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FLEGT/VPA process and the development of opportunities for a wood inter-regional market. Intra-African trade opportunities. Presentation plan. Current intra-african legal wood trade situation FLEGT/VPA process progress in Central and West Africa - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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www.atibt.orgMarine Leblanc IFIA/ATIBTForest Governance Forum, Accra 7th-8th june 2011
FLEGT/VPA process and the development of opportunities for a wood inter-regional market
Intra-African trade opportunities
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Presentation plan
• Current intra-african legal wood trade situation
• FLEGT/VPA process progress in Central and West Africa
• VPA and the issue of trade between Congo Basin and Ghana
• Working for the African timber market development
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Current intra-african legal wood flows
According to European Commission/FAO/ITTO studies and ATIBT statistics:
– Important transboundary wood flows in Africa– Few legal wood flows exist between Central and West Africa
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FLEGT/VPA process progress in Central and West Africa
09/05/2011
Targeted country
Governmentletter of intent
Negociations VPA initiated
Agreementsignature
Agreementratification
Licensesissued
2014
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VPA and the issue of trade between Congo Basin and Ghana (1)
• VPA implementation : Ghana is the leader
• VPA agreed in Africa for :Congo, Cameroon, CAR and Liberia– The agreement concerns domestic market as well (except CAR)
• Ghana will need to secure its sources of legal wood since – natural forest ressources are highly degraded– artificial forest resources are not sufficient– VPA concerns its domestic market too
Will the Congo Basin countries be able to provide legal wood? When ?
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• Possibility of a regional market between Central Africa and Ghana if:
– Congo Basin countries keep on progressing with the VPA negociations and implementation
– Stake holders work together to • Develop market opportunities (and wood processing)• Mitigate the main constraints
IFIA’s workshops
VPA and the issue of trade between Congo Basin and Ghana (2)
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Working for the African timber market development (1)
• Following Racewood 2010 (22 & 23 march, Douala)
– All the stake holders agreed on the need for Congo Basin to develop wood processing and its local + inter-regional markets
– ATIBT/IFIA has joined ITTO and FAO for creating a public-private dialogue (administratives and private sector) to focus on African timber market & wood processing development
organization of workshops: Yaounde (21-22 September 2010), Brazzaville (22-23 March 2011) and Kinshasa (19-20 May 2011)
To write the « white book of the regional timber market & wood processing in the Congo Basin countries» agreed by all the stakeholders
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Working for the African timber market development (2)
• Workshops stressed on:
– tricky and cumbersome custom regulations imposed to formal trade;
– bad infrastructures
– bad energy supply
– illegality is also a hindering factor;
– fiscality
For more information : www.atibt.org
As a conclusion, Flegt by itself is not enough and should be reinforced by a policy
(The workshop in Libreville will take place June 14th and 15th)
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Working for the African timber market development (3)
• A major event for African wood industries : – Racewood 2011 (29 & 30 September, Pointe Noire, Congo
Brazzaville)– Fourth meeting of a project supported by European
Commission and Pro€invest
« If 2005- 2010 represented the growing of responsable certification for the private sector, the 5 following years will be the advanced tropical wood
processing and local & regional markets development »
Meeting suppliers, importers, prescribers, experts, donors to catch opportunities and understand future tropical forest challenges to get prepared…
A unique opportunity for African tropical timber sector
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Working for the African timber market development (4)
• Racewood 2011 is a 2 day program with among others :
– 3 thematic workshops with the best experts on :
• Processing (market, requirements and opportunities, the White Book,tropical wood market studies presentation)
• Legality and certification (FLEGT progress, Lacey Act, Europe and Africa points of view)
• Concession of the future? (REDD+, an other job for foresters?)
– But also :
• Technical sessions, « B to B » meetings
• The White book on timber processing (1st part)
• Wood houses show
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Suscribe at www.race-wood.com
Do not miss it !
Working for the African timber market development (5)
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Thank you for your kind attention
marine.leblanc@atibt.org
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References
ATIBT, 2010. La lettre de l’ATIBT, statistiques 2009. N°32
European Commission, 2008. Cross-border Trade of Timber et Wood Productsin West Africa. Final report. European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
ITTO, 2009. Conférence internationale sur la promotion du commerce intra-africain des bois et produits bois. Accra, Ghana
ITTO, 2010. Série technique de l’OIBT. Bonne entente entre voisin, promouvoir les marchés intra-africains du bois et des produits bois. N°35
ITTO, 2011. Tropical timber market report, May 2011
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