25th September 2019 @AFoCO-RETC

Min Min Oo Mr.Staff OfficerForest Departmentoominmin007@gmail.com

presented by

Workshop on Enhancing Conservation and Sustainable Management

of Teak Forests and Legal and Sustainable wood Supply Chains in the

Greater Mekong Sub-region

✓ Introduction

✓ Sustainability of Forest

✓ Legal and policy Framework

✓ Forest Resources Management (MSS)

✓ Plantation Forestry and Community Forestry

✓ C&I for sustainability

✓ MFCC

✓ Legality of Timber

✓ MTLAS by the MFCC

✓ Supply chain Control System (CoC Dossier) under the FLEGT Program

✓ Updated information to support CoC

✓ Forestry Sector Reform

✓ Conclusion and the wayforward

Scope of the presentation

▪ adopted in 2018

▪ 3 Pillars, 5 Goals, 28 Strategies and 239 Action Plans.

Introduction

Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan(2018-2030)

To conserve and protect natural resources of the country.

To extract and utilize the country’s natural resources in a sustainable manner so that they can be inherited and transferred from one

generation to another.

To create harmony of environmental conservation and implementation of development projects in a balanced manner.

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Introduction

Vision of MONREC

Legal classification

Area (ac)% of

Country’s Area

Reserved Forest (RF)(808 nos.)

29,707,242 17.77

Protected Public Forest (PPF)(405 nos.)

12,846,142 7.68

42,553,384 25.45

Protected Area System (PAS)(44 nos.)

9,783,609 5.85

Establishment of Permanent Forest Estate

Sustainability of Forests

Law and Legislations (Forestry)➢ Forest Law (1902, 1992, 2018)➢ Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law (1936, 1994, 2018)➢ Forest Rules (1902, 1995, 2019 Draft)➢ Community Forestry Instructions (1995, 2016, 2019)➢ Protection of Wildlife and Protected Areas Rules (2002, 2019 Draft)➢ Standing Order for Subordinates (1959)➢ Standard Operation Procedures for Forest Operations (2015)

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Sustainability of Forests

Legal and policy Framework

National Plan (Forest Law Section 10)▪ 30-years National Forest Master Plan (2001-2030)▪ Forestry Sector Comprehensive Development Plan (2011-2030)▪ National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2015-2020)▪ District Forest Management Plan

✓ (44 Districts, 1996 to 2005)✓ (64 Districts, 2006 to 2015)✓ (68 Districts, 2016 to 2025)

➢ District Forest Management Plan divides forest district into Working Circles on the

basis of forest types, accessibility, management objectives, nature and form of forest

produce available.

➢ There are 7 types of Working Circles according to the purpose of management;

▪ Production Working Circle (35%)

▪ Plantation Working Circle (5%)

▪ Local supply/ Community Forests Working Circle (21%)

▪ Watershed Forests Working Circle (14%)

▪ Non Wood Forest Products Working Circle (3%)

▪ Protected Area System Working Circle (17%)

▪ Special Working Circle (Mangrove, Bamboo, Resin, etc) (2%)

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District Forest Management Plan (DFMP)

Sustainability of Forests

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Assessment of AAC

Selection of Exploitable trees

Teak GirdlingHardwood Selective

Felling Marking

Logging

Enumeration of Trees left

Assessment of AAC

Teak: 30 years

Hardwoods: variable

➢ In Myanmar, scientific forest management launched in 1856.

➢ Myanmar Selection System (MSS) has been practiced for the sustainable

management of forest resources of Myanmar. It is a selection-cum-cultural

system.

➢ MSS ; within the bounds AAC

❖ Time limit (a felling cycle of 30 years)

❖ Size/Girth limit (minimum girth limit)

❖ Space/Area limit (Felling series)

➢ Many cultural operations to enhance

the natural forests

Natural Forest Management; Myanmar Selection System - MSS

Sustainability of Forests

Plantation Forestry

1856 Small scale plantation initiated using Taungya method

1941 The extent of plantations reach 47,167 ha

1980 Large scale plantation forestry began

1984 Annual plantation target reached 30,000 ha

1998 Special teak plantation program was launched to increase timber production

At present Annual planting rate is over 6,000 ha

Annually support about 17 million seedlings to the public.

Sustainability of Forests

No Plantation Type Area Acre % of Total Area

1 Commercial 1,213,766 54.04

2 Industrial 179,121 7.97

3 Watershed 343,724 15.30

4 Village Supply 461,944 20.57

5 Mangrove 12,307 0.55

6 Others 352,44 1.57

Total 2,246,106 100.00

Establishment of Forest Plantations (FD) (1981-2018)

Harvested from Teak

Plantation

➢ 2018 (2192 Trees )

➢ 2019 (8671 Trees)

Sustainability of Forests

No Plantation Type Area Acre

1 Teak 151,600

2 Hardwood 115,134

3 Industrial 391,424

Total 658,158

➢ The government is actively encouraging

to private sector investment for forest

plantation establishment since 2006.

➢ Forest Law Section 14 ;

Establishment of Private Forest Plantation (2006-2019)

Sustainability of Forests

• Community Forestry Instructions (CFIs) 1995, 2016, 2019

• Forest Law Section 12(d)

• Target - 2.27 million acres of CF by 2030

• Until June 2019;

• 620463 Acres

• 4748 Forest User Groups

• 121,373 Members

Establishment of Community Forestry (Forest Law 2018)

Sustainability of Forests

➢ With the support of FAO, FFI is implementing the timber legality

operation procedure (TLOP)of CF.

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Myanmar C&I for SFM

➢ Myanmar drafted C&I for SFM in 1996 based on ITTO’s Criteria.

➢ 7 criteria and 53 indicators at the FMU levels and 7 criteria and 58 indicators at the

FMU levels

➢ Revising existing C&I for natural forest management and drafting C&I for plantation

forest management certification in 2017 by MFCC

Sustainability of Forests

Sustainability of Forests

Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC)

➢ The Timber Certification Committee of Myanmar (TCCM) was established since

1998 and now called Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC) in 2013.

➢ MFCC is also PEFC Member since 30 May 2019.

➢ The C&I for legality of Timber in Myanmar was developed in 2009 based on

the ASEAN C&I for Timber Legality.

➢ 6 criteria and 15 Indicators were identified together with the activities and

standard of performance or verifier.

➢ MTLAS was developed in 2013.

➢ Third Party Verification System was been introduced in 2018.

Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS)

Source: MFCC

✓ Definition of Legal Timber ✓ Sources of Timber✓ Product Coverage✓ Principle and Criteria of legal timber✓ Control Procedure✓ Independent Audit

Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS)

Legality of Timber

Sources of Timber Myanmar's domestic timber is sourced from the following categories of forest lands; (i) Reserved forests (RF) (ii) Protected public forests (PPF) (iii) Unclassified forest (UCF) (iv) Planted forests/ forest plantations (PLN)…… Community Forestry and Imported Timbers in the future

Product Coverage

(i) Logs

(ii) Sawn timber

(iii) Veneer

(iv) Plywood

(v) Furniture

Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS)

Legality of Timber

Principles and Criteria of legal Timber

Six principles or elements of the legal timber are:

(i) Right to harvest

(ii) Forest Operations

(iii) Statutory Charges

(iv) Other user's Rights

(v) Mill Operations

(vi) Trade and Customs

Source: MFCC

Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS)

Legality of Timber

3rd Party Auditing

• Enhances transparency and accountability of the CoC

• Builds a basis for a legality definition and CoC for Myanmar’s FLEGT VPA process

• Describes CoC controls from Annual Allowable Cut declaration to point of product

export and it is a combination of all steps in the supply chain.

• Shows all relevant documents produced at each control point, and explains how the

documents can be used to trace timber.

• Helps to understand the supply chain, including responsibilities of different

authorities involved and documents.

• Assists operators to demonstrate that timber has been legally sourced and supports

their due diligence efforts.

• Support CSO to conduct independent monitoring on the supply chain

The CoC Dossier: Myanmar Timber Chain of Custody by FLEGT VPA

Legality of Timber

Legality of Timber

The CoC Dossier: Myanmar Timber Chain of Custody

Dossier Outline1. Introduction2. Scope of the dossier3. Main Actors4. Forest Legislation5. Timber sources6. Export and harvest restrictions7. Flow Chart of the main s of the CoC8. CoC procedures

Dossier Structure

1. 30 steps2. Description of each including:

• Responsible authority• Procedures• Evidence of compliance• Signing staff

3. Copy of relevant documents with translation of main content

Legality of Timber

The CoC Dossier: Myanmar Timber Chain of Custody

Pre Harvest

HarvestPost

Harvest

Open Tender

Sale

Proces-sing

Export-ing

Main Actors:

▪ Forest Department

▪ Myanma Timber Enterprise

▪ Other Government Agencies such as Trade Department, Custom Department

▪ Private Sectors (Buyers)

Legality of Timber

Dossier Structure: steps, related documents & responsibility

Step Activity DocumentsResponsi-

bility

1 Annual Allowable Cut Allocation ▪ Notification of AAC▪ Tree marking plan for states and regions

FD

2 MTE Annual Harvesting Plan ▪ Annual Harvesting Plan MTE

3 Tree marking ▪ Green teak/Hardwood Marking Notebook ▪ Tree marking map

FD

4 Request to enter the forest and to conduct harvesting operations

▪ Letter from MTE to FD requesting to enter the forests and conduct harvesting operations

MTE EXT

5 Permit to enter the forest and to conduct harvesting operations

▪ Permit to enter the forests and conduct harvesting operations from FD to MTE

FD

… … … …

… … … …

… … … …

28 Approval for export of timber products ▪ Export Licence ▪ Export Declaration

Buyer, FD

29 Loading containers/trucks ▪ Report with Pictures FD, Customs Dept;

30 Timber products at Yangon port – customs procedures

▪ Port Authority

To control the legality by using the royalty hammer mark

Legality of Timber

No.Regions and

State

Revenue

Hammer Marks

with English

Alphabet

1 Naypyitaw NW

2 Kachin KC

3 Kayah KH

4 Kayin KN

5 Chin CN

6 Sagaing SG

7 Tanintaryi TN

8 Bago BG

9 Magwe ME10 Mandalay MY

11 Mon MN

12 Rakhine RK

13 Yangon YN

14 Shan SN

15 Ayeyarwaddy AY

B2 15

အကကောက်

SG

Revenue Hammer Mark or Royalty Hammer Mark

Region (Sagaing)

District (Katha)

Year of Production (2016)

44194419

SG1

305

B2 15အကကောက်

All recorded in FORM D (MTE EXT) and FORM S-18 (FD)

Legality of Timber

To control the legality by using the royalty hammer mark

Documents attached to each consignment (FD+MTE)

1. Permit to process timber (FD)

2. Outturn percentage approval (FD)

3. Certificate of legality of timber products (FD)

4. Specification-EMMD1(MTE)

5. Sale Contract –EMMD2 (MTE)

6. Commercial Invoice-EMMD3 (MTE)

7. Delivery Order-EMMD4 (MTE)

8. Advanced Information for Parcel Transfer-EMMD5 (MTE)

9. Reference for Parcel Transfer-EMMD6 (MTE)

10.Purchase Confirmation Letter-EMMD7(MTE)

11.Certified Letter for Source of Origin (MTE)

Legality of Timber

Update information to support CoC

➢ Open Foris Collect Mobile

Application for SF Marking

Legality of Timber

✓ Go to data entry

✓ Start

✓ Region & State/District /Township

✓ Reserved/Compartment

✓ Mark Tree

✓ Tree no

✓ Spp

✓ GBH

✓ Tree Position

✓ Tree Condition

✓ Future Tree

Documents provided on PVC Card QR Code

1. General information of Log

(Place/ Extraction Year/Species/Revenue No. & Mark……)

1. Request by MONREC to the President Office

2. Approval by the President Office

3. AAC Allocation for each State & Region by FD

4. AHP (Annual Harvesting Plan) by MTE

5. Marking Note attached with Standing Trees’ Location Map sent by

District Forest Office(FD) to the respective Extraction Agency (MTE)

6. Compartment Entry Request by the Extraction Agency (MTE)

7. Compartment Entry Permit by the respective DFO (FD)

8. Form D (Log Specification measured and approved by both FD & MTE)

9. Trucking Note (Compartment to the nearest agency deport)

10. Removal Pass

11. AU (Log Specifications attached with each removal pass)

Legality of Timber

✓ Site Selection: Myittar Deport, Gangaw Agency✓ Targeted Spp.: KywinZe RF, Com No. (40) in 2018-19

Update information to support CoC

➢ Using QR Code System

➢ MoNREC already notified the

categories and classification

of timber products with the

notification no. 63/2017 on

7th April 2017

➢ The purpose of classification

is to support for the revenue

collection of exported timber

(the special commercial tax).

No. Product Categories HS CodeProduct

Classification

1. Sawn Timber/Conversion/Lumber 44.07 Rough Sawn

Square 44.07 Rough Sawn

Post 44.07 Rough Sawn

Flitch 44.07 Rough Sawn

Plank 44.07 Rough Sawn

Board 44.07 Rough Sawn

2. Flitch for Veneer 44.07 Rough Sawn

3. Nature Decorative Board/Table Top 44.07 Rough Sawn

4. Scantling 4407 Semi-finished

5. Layer/Top Layer 44.18 Semi-finished

6. E2E/E4E 44.18 Semi-finished

7. Laminated Lumber 44.18 Semi-finished

8. Finger Joint Strip/Finger Joint Laminated

Board

44.18 Semi-finished

9. Veneer 44.08 Semi-finished

10. Moulded Products 44.18 Finished

11. Deck, Mini Deck, Outdoor Decking 44.18 Finished

12. T&G(tongued & grooved) Flooring 44.18 Finished

13. Lam parquet Flooring 44.18 Finished

14. Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood 44.18 Finished

15. Doors & Panel Doors 44.18 Finished

16. Plywood 44.12 Finished

17. Tableware and kitchenware of wood 44.19 Finished

18. Furniture Components & Handicrafts 44.20 Finished

19. Furniture 94.03 Finished

Legality of Timber

• Many reforms have been made to reflect the national as well as regional andinternational concerns in the forest sector. (sustainability)

Forestry Sector Reform

2014-2015

• Log export ban

2016-2017

• The whole country Logging ban

• 10 year logging ban in Bago Yoma

• Cooperation with line agency and border countries to combat illegal logging and related trades

2017-2018

• Extract under AAC

• Dalbergia species in CITES appendix II

• MRRP

• Community monitoring and reporting system

2018-2019

• Law enforcement (revised forest law, wildlife law, forest rule, wildlife rule)

• Revised CFI

• Extraction from old plantation

• Many reforms have been made to reflect the national as well as regional andinternational concerns in the forest sector. (legality)

Forestry Sector Reform

2017-2018

•Export ban the confiscated timbers

•Export ban the conversion and conflict timbers

•Modify Royalty Hammer

2018-2019

• Monitoring of extraction process by CSO

• Auditing and verification by 3rt party

2019-2020

•Preparing Open ForisCollect mobile application

•Piloting QR Code system

•New royalty hammer system for both State and private Plantations

Conclusion and the Way Forward

➢ To strengthen the forest governance.

➢ To develop and implement the Timber Legality and Assurance System in line

with the requirements and country context under the FLEGT-VPA process.

➢ To encouraging the forest management with different approaches to ensure SFM.

➢ To ensure SFM for the legal timber with the international requirements, national

and international assistances will be needed.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION