Tropical Forests:
International Trade
“Selling (exporting) and buying (importing)
of tropical timber
among countries at agreed prices”
Trends in International Tropical Timber Trade
Exports (US$ billion)
14
12
10
Primary Wood
Products
8
SPWP
6
4
2
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
1999
1997
1995
0
Trends in International Tropical Timber Trade
Imports (US$ billion)
16
14
Primary Wood
products
12
10
SPWP from
ITTO
Producers
8
6
SPWP from
Tropical Non
ITTO members
4
2
09
20
07
20
05
20
03
20
01
20
99
19
97
19
19
95
0
Total SPWP
from Tropical
countries
POSITIVE IMPACT OF TRADE ON TROPICAL FORESTS
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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
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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
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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
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ITTO’s RESPONSE
OVER-ARCHING OBJECTIVES
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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
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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
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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
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
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General
Objective
Activities
Projects,
Pre-projects
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