Electronic Verification System to

Improve Legality and Traceability

of Forest Products in Guatemala

July 2015

Legal Forest Framework

SIFGUA Guatemala Forest Information System

SEINEF Electronic Information System Forest Companies

The Future of the Guatemalan Forest sector

Conclusions

Content

Consejo Nacional dereas Protegidas

Instituto Nacional de Bosques

Forest Management

CITES Authority

Forest Management

National ForestRegistration

Forestry Incentives

Pests and Diseases

Documents forTransportation

Documents forTransportation

Export Regulation onForest Products

4-89 Legislative Decree 101-96 Legislative Decree

Legal ForestFramework

Biodiversity

Con apoyo financiero de:

Phase I 2008 - 2011

ITTO 305,523 US Dollars

INAB 161,390 US Dollars

Objetivo: Creation of a forestry statistical information system.

Phase II 2013 - 2015

ITTO 359,716 US Dollars

UICN 26,568 US Dollars

INAB/CONAP 270,278 US Dollars

Objetivo: Strengthening SIFGUA through automation of forest services in the country.

Phase III 2016 - 2017

Financial AssistanceXXX

Objetivo: Replicate the experiences of Guatemala in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Form a Regional Information System.

Ilegal Industries

Lack of control in operation

Lumber recovery factorsoutdated

Institutional CapacityExceeded

Low interagencycoordination

Inspection Manual processes

Oficial Documents

Lack or null supervision in the use of documents

Corruption

Bureaucracy and Subjectivity

Time Response

Manual Processes

Permits Transport

Wood Processingand Trade

Monitoreo

Identified Problematic

Regulation for Monitoring and Auditing of Forest Companies. - Regulation on Transport of Forest Products (Feb. 2014.)

How does the Electronic Information System of Forestry Companies -SEINEF- Works?

Warehouses Industries (Sawmills) Woodwork and

Furniture Exports and Imports

Forest Companies

Inputs Wood Processing Outputs

Trade Forest Products

Independent Inventories of Forest Companies

IF-XXXX

DP-XXXX

EXIM-XXXX

Forest Companies

Inventory

Inventory

Inventory

Inputs

Outputs

Inputs

Outputs

Inputs

Outputs

ProductClassification

(FSC-STD-40-004a V2-0 EN)

Forest Companies

www.seinef.inab.gob.gt

Register and Active in INAB

Up date on reports to INAB

Stock Availability

The Future of the Guatemalan Forest sector ?

Online access for all procedures

Registration

E-mail

ElectronicAdministration

RF

Propertymanagement

Profilemanagement

EPMF

ECUT

CFS

PMF conferas y mixtos hasta 5 haPINFOR - Incentivos forestales para plantaciones

PMF latifoliados hasta 45 ha

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http://geoportal.inab.gob.gt/

Results and Conclusions

88.453 Company shipping bills

issued in 2014 through the system

+ 200 Companies in SEINEF

+ 1,200 active in the National Forest Registration (NFR).

Start of SEINEF

1,541 Companiesin SEINEF

2,038 active in the NationalForestRegistration.

Up To Date 70% increase of registrations and

updates on the NFR.

80% of companies active in NFR

already on SEINEF

More Companies Legally Stablished

Exports (Total in m) 115,929.331MADERA ASERRADA 34,260.772PALLETS 24,775.28

3TABLEROS AGLOMERADOS LISOS 10,976.654MADERA EN TROZA 9,996.66

5TARIMAS Y PLATAFORMAS 8,929.78

6MOBILIARIO A LA MEDIDA 5,906.697PISO DE INGENIERA 4,569.128PUERTAS Y MARCOS 3,616.979PARTES DE MUEBLES 1,939.43

10ATADES 1,822.7511LOS DEMS MUEBLES DE MADERA 1,383.65

12CAMAS 1,142.9813CARBN NATURAL 1,124.32

14TROCILLA 1,006.75

15MADERA CHAPADA Y CONTRACHAPADA (PLYWOOD) 479.50

Otros 3,998.03

Accurate and Detailed Information

Sawwood Scientific NameComunName 34,260.77

PINUSP Pinus spp. Pino 19,915.06

SWIEMASwietenia macrophylla Caoba 4,039.70

PINUMI Pinus maximinoi Pino 2,547.01

PINUOO Pinus oocarpa Pino 1,603.07

HEVEBR Hevea brasiliensis Hule 1,516.93

TABEDOTabebuia donnell-smithii

Palo Blanco 1,263.18

CUPRLU Cupressus lusitanica Cipres 1,197.94

CEDROD Cedrela odorata Cedro 506.57

PINUTC Pinus tecunumanii Pino 277.06

ENTECYEnterolobium cyclocarpum

Conacaste 258.49

MYROBAMyroxylon balsamum Balsamo 178.31

Otras 684.922014

MADERA ASERRADA 202,018.13TARIMAS Y PLATAFORMAS 100,215.63LEA 66,336.43ASERRN 60,283.54TABLEROS AGLOMERADOS LISOS 58,305.49RESINAS Y MANUFACTURAS DE RESINA 46,447.78

PALLETS 44,544.98MADERA EN TROZA 38,601.33MADERA EN CHIP 35,117.97LEPA 32,480.49TROCILLA 13,073.42POSTES DE MADERA IMPREGNADA 12,560.02RESIDUOS DE MADERA 11,009.54PARTES DE MUEBLES 9,532.97HARINA DE MADERA 8,695.98PISO DE INGENIERA 7,330.40CARBN NATURAL 6,106.94CAJAS Y CAJONES 5,245.19PUERTAS Y MARCOS 4,745.13MADERA CEPILLADA 4,476.96VIRUTAS 4,419.85MARCOS DE MADERA 3,456.30PALILLOS DE FSFOROS 3,210.53ESTACAS 3,004.09LOS DEMS MUEBLES DE MADERA 2,660.80CAMAS 2,277.30MADERA DE RECICLAJE 2,171.63MADERA EN FLITCH 2,108.81

Local Market

Export Process

Forest Companies

EXIM-XXXX

Only document that covers export

Conclusiones

Without the institutional and stakeholders support this tool would not be possible to implement.

Upgrading the institutional regulations is essential Incorporation of stakeholders in the design, development and

implementation Implementation of pilot schemes to verify the behavior and

make necessary adjustments The (SEINEF, SEGEFOR, SEAF-CONAP) systems are completely

independent and self-sustaining SIFGUA must be replicated at the regional level (Central

America, Mexico and the Caribbean) in order to consolidate a regional system reliable and transparent

Achieving export link through shipping note and tariff heading

Electronic Verification System to

Improve Legality and Traceability of

Forest Products in Guatemala

Contact Information:

Alvaro Samayoa Tercero, MSc.

alvaro.samayoa@inab.gob.gt

National Forest Institute, INAB, Guatemala

7 avenida 6-80 zona 13, Guatemala city.

www.inab.gob.gt

gerencia@inab.gob.gt

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