ZANZIBAR DECLARATION ON ILLEGALTRADE IN TIMBER AND OTHER FOREST

PRODUCTS:

Miza Khamis23rd October 2017

PEMBA-MOZAMBIQUE

Outline

1. The challenges related to trade in timber in Eastern Africa

2. The early efforts to address illegality in timber trade (2011-2015)

1. Inter-regional efforts: 2015 to date

2. Remaining priority areas

Inter-regional/continental trade in timber

TRAFFIC, USAID

Source: WWF/TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC, USAID

Madagascar lost 580,460,000 USD equaling 40,050 Tons of logs (or 150,000 ha of forest) between 2009-2015 alone

• Moz-Tz MoU signed in 2011

• Ke-Tz MoU signed in 2013

• Moz/Tz and Ke/Tz MoU operational – action plans, funding commitments

• Evidence of reduced illegal trade in Tanzania (Tz/Moz and Tz/Ke) – include set of monitoring frameworks e.g. court cases in Soutehrn Tanzania for illegal timber from Moz

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What has been done (2011-2015) and successes

• Increasing inter-regional illegal timber trade between Eastern Africa countries and beyond signals the need to re-look at bilateral and regional agreements.

• Linked to the before, while it is important to support bilateral relations and agreements between Eastern Africa forest agencies, the challenge remains implementation of the same.

• The increasing role of China in Eastern Africa economies continues to emphasize the need to further strengthen relations between China and Eastern countries (in particular Mozambique and Madagascar)

• Addressing the challenges related to illegal timber trade requires going beyond the traditional partners, the forest agencies, to working with customs and partners such as Interpol.

Challenges: Lessons from 2011- early 2015

Zanzibar declaration is the special agreements between the national forest agency from Eastern and southern Africa, represented by Republican of Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Mozambique, and United Republic of Tanzania.

Born in Zanzibar from 29 June to 1 July 2015.

ZANZIBAR DECLARATION“In a nutshell”

It broadens the forum - strong regional collaboration across EAC and SADC,

It takes into account the increase of illegal trade in timber as a result of imbalance between domestic supply and demand in countries between the region,

Build synergies with existing bilateral agreements, and

It recognizes the need to build synergies on mechanism to curb illegal trade in timber between members states of EAC and SADC

Enforcement tools

Information sharing

The bloc agreement should be anti-illegal logging and forest product trade (not just timber)

Harmonization of customs procedures , import and export regulations of each country are framed in such a way that they can respond to the ever-changing modus

Capacity building and experience sharing

Proposed areas of cooperation

2. What has been done so far between early 2015 to date?

Nov 19, 2017 / 13

Agreed regional action to tackle illegal trade in timber - Zanzibar Declaration of Illegal Trade in Timber and other forest products by national forest agencies of Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Madagascar

•expands the focus to five countries

•With endorsement by EAC and SADC council of ministers on environment

•National-level action plans – developed in ZnZ in 2017

Zanzibar Declaration

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Zanzibar Department of Forestry and Non-Renewable Resources (ZDFNR) and Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS) signed an MoU to collaborate to reduce illegal trade in timber and other forest products

•An outcome of the 3rd East Africa Timber Trade Forum held in Zanzibar (2015)

•Further position Zanzibar to engage in regional dialogue to improve forest governance

•Open for new partnerships – TFS, WWF, TRAFFIC etc.

Domesticating the Zanzibar Declaration

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Tanzania and Mozambique forest authorities signed bilateral action plan in Maputo to

• Translate legal import, export and transit documents

• Hold joint trainings on forest procedures and guidelines

• Learn from Tz on institutional transformation of the forest authority

November 19, 2017 - 17

Improved collaboration with Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

Coastal East Africa Network Initiative

Launching of the Steering Committee under Zanzibar Declaration

Chaired by Kenya Forest Service•Agreed on number of regional actions including fundraising, CITES implementation•Regional position on on repatriation issues under CITES (Costs related to court cases and storage)•Indication to initiate discussion with importing countries in Asia

• Further engage with SADC to operationalize Regional Forest Protocol through Forest Directors and ministers responsible for environment

• Support and promote cooperation between customs agencies for information and intelligence sharing to monitor and control export and import of illegal timber

• Facilitate national forest agencies to promote regional forest governance and response to illegal trade in timber – EAC/SADC, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and Uganda

Priority areas under Zanzibar Declaration?

• Improve CITES legislations and role of forest in international fora

• Going beyond timber – e.g. sandalwood

• Timber identification methodologies for evidence and tracking e.g. Isotope and DNA (tried in Kenya)

• Capacity building

Priority areas under Zanzibar Declaration?

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Partners: KFS (Kenya), DINAF (Moz), AQUA (Moz), FSSD (Uganda), NFA (Uganda), DFNR (Tanzania), DGF(Madagascar), SADC, EAC, TFS, FBD (Tanzania), WWF and TRAFFIC

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