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“Timber Guidelines”

“Timber Guidelines”. Background. Millions of cubic meters of timber, costing millions of dollars, are used in relief and reconstruction programmes.

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“Timber Guidelines”

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  1. “Timber Guidelines”

  2. Background • Millions of cubic meters of timber, costing millions of dollars, are used in relief and reconstruction programmes. • However, very little practical advice on timber use and procurement is at present available to the humanitarian community …/…

  3. Background (2) • By publishing this Scoping Study, OCHA hopes to achieve a first step towards: • raising the awareness of field, logistics and procurement staff as to basic concepts, sources of info and best practises, • increasing the efficiency of this aspect of relief activity, • increasing the benefit to disaster victims

  4. Background (3) • Inter-Agency process: • OCHA • NRC accepted to share its internal guidelines, • Oxfam printed the first set of paper version • IFRC will cooperate for phase II Other interested partners are welcome

  5. End 2007 ? FINAL Phase I Scoping Study + Draft 1 Comments by email by end of June 2007 Phase II International meeting in Autumn (t.b.c.) Draft 2 2d round of comments

  6. WHAT will the final guidelines cover? Timeliness of importations Storage considerations Variability of species and grades Environmental considerations Political issues Local construction techniques and knowledge

  7. SCOPING STUDY: Very important ! • Throughout the Scoping Study, you will encounter boxes with questions, such as this one: • Your inputs are essential! To: info@humanitariantimber.org OR lsu@un.org

  8. Dissemination • Free download from: • www. humanitariantimber.org or • http://ochaonline.un.org/lsu -> "shelter” • Paper copies: • 100 copies printed by Oxfam • 500 copies printed by OCHA (distributed free-of-charge)

  9. QUESTIONS ? Thank you for your attention and good reading !

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