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What’s wrong with FLEG?. Capital Letters. EA FLEG. Generally agree with assessment of background paper, would add: Political aspect has swamped technical; Regional/International has overwhelmed attention to national local;
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EA FLEG • Generally agree with assessment of background paper, would add: • Political aspect has swamped technical; • Regional/International has overwhelmed attention to national local; • Diplomatic (second Ministerial meeting planning and “membership”) has distracted from substance
Different roles for different players: National Forestry Agencies
Different roles for different players: Regional/International Criminal Justice Regime
Different roles for different players: Importing Country Governments and Industry
Different roles for different players: Donor Governments and International Agencies
Enforcement Regimes • Prevention (Deterrence) • Sustainable Forest Management • Forest Security/Timber Theft Prevention Planning • Detection • Surveillance/Independent Monitoring • Case Tracking • Log tracking/chain of custody • Suppression • Investigative and incident response capacities • Prosecutorial capacities
Priorities • Locate issues within the Sustainable Forest Management agenda • Professionalize treatment of the issues– need for criminological, legal, trade administration expertise • Re-Balance attention across national and international levels • Integrate with international criminal justice regime– Transnational Crime, Corruption Conventions, FATF
Ignore the Capital Letters • Get away from preoccupation with labels and names of forum