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Publication marks ITTO ’s 25th anniversary – and International Year of Forests

25 years of policy and practice. Publication marks ITTO ’s 25th anniversary – and International Year of Forests. Presents 25 success stories – projects and activities. 25 years of policy and practice. Not the full extent of ITTO’s success or necessarily its most successful endeavours.

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Publication marks ITTO ’s 25th anniversary – and International Year of Forests

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  1. 25 years of policy and practice • Publication marks ITTO ’s 25th anniversary – and International Year of Forests • Presents 25 success stories – projects and activities

  2. 25 years of policy and practice • Not the full extent of ITTO’s success or necessarily its most successful endeavours • Intended to illustrate, through case studies, the Organization’s 25-year story and to show impact at local to global scale • Draws on ex-post evaluations and stakeholder testimony for evidence of success

  3. ITTO: influential out of all proportion to its size • Developed international norms now reflected in national policies and practices • Brought transparency to timber trade • A leading advocate of SFM • Encouraged community development and reforms in governance and forest law enforcement

  4. ITTO: influential out of all proportion to its size • Provided constructive environment in which countries discuss issues and resolve differences amicably • Flexible funding model stimulates wide range of partnerships and capacity-building and encourages local ownership of outcomes

  5. ITTO: influential out of all proportion to its size • Striking how so much has been achieved at relatively low cost • Many projects that cost much less than US$1 million have had far-reaching effects well beyond immediate area of influence

  6. Example 1: Criteria and indicators • When ITTO came into being in 1986 there were virtually no international policies on forest management • C&I arguably ITTO’s most important pioneering work

  7. Example 1: Criteria and indicators (cont’d) • C&I now used worldwide • ITTO has trained well over 1000 key tropical-forest decision-makers and stakeholders in their use

  8. Example 1: Criteria and indicators (cont’d) • C&I used in ITTO’s global assessment of status of tropical forest management • 2010 assessment showed increase in area under sustainable management and improvement in quality of reporting

  9. Example 1: Criteria and indicators (cont’d) “C&I are perhaps the greatest innovation to emerge in the context of the paradigm shift from sustained-yield forestry to managing forests as ecosystems for multiple economic, social and environmental benefits ... Inspired by ITTO’s early leadership, the impact of C&I has been far-reaching.” Stephanie Caswell, former US State Department official and key player in ITTO and Montreal C&I processes

  10. Example 2: Condor, Ecuador-Peru • ITTO has had considerable success in promoting transboundary reconciliation and conservation • The TBCA between Ecuador and Peru has helped to foster peace over a disputed region, empowered and reunited communities, and improved conservation outcomes

  11. Example 2: Condor, Ecuador-Peru (cont’d) • In Ecuador: • New protected areas created (31 000 ha) • 47 Shuar communities merged collective lands into single territory (200 000 ha), which they now govern for conservation and sustainable use • Fund created in exchange for conservation, helping to finance development processes

  12. Example 2: Condor, Ecuador-Peru (cont’d) • In Peru: • national park (88 500 ha) created • Wampis communities gained legal control over their lands (100 000 ha)

  13. Example 2: Condor, Ecuador-Peru (cont’d) • Overall: • Indicators (e.g. on community health) improving • Decreased deforestation, and hunting/fishing more sustainable • Cross-border communities reunited

  14. Example 2: Condor, Ecuador-Peru (cont’d) “Three years after project completion, the Shuar Arutam people are maintaining the governance model established during the project [and pursuing] the sound management and use of the tropical forest resources in the greater part of the 47 communities involved.” Santiago Kingman, Fundación Natura

  15. Example 2: Condor, Ecuador-Peru (cont’d) “There is no doubt that what the projects did ... was correct; now, even if international support ceases, we are going to maintain our objectives. Young people are now involved in this government. They listen eagerly to the experience of the founders, who are watching constantly the direction of their territory, its forests and its people.” Bosco Santiak, Shuar leader

  16. Example 3: Antimary Forest, Brazil • Long-running ITTO project in former rubber estate • Supported Government of Acre’s sustainable forest development model and local rubber-tapper communities

  17. Example 3: Antimary Forest, Brazil (cont’d) • Project helped: • Resolve land-tenure issues • Improve social services and infrastructure • Introduce industrial techniques for value-adding to NTFPs • Implement SFM, including for timber

  18. Example 3: Antimary Forest, Brazil (cont’d) “The Antimary State Forest project shows that it is possible to put into place, in a remote forest, a sustainable forest management regime. ... The Antimary project is a wonderful example of how a project that has been well-conceived and funded by ITTO can be turned into broader public policy, because it has happened in Acre state.” Senator Jorge Viana, former governor of Acre

  19. Example 4: CITES-listed species ITTO and CITES Secretariat commenced joint activity in 2007 to ensure that international trade in CITES-listed tropical timber species consistent with their sustainable management and conservation

  20. Example 4: CITES-listed species • Joint activity between ITTO and CITES Secretariat commenced in 2007 to assisting countries to meet requirements for managing and regulating trade in Pericopsis elata (afrormosia), Swietenia macrophylla (bigleaf mahogany), and Gonystylus species (ramin)

  21. Example 4: CITES-listed species (cont’d) • Program has helped: • Range states to carry out non-detriment findings and establish export quotas • Build capacity for wood ID, timber-tracking and conversion factors • Facilitate recommencement of trade in afromosia and Prunus africanus following trade suspensions

  22. Example 4: CITES-listed species (cont’d) “The ITTO–CITES program is a leading example of highly effective … cooperation between an organization with an implementation mandate and a convention secretariat. As a direct result of this close cooperation, we have strengthened capacity in eight of the main exporting countries of timber products to more effectively implement CITES.” John Scanlon, Secretary General, CITES Secretariat

  23. Example 5: Information in Philippines A series of three ITTO projects have greatly improved the quality of information in the Philippines forest sector

  24. Example 5: Information in Philippines (cont’d) • One project developed a forest information system (FIS) designed to improve the collection, organization and analysis of forestry data • A second identified bottlenecks in the flow of timber from source to end-user • A third expanded the FIS nation-wide

  25. Example 5: Information in Philippines (cont’d) “A fully operational FIS is now in place nationally, and the quality of data has improved considerably.” Ex-post evaluation “The FIS is a big help to our forestry planning and has supported us in pursuing some of our forestry legislative reform agenda.” Neria A. Andin, Director, Forest Management Bureau, DENR “The FIS-GIS [is] providing a more trustworthy data reference for better decision-making in the forestry sector and is currently being updated and built up.” Joselin Marcus E. Fragada, Regional Executive Director, DENR—Bicol Region

  26. Example 6: Fellowships • The ITTO Fellowship Programme has awarded about US $6.6 million to more than 1100 people from diverse backgrounds

  27. Example 6: Fellowships (cont’d) A 2010 survey of fellows found that: • All fellowships conducted with clear objectives aligned with ITTO’s priorities • Fellows have continued to promote SFM after completing their fellowships

  28. Example 6: Fellowships (cont’d) A 2010 survey of fellows found that: • More than 80% of returning fellows increased productivity and performance, developed new programs or innovations, and applied their new knowledge and skills to influence national policies

  29. Example 6: Fellowships (cont’d) “The ITTO fellowship gave me a chance to pursue the career that I passionately love.” Myralyn Abasolo, Philippines “My ITTO fellowship is having longer-term impacts on my professional career. I am spending more time teaching at university and sharing international perspectives on conservation. I have also assumed a substantial role in a conservation research network.” Dr Mochamad Indrawan, Indonesia “My PhD program might have been difficult to complete without the fellowship.” Stephen Tekpetey, Ghana

  30. Example 7: Lanjak-Entimau Long-running project has: • Promoted the conservation of 4000 orangutan • Increased knowledge of region’s biodiversity • Introduced alternative livelihood strategies to local communities, reducing dependence on sanctuary resources

  31. Example 7: Lanjak-Entimau (cont’d) Increasingly, members of local communities volunteering as rangers, which has: • Increased management of protected area • Improved law enforcement • Reduced pressure on biodiversity

  32. Example 7: Lanjak-Entimau (cont’d) Stemming from work carried out under the project, a new unit has been created within Sarawak Forest Department to ensure sustainability of initiatives such as the Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary

  33. Example 7: Lanjak-Entimau (cont’d) “Thank you for making an improvement to our livelihood. It is now easier to earn a living. There is no more need for us to go into the rivers to fish during the Gawai (harvest) festivals. The fish in the rivers have also recovered.” Anthony Bau, longhouse headman “Our family is learning to become more enterprising, and we have been earning additional income from the fruits we have planted.” Gerasi ak. Kapi, longhouse headman

  34. Example 7: Lanjak-Entimau (cont’d) “Working with the local communities of the Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary has taught us that the local communities need not be a hindrance to biodiversity conservation. Indeed, the local people are in a better position to help the government to protect the forest and its resources because they are on the ground. This is one of the most important lessons that we have learnt from Lanjak-Entimau.” YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud, Sarawak Chief Minister

  35. Example 8: Wildlife in concessions (cont’d) ITTO project in a concession in northern Congo facilitated a partnership between private sector, conservation NGO and government to: • Work with communities to reduce local dependence on bush meat • Helped villagers organize to manage hunting grounds

  36. Example 8: Wildlife in concessions (cont’d) • Monitor biodiversity in the concession • Ensure fauna conservation in concession

  37. Example 8: Wildlife in concessions (cont’d) The success of the model has led to its adoption in other forest concessions. “This initiative is the first effective example of the integration of fauna conservation and management in forest concessions in Central Africa.” Ex-post evaluation

  38. Hard copies of 25 success stories will be available at the 47th session of the International Tropical Timber Council in November [and will be available on request to participants at today’s event]

  39. Thank you! Photo acknowledgements Juergen Blaser, Forest Management Bureau, Ruben Guevara, ITTO fellows, Steve Johnson, Nicholas Kingman, Hwan Ok Ma, Eva Mueller, WWF Indonesia

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