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

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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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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 Governmentsmargaret.rainey@wwf.se

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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

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