sourcing timber from responsibly managed sources
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WWF Global Forest and Trade Network What is the GFTN? WWF Global Forest and Trade Network Partnerships between WWF (NGOs), governments & companies to drive responsible forestry Hundreds of members incl: IKEA, Carrefour, B&Q/Kingfisher (50% of demand) Creating responsible forestry on the ground Market links between responsible suppliers & buyersTRANSCRIPT
Global Forest & Trade Network
Sourcing timber from responsibly managed
sourcesMargaret Rainey
WWF Global Forest and Trade Network
Global Forest & Trade Network
What is the GFTN?
• Partnerships between WWF (NGOs), governments & companies to drive responsible forestry
• Hundreds of members incl: IKEA, Carrefour, B&Q/Kingfisher (50% of demand)
• Creating responsible forestry on the ground• Market links between responsible suppliers
& buyers
WWF Global Forest and Trade Network
Global Forest & Trade Network
Members commit to:– promote responsible forest management and credible certification
–phase out wood from unknown/potentially illegal sources
–gradually increase production, use, trade of credibly certified products
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WWF Skov 2000
WWF Skog 2000
WWF Oceania Buyers Group
Mesoamerican and CaribbeanForest and Trade Network
• 18 local FTNs active in nearly 30 countries • 16 Demand Oriented FTNs, 2 Producer Groups
GFTN Forest and Trade Networks
- spring 2003
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Mesoamerican and CaribbeanForest and Trade Network
Producer Groups
Today: Russia, Central AmericaFuture: Romania/Bulgaria, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Vietnam, Gabon/Cameroon, Ghana, Bolivia, Brazil, Surinam, Peru
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Purchasing Policy• long-term goal of sourcing from responsible forestry
• through a stepwise approach• promotes legal compliance
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Purchasing Stepwise -Threshold requirements– known origin, legal status– High Conservation Value Forests (HCVFs), protected areas– verified by a 3rd party
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Purchasing Stepwise -Transition phase• Producer Group membership• Action plan for achieving responsible
management• MIV - Modular Implementation and
Verification• 3rd party monitoring
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Purchasing stepwise -well managed certified sources– credible certification system– assessed according to World
Bank/WWF criteria– currently FSC best meets WWF’s
conservation goals
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Public Purchasing Policies• UK 2000: from legal & sustainable sources, • Denmark 2001: tropical wood from legal &
sustainable sources• Germany 2002: tropical wood FSC certified• Belgium and Netherland: many local
authorities have policies for FSC preference• Local authorities in Spain, Sweden, UK, Bel,
NL have all specified FSC timber in projects
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IKEAs staircase model for solid wood• Step 1: Known origin, no wood from HCVFs, natural forests (min. requirement)
• Step 2: legal compliance, no protected areas or plantations after ’94 (min. requirement)
• Step 3: transition phase to step 4
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Step 4: • management in accordance with official
standard for well-managed forests• established performance levels co-
operatively developed by balanced group of environmental, economic & social stakeholders
• verified by an independent 3rd party• Currently, FSC only standard
recognised by IKEA.
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Responsible purchasing - key concepts• HCVF Identification & Management Toolkit• Producer Group Toolkit/MIV• World Bank-WWF Alliance Principles and
Criteria for defining acceptable independent certification systems
• Guide for local [email protected]
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Conclusions• Stepwise purchasing policies can give
preference to credibly certified products and to products from forests tracked for certification in GFTN Producer Groups
• Promote legal compliance & HCVF protection• Large buyers active today, public & private• WWF GFTN offers solutions and ways
forward