PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON Eighth Session

Quito, Ecuador 29 May -

FOREST INDUSTRY

6 June 1991

Dist. GEN. PCI(VIII)/11 Rev.1 6 June 1991 Original : ENGLISH

REPORT TO THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL

TIMBER COUNCIL

EIGHTH SESSION OF THE PERMANENT

FOREST INDUSTRY

COMMITTEE ON

Table of Contents

Report

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Appendix IV

Technical Evaluation of Project Proposals

Pre-project Study: The Industrial Utilization and Marketing of Eucalyptus Plantations of the Province of

Loja

Pre-project Study: Feasibility of a Promotion Center for Furniture Manufacturing in Ecuador

Fellowships and Grants Approved

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and for successfully convening in Africa and Latin America the first two regional training workshops on Planning Forest Industries in Developing Countries.

The Committee decided to recommend to the Council to discontinue consideration of implementation of project PD 80/90 (I) "Second Consultation on the Wood and Wood Products Industry", as the consultation was convened in January 1991.

The Committee reiterated the view that the process and operations related to evaluation and monitoring of projects under implementation must be improved and strengthened.

9. Report on Completed re-Projects ,

The Committee took note of the executive summary of the pre-project study on "Appropriate Supply of Wood Raw Materials in Producing Countries with Dwindling Forest Resources: The Case of the Philippines"

(Philippines). The Government of the Philippines informed that it has prepared and submitted to ITTO a project proposal based on the Pre-project Study findings. The proposal will be considered by the Committee at its next session.

10. eport on re-Proiect Work in rogress ,

The Committee took note and reviewed the progress of work on the following pre-project studies:

(i) Industrial Processing of Rubber Wood Timber in Africa (Cameroon, Ote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia)

(ii) Tropical Timber in Construction and Harmonization of Stress Grading Rules

(iii) Development ork to Phase Out Trade on Unsustainably Produced Timber: I - Assessment of Future Mahogany Supply

and Alternative Industrial Operations for Sustainable Production;

(iv) Institutional Strengthening of IBAMA's Forest Products Laboratory;

(v) Manpower Development of the Sarawak Forest Sector.

11. onsideration of Protect Proposals

Taking into account the Report of the Panel of Experts for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals, the Committee appraised and evaluated nineteen proposals:

PROJECT NUMBER

PD 94/90 Rev.2 (I)

PD 109/90 Rev.1 (I)

PD 121/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 122/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 123/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 133/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 134/91 Rev.l (M,I)

PD 137/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 143/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 145/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 146/91 Rev.1 (I)

PD 150/91 ev.l (I)

PROJECT TITLE

Integration of Forest-Based Development in the Western Amazon - Phase II - Technology for Sustainable Utilization of Raw Forest Materials

Assistance to Modernization, Restructuring and evelopment. of Wood-Based Industries in

Ote d'Ivoire

Entrepreneurship Development in the Furniture Industry

Furniture Export Marketing Programme for the EEC

Training Programme on Furniture Production

Technological and Dendrological Study on Schinopsis (Anacardiaceae) in Chiquitania and the Bolivian Chaco

Selection and Introduction of Lesser-Known and Lesser-Used Species for Specific End-Uses - Phase II

Strategy for a Sustainable Wood Industry Sector n

Ecuador

Non-Wood Tropical orest. Products: Processing, Trade and Collection

Research, Training and Demonstration Activities in the Use of Eucalyptus

Establishment of a National Timber Furniture Design Center

Identification and Nomenclature of Commercial Tropical Timber Species in the Andean Sub-Region

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SUBMITTING

GOVERNMENT

Government of

Brazil

Government of

C8te d'Ivoire

Government of

Malaysia

Government of

Malaysia

Government of

Malaysia

Government of

Bolivia

Government of

Netherlands

Government of

Ecuador

Government of

Brazil

Government of

Ecuador

Government of

Ecuador

Government of

Peru

the

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PD 151/91 ev.1 (I)

PD 152/91 ev.1 (I)

Selection of Lesser-Known

Tropical Timber Species of the

Andean Sub-Region for Specific

End-Uses

Harmonization and Promotion of

Technical Tropical Timber

Standards in the Andean Sub-

Region

Government of

Peru

Government of

Peru

PD 153/91 ev.1 (I)

PD 154/91 ev.1 (I)

PD 155/91 ev.1 (I)

PD 160/91 ev.1 (I)

PD 163/91 ev.1 M,I)

Feasibility Study to Establish an Andean Sub-Region Center for the Development of Sustained Forest Management and Support to the Timber Industry

Integrated Development of Timber and Timber Product Marketing Structure in Ecuador

Sustained Forest Industry Development in the Andean Group Countries

International Workshop on

Improved Utilization of Timber Resources in Southeast Asia

Technical Assistance in (a) Marketing Information Set-Up and Techno-Economics (b) Wood Processing Technology

Government of Peru

Government of

Ecuador

Government of

Ecuador

Government of

Malaysia

Government of Malaysia

The Committee expressed the view that some of the project proposals considered were not appropriately prepared and did not contain all needed information to allow proper consideration and technical appraisal. However, the Committee recognized that the Panel mechanism set by the Council has contributed significantly to improve most of the project

proposals and that it seems to be an effective tool to assist the Committee with the technical appraisal of projects.

The Committee also considered two project ideas:

UMBERTITLESUBMITTED BY

PCI(VIII)/7Utilization, Market Research, Government of International Trade andBolivia

Promotion of Non-Conventional Tropical Timber Species for

Different Industrial Uses

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PCI(VIII)/8 Providing Consultancy Services to the Timber Industry on

Production Technology and

Industrial Organization

Government of

Bolivia

The detailed results of the Committee's evaluation and appraisal of project proposals, pre-projects and ideas are presented in Appendix I.

12. Decision on Pre-Proiect Work

The Committee decided to implement a pre-project study on "Technical and Economic Feasibility of Large-Scale Construction of Wooden House in Brazil", submitted by the Brazilian Government. The proposal describing the approved pre-project is reproduced in document PCI(VIII)/6. The Committee further decided to implement two pre-projects to assist the Ecuadorian Government and the country's National Association of the Small Scale imber Industrialists to review and redraft their respective project

proposals numbered PD 145/91 Rev.1 and PD 146/91 ev.l. The respective approved pre-projects are entitled "The Industrial Utilization and Marketing of Eucalyptus Plantations of the Province of Loja, Ecuador" and "Feasibility of a Promotion Center for Furniture Manufacturing in

Ecuador". The terms of reference for these two pre-projects are reproduced in Appendix II and III, respectively. The detailed results of the Committee's evaluation and decision on this pre-project proposal is presented in Appendix I.

13. ecision on ellowship pplications Under roiect PD 60/89 M.F.Il

The Committee authorized the establishment of a Selection Panel to evaluate fellowship application submitted in time for the Eighth Session and select the successful candidates. The selection panel was composed by: Mr. David Boulter, Chairman (Canada), Mr. Eric ammerts van Bueren (The Netherlands), Dr. Gary R. Lindell (U.S.A.), Dato' Baharuddin Haji Ghazali (Malaysia), Dr. Amantino Ramos de Freitas (Brazil), and Prof. Nils-Erik Nilsson (Sweden). The applications approved are listed in Appendix IV.

14. Dates and Venue of the Tenth Session

The Committee decided that the date and venue will be agreed upon by ITTC in its Tenth Session.

15. Any Other Business

The Committee recommended that documents for

printed and copied in recycled paper using as far of paper sheets.

16. Recommendations to the International Tronical

of its Tenth Session

its future sessions be

as possible both sides

Timber Council

The Committee made

1. To approve for

the following recommendations:

implementation by ITTO the project proposals:

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APPENDIX II

Pre-Project Study: The Industrial Utilization and Marketing of Eucalyptus Plantations of the Province of Loja, Ecuador

erms of Reference:

1. Assess the potential options and feasibility of industrial use of small logs from Eucalyptus plantations in Loja. The assessment shall

take into account:

(i) existing experiences and knowledge in Eucalyptus processing and utilization;

(ii) determination of production capability Loja;

(iii) sites for pilot or demonstration processing units;

(iv) plantation management systems and logging methods;

(v) markets and marketing possibilities; and

(vi) community organization and training requirements.

2. Prepare a proposal to assist local indigenous Loja communities to mange and utilize their Eucalyptus plantations. Such a proposal

shall be designed centered on training, extension and demonstration activities.

re-Pro ect Cost:US$

International consultancy: 2 man/months (includes honorarium, travel and DSA costs)16,000

National consultants: 4 man/months16,000

Study tour to Brazil, Chile and New Zealand (2 Ecuadorian)12,000

Honorarium and other costs during the study tour6,000

Local travel2,000

Printing reports and miscellaneous5,000

TOTAL .............................................57,000

mplementing ncyL

Subsecretariat for Forestry and Renewable Natural Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Ecuador

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