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POLICY – JULY 2007

UK GOVERNMENT’S TIMBER PROCUREMENT POLICY Bob Andrew Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs July 2007. 1. POLICY – JULY 2007. Central government departments must seek to buy timber from sustainable and legal sources Legal timber is a condition of contract

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POLICY – JULY 2007

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  1. UK GOVERNMENT’S TIMBER PROCUREMENT POLICYBob AndrewDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsJuly 2007 1

  2. POLICY – JULY 2007 • Central government departments must seek to buy timber from sustainable and legal sources • Legal timber is a condition of contract • Tenderers can choose to offer sustainable timber as a variant • Evidence of compliance will be independently verified if requested 2

  3. Implementation • 55% of timber imports certified • Demand low – no incentive for trade • Current policy too flexible? • Sub contractors not engaged • Site supervision inconsistent • Contract management inconsistent

  4. Monitoring • CPET Pilot underway • Working with construction supply chains • Checking contracts and procedures • Report to Defra end September 2007 • Recommendations to include reporting

  5. POLICY - 2009 • Central departments will demand only timber and timber products made from trees grown and legally harvested in sustainably managed forests or: • Timber and timber products licensed under FLET voluntary partnership agreements • This is an interim policy until 2015 4

  6. POLICY - 2015 • Central departments will purchase only timber and timber products made from trees grown and legally harvested in sustainably managed forests

  7. POST APRIL 2009 IMPACTS • Legal compliance alone no longer acceptable • Exception for FLEGT Licences a challenge • Small forest owners a challenge • Definition of SFM – appropriate? • Legal compliance as assurance of SFM? • Consultation 05 July until 27 September 5

  8. Promotion • Harmonisation challenging • Social criteria needs resolution • Wide gaps between some policies • Many UK Local Authorities not engaged • Chatham House sampling authorities in NE

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