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Thirty-seventh
Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated
Sessions of the Committees
13-18 December 2004, Yokohama, Japan |
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Negotiations Bulletin
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Highlights
for Thursday, 16 December 2004
In
the morning, delegates met in Plenary to hear reports on
forest law enforcement in Malaysia and Honduras, the Asia
Forest Partnership and measures to promote the expansion
and diversification of international trade in tropical
timber. In the afternoon, delegates reconvened in Plenary
to, inter alia, hear the annual review and
assessment of the international timber situation
and adopt revised criteria and indicators. Delegates also
met in the Joint Committee to discuss measures to improve
the project cycle and in the Committee on Finance and
Administration (CFA) to discuss the indicative 2005
Administrative Budget. The
Chair’s opened ended drafting group began formulating
decisions on improving the project cycle and implementing
CITES Appendix-II.
Above photo L-R: View of the plenary during the morning
Council Session.
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Council
Session:
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MALAYSIA
noted awareness of the need for SFM and highlighted efforts it
has made in this regard.
Above photo:
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Chen
Hin Keong, Traffic International, presented a case study
report on forest law enforcement and governance in Malaysia in
the context of sustainable forest management (SFM)
(ITTC(XXXVII)/9).
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JAPAN
expressed support to continue compiling of shipping and
customs data related to illegal activities.
Above photo:
Kazuyuki Morita (Japan)
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PAPUA
NEW GUINEA expressed concern that the illegal logging outcry
could have negative impacts on tropical timber trade.
Above photo: Dike Kari (Papua New Guinea) (right)
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Danilo
Escoto, ITTO consultant, presented a report on
illegal logging and forest law enforcement in Honduras (ITTCXXXVI)/9).
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VENEZUELA
asked how Honduras is satisfying the demands of local and
indigenous communities to manage their resources. Escoto
responded that Honduras aims to increase community forestry.
Above photo: Renzo Siliva
(Venezuela)
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Hikojiro
Katsuhisa, FAO, expressed hope that the case studies from
the report will provide practical policy guidance on forest
law compliance and welcomed ITTO’s cooperation in the
compilation of FAO’s Forest Products Yearbook.
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Steve Johnson
(ITTO), reported on the
status of the Handbook on best practices for the improvement
of law compliance in the forest sector.
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STRENGTHENING
THE ASIA FOREST PARTNERSHIP:
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Bambang
Murdiona, Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia, presented on
progress made in strengthening the Asia Forest Partnership (AFP).
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The
US said that The Nature Conservancy proposed a work plan for a
transportation meeting, following the Civil Society Advisory
Group/Trade Advisory Group’s and member’s recommendations.
Above photo L-R: Chris Ellis and David Brooks
(US)
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SWITZERLAND called attention to a decision on forest
governance and decentralization in the context of the
prirorities of the AFP’s priorities to be proposed at
ITTC-38. Above photo L-R: Camilo Aldana
(Colombia) in discussion with James Gasana and
Jürgen Blaser (Switzerland)
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The
NETHERLANDS announced their recent accession to and
financial commitment for the AFP. Above photo:
Frederik Vossenaar (The Netherlands)
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MEASURES
TO PROMOTE THE EXPANSION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL
TRADE IN TROPICAL TIMBER:
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R.E.
Taylor, ITTO consultant, presented a draft report on
measures to promote the expansion and diversification of
international trade in tropical timber
(ITTC(XXXVII)/10).
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The EC said that technical barriers to trade (TBT)
definitions in the report do not accord with those in
the World
Trade Organization (WTO) rules. Above
photo: John Bazill (EC)
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REVISION
OF CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT:
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The REPUBLIC OF CONGO asked about the specifics for an
institutional framework, and Blaser replied that this
would include forest management plans. Above photo: Grégoire
Nkeoua (Republic of Congo)
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Jürgen
Blaser,
Intercooperation, presented revised criteria and
indicators (C&I), saying that the seven criteria
would be maintained with some modified language.
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JOINT COMMITTEE:
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Chris
Ellis (US), CFA Chair, presented the draft decision
on measures to improve and strengthen the ITTO project
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The NETHERLANDS, on behalf of EU and member states,
supported by INDIA, said some processes currently
referred to expert panels should be instead referred to
the Council and the ITTO Secretariat.
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CFA:
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Delegates approved the indicative Administrative Budget
for the Year 2005 (CFA(XVI)/2), and CFA Chair Ellis
(US) said that a proposed line item for statistical work
would not be included in the current budget but should
be considered in the next biennial budget.
Above photo L-R: The dais during a session of the CFA
with Mahboob Hasan (ITTO), Charas Mayura (ITTO)
and CFA Chair Chris Ellis
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ittc-37
ENB SNAPSHOTS:
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Above photos L-R: Simone Meira
Dias (Brazil), Barney Chan (Sarawak Timber Association),
and Ana Euler (WWF Brazil)
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Above photo L-R: Rócia
Silva Oliveira (Brazil), Mahendra
Joshi (UNFF); Luiz
Gasser and Carmen Roseli Caldas Menezes
(Brazil) |
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Links |
ITTO
website, with provisional
program, documents
for the meeting, and information about the ITTO.
ENB summary from ITTC-36: (HTML,
PDF, TEXT).
ENB summary from ITTC-35: (HTML,
PDF, TEXT).
ENB summary from ITTA: English (HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
- French (PDF).
Linkages forests,
desertification and land issues page,
including a brief
introduction to global forest policy.
UNFF
Secretariat
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