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International Trade Impact on Tropical Forests: Trends, Positive and Negative Impacts

This article discusses the trends in international tropical timber trade and the positive and negative impacts it has on tropical forests. It also highlights ITTO's response, objectives, and trade-related work.

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International Trade Impact on Tropical Forests: Trends, Positive and Negative Impacts

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  1. Tropical Forests: International Trade “Selling (exporting) and buying (importing) of tropical timber among countries at agreed prices”

  2. Trends in International Tropical Timber Trade Exports (US$ billion)

  3. Trends in International Tropical Timber Trade Imports (US$ billion)

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. ITTOTRADE 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

  8. ITTOTRADE 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

  9. PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO ITTO TRADE RELATED WORK

  10. Thank You for your kind attention

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