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CONCEPT OF NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ASSOCIATED TRADE

CONCEPT OF NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ASSOCIATED TRADE. Federal Forestry Agency of RF. March ,2006. Rationale and Background Materials for the Development of National Action Plan. Substantiation :

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CONCEPT OF NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ASSOCIATED TRADE

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  1. CONCEPT OF NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ASSOCIATED TRADE Federal Forestry Agency of RF March,2006

  2. Rationale and Background Materials for the Developmentof National Action Plan • Substantiation: • Instruction of the Russian Government dated 26.01.06 No. АЖ-П9-233; • Saint-Petersburg Declaration of Ministerial Conference ENA-FLEG, November 2005; • Order of Rosleskhoz dated 14.12.2005 No.333 «On Development of National Action Program of the Russian Federationto Improve Forest Law Enforcement and Governance» • Background Materials: • Interagency Action Plan for Combating Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (2002); • Decisions of a Joint Meeting involving the Federal Forestry Agency, Ministry of the Interior (MVD), Federal Tax Service (FTS), Ministry of Economic Development and Trade(MEDT) (Khabarovsk, 6 September 2005); • Materials of ENA-FLEG Ministerial Process (November, 2005); • Materials of international conferences on illegal logging and associated trade (Geneva, 16-17 September and 5 October 2004).

  3. “Illegal logging” Failure to complywith logging licenses (beyond logging site, logging trees that are banned for cutting, etc.) Lack of permitting documents Definition of “Illegal logging”

  4. Major Causes of Illegal Logging • Sustainable internal and external demand • High profits generated by illegal logging • Jobless population in forested areas • Low incomes of population Socio-economic • Inadequate forest, penal, administrative, and customs legislation • Lack of effective enforcement practice Legal • Inadequate assessment of forest resources • Poor control over the use of forest resources • Poor tracking of wood movement from the logging site to the consumer • Lack of interagency cooperationto prevent illegal logging and associated trade Intersectoral and sectoral

  5. According to International Experts Russia’s Illegal Logging Amounts to 10-15 % 10-15% Canada <3% <1% 3-5% Russia* Europe USA Japan 30-70% >20% Brazil Central and Western Africa * % of total logging Source: World Resource Institute ( WRI), 2004

  6. Illegal Logging Estimates Based on the “Harvesting-Consumption”Balance mil.m3 204 +19 185 114 53 132 90 • Domestic consumption • Final cutting • Intermediate cut • Exports • Consumption Estimates • Logging volumes Source: Rosleskhoz, NIPIEIlesprom, 2006

  7. Identified Volume of Illegal Logging Amounts to Some 10 % of Estimates • Estimates 19 mil. m3 • 66% - beyond logging site • 34% - lack of permitting documents • Identified Volume 2 mil.m3 • Remote sensing (7 subjects) • 1.16 mil.m3 • (additional identification) + • State Statistical Reporting • 0.89 mil.m3 Source: Rosleskhoz, 2005

  8. General Prosecutor’s Office MNR Assessment of forest resources, management and compliance monitoring Enforcement control, supervision over law enforcement agencies Subjects of RF Ministry of Interior Transportation of wood Logging Regional forest governance Logging licensing Economic security Wood processing Trade Federal Security Service Rosstat Statistical observation in the forest sector Managing development of forestry Industries Economic regulation in the forest sector Ministry of Industry & Energy MEDT Major Zones of Responsibility of Federal and Regional Authorities in the Russian Federation: Macro Level

  9. Major Zones of Responsibility of Federal and Regional Authorities in the Russian Federation: Local Level • Ministry of interior • Subjects of RF • Rostransnadzor • Rosprirodnadzor • Rosprirodnadzor • Rosleskhoz • Subjects of RF Logging Transportation • Rosleskhoz • Subjects of RF Logging licensing Wood processing Trade • Ministry of Interior • Federal Security Service • Federal Customs Service • Ministry of Interior • Federal Tax Service

  10. Building Blocks of National Action Planfor Preventing Illegal Logging and Associated Trade Improving legislation of the Russian Federation Block 1 Block 2 Improving the state governance system Block 3 Improving forest management Block 4 Developing socio-economic mechanisms Block 5 International cooperation

  11. IMPROVING LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Improving the current forest-related legislation of the Russian Federationand harmonizing it with national and international requirements Forest legislation; Customs legislation; Tax legislation; Penal legislation; Administrative legislation. Block 1 Improving regulatory technical and methodological framework in forestry and forest management

  12. Improving the State Governance System Establishing a mechanism of interagency cooperation and coordination between governmental bodies Organizing conservation of forest resources and state control over their use (Rosprirodnadzor) Monitoring the use of forest resources (Rosleskhoz) Federal level Improving the system of control and economic security compliancewhen logging, transporting, selling and processing forest products (MVD, FTS, FNS, FSB, Rostransnadzor) Block 2 Strengthening control and supervision over law enforcement agencies (General Prosecutor’s Office of RF) Organizing and coordinating activities for combating illegal logging and associated trade (Subjects of RF) Regional level Establishing a single interagency information systemconcerning record keeping, use of and trade in forest resources and products, price and tax monitoring, statistics of illegal activities

  13. IMPROVING FOREST MANAGEMENT Improving the system of forest resources inventory and logging licensing Improving the system of long-term forest area lease Block 3 Developing the federal system of remote sensing monitoring in forestry Facilitating the national system of forest certification Intensifying advocacy of forest conservancy

  14. Developing Socio-economic Mechanisms Overall Objectives Building the image of good business practices in forestry and establishing supporting mechanisms 1. 2. Involving civil society in forest management, enhancing environmental awareness of public at large Building up the market share of legal forest products 3. Block 4 Tool Preparing the Federal Targeted Program“Developing Value-Added Wood Processing Capacities and Bringing New Forested Areas into Exploitation up to 2015” Establishing processing capacities in the regions that are exposed to a substantial amount of illegal logging Establishing vertically integrated structures inthe forestry sector Increasing access to forest resources by expanding road infrastructure Developing new market segments in the area of alternative energy sources and wood-based house-building

  15. International Cooperation Cooperating within the International Working Group to develop a general understanding of the concepts, definitions and terms associated with the FLEG process Establishing a uniform system of forest materials record-keeping and measuring Establishing the information exchange system concerning advanced technologies of accounting of and control over forest trade Block 5 Developing and implementing agreements on the exchange of electronic information concerning the movement and customs clearance of forest products Developing cooperation within the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and other multilateral initiatives Developing cooperation with countries in the implementation of national strategies within ENA-FLEG process Participating in the Ministerial Meetings within the ENA-FLEG process

  16. Institutional Support to the Implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) Assigning responsibility for the implementation of the Saint-Petersburg Declaration and National Plan to a federal authority Establishing the NAP National Supervisory Council Developing regional and agency plans Developing criteria and indicators for an independent assessment of the National Plan performance

  17. Expected Results • Covering 100% of the area of commercially exploited forests with the system of remote sensing • Increasing the share of the identified illegal logging from 10% to 50% of the estimates • Ensuring a 2-fold improvement in the accuracy of the cutting area assessment • Reducing illegal logging by 20-30% within the first two years • Increasing payments to the budget by up to RUR2billion a year • Improving the environment and state of the forests in the regions • Enhancing the international credibility of the Russian Federation in the area of forest management and governance

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