment, reporting of progress on FLEG and promoting transboundary collaboration

promoting partnerships with private sector and civil society

enhancing awareness raising

Declaration: key themesImplementation - 7 principles on endorsing indicative list of action as the

framework for implementationinternational organizations (particularly

World Bank), institutions, processes to support implementation

follow-up structures

Indicative actionsNational Actions:Policy frameworksLegislation systemsInstitutions and capacity buildingSustainable forest managementRural development, livelihoods and poverty

alleviation

International Action:Forest related policiesTrade and customsResearchCollaborative implementation of actions

Follow-up

ENA-FLEG Ministerial Conference (44 countries and European Commission) – St. Petersburg, November 2005

FLEG Implementation Workshop – Antalya, May 2006Guidelines for National Action Plan Implementation

5th MCPFE Conference – Warsaw, Nov. 2007Work Program for 2008-2010

FLEG Expert Meeting – Bucharest, Oct. 2008Review of FLEG and FLEGT Status and Lessons

Program on Improving Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the ENP East Countries and Russia (2008-2011)

Changes in Global ContextForest governance recognized as key

ingredientConsumer country legislation

Timber regulation (EU)Amended Lacey act (US)other countries (JPN, Australia)whole supply chain

Climate change: Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDDplus)

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