Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB): Electronic Verification System to Improve Legality

and Traceability of Forest Products in Guatemala

June 2016

Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB)

Institute of National Forestry –INAB-(Acronym in Spanish)

Is a governmental entity, autonomous, decentralized and administrative independent, that is the authority in charge of the forestry sector.

Founded in 1996 by the legislative law Decree 101-96

Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas Instituto Nacional

de Bosques

Forest management

CITES Authority

Forest management

Forest National Registrtaion office

Forestry Incentives

Transportation Notes

Transportation Notes

Plagues and Diseases

Export Regulations

legislative Decree 4-89

legislative Decree 101-96

Guatemala Forest Legal Framework

Biodiversity

Total area 108,889 km² Population 15,47 million Forest cover 3,6 million ha 33.74% Protected areas (334 areas) 3,457,535.52ha Exports 2003-2013 165,6 M 555,5USD (235% +) Impors 2003-2013 377,4 M 687,2USD (82% +)

General information

Ilegal logging costs Guatemala approx

$13, 000,000 in lost taxes annually

$160, 000,000 to the people annually

Priceless

Deforestation Problem

Source: cobertura 1950, IARNA/URL

Historical Analysis

1950

6.97 millon ha.

2010

3.72 millon ha.

Annual Deforestation Net Rate Deforestation rate

2006 -2010

38,597 ha.

1% 2006

• Ilegal Industries

• Lack of control in operation

• Lumber recovery factors outdated (Movil phone app for Recovery factor )

• Institutional Capacity Exceeded

• Low interagency coordination

• Manual inspection processes

• No Oficial Documents

• Lack or null supervision in the use of documents from INAB

• Corruption

• Bureaucracy and Subjectivity in the 32 offices nation wide.

• Time Response

• Manual Processes Permits Transportation

Wood Processing and

Trade Monitoring

Current process

Current system!

Electronic Verification Systems to Improve Legality

Creation of the Electronic Verification Systems

Guatemala Forest Information System

–SIFGUA-

http://www.sifgua.org.gt/

Electronic Verification System for

Forest Companies –SEINEF- (feb,2013)

Inputs

Transformations

Outputs

Export process

Forest Companies

Shipping Note is the Single Export document SEINEF

Quick response seal

Shipping Notes uses per year:

2014 - 88,453

2015- 91,400

Actions in Execution

International Traceability , March 2016

• Innovative Tecnologies for Wood-based Products Traceability and Supply Chain Transparency. Ecuador, Mexico , Honduras, Chile, Ghana, Indonesia, NZ, EU, US ( WRI, UICN, FAO/FELGT,USAID)

Integration of traceability schemes with other countries

• Exchange of experience Honduras - Guatemala(FAO/FLEGT)

• Interest of exchange experiences with Mexico and Colombia

• South-South Meeting ( WRI, UICN, FAO/FLEGT)

What´s next?

National Forest Managment Verification and Monitoring Systems/Applications (INAB)

National Biodiversity Verification and Monitoring Systems/Applications (CONAP)

National Agriculture - Cattle Monitoring Systems/Applications (MAGA)

Satellite Images and Drones to suport the 3 national systems and applications in real time.

Development of other technologies to get information from the field in real time.

Capacity building; Human Resources, Transport, Equipment (Computers, Electric Generators, GPS, ect), and Sofware for the systems of the 3 institutions (INAB,MAGA,CONAP)

We need information to:

• Identify deforestation activities in time to take action to control illegal logging.

• Identify illegal logging sites to facilitate intervention and prosecution.

• Provide information for evidence in legal proceedings.

• Support the protection of endangered species.

• Provide accurate information to forest industry and market.

Monitoring requirements

Build our own capacity in people and equipment Training for our staff to

operate systems interpret data perform analysis Build a trusted partnership approach which allows us to

become leaders in the region

What we need What we need

Look at where we have data gaps , fill the gaps so we currently

action on illegal logging

Create a combined information system which

uses lots of data and technology sources to give us the information picture we need

to install and run solutions which allows information to be shared between all involved institutions

Provide necessary evidence to support a business case for further funding, either by Guatemala or another institution

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Instituto Nacional de Bosques gerencia@inab.gob.gt www.inab.org.gt (502) 2321-4546