Timber Traceability Systems Ghana Wood Forest Inspector PML Mexico State MCSNIFFS Peru SIRMA Honduras Tracking System Romania Taryn Sanchez Alonso Rizo- Manuel Muñoz Richard Gyimah Bogdan Micu (Reforestamos Patrón Mailhe (ICF) (GFC) (Code4Nature) Mexico) (SERFOR)
Why Timber Traceability Systems? Timber Traceability Systems Supply Side Benefits - “Resource and Sector Monitoring Demand Side Benefits – “Due Diligence and Risk Tool” Management Tool” - Formalize the sector - Provide a source of information for buyers and - Improve revenue collection officials in importing countries - Enforce forest regulation and monitor compliance - Facilitate differentiated risk assessments - Reduce illegal logging - Facilitate risk mitigation activities - Promote good forest and business management - Provide detailed timber trade information - Provide detailed timber trade information - Gain access to regulated markets
WRI-FLI Traceability Work Timber Traceability Systems • Exchange with relevant stakeholders from private and public sector, civil society and certification (Guatemala Workshop 2016) • Series of country case studies, including civil society and private sector initiatives (Guatemala, Peru, Brazil) • Focus on performance, user friendliness, cost and fraud prevention • Special focus on the role of advanced technologies (Data Management, Markers, Methods of data collection and reporting, Remote Sensing, GPS tracking, Forensic Wood ID…)
Ghana Wood Tracking System Richard Gyimah, Chief Manager-Verification & Field Audit, Forestry Commission Timber Utilization Contracts, Plantations (Public/Private & Timber Traceability Systems Public-Private), Authorized Land Use Conversion in the whole country of Ghana, Imported timber and confiscated timber Establishing legal timber Log Primary Secondary Export and Harvest Transport source + FM Transport Processing Processing Trade Preparation Identity Mass Preserved Balance Data Collection, Data Management - Web-based application with a central database Cost and Financing State of Implementation - Data entry by public officials via laptops and - ~$ 5mio. for contractor (Ata - Roll out for export mobile devices oriented supply chains Marie Group) - Automatic metric data reconciliation when entry - Test shipment to - ~$2mio. Operational/capacity devices connect to the internet. Inconsistencies Germany carried out building are flagged „red“ - Domestic market under - 90% financing by EU via DFID - The GWTS interface with Financial system of FC development
Forest Inspector Bogdan Micu, Code4Nature(NGO), System Owner: Government of Romania Timber Traceability Systems Concessions, Private Permits, Plantations and Authorized Land Use Conversion in the whole country of Romania Export , FM Log Primary Secondary Harvest Transport Trade and Preparation Transport Processing Processing End Use Mass Mass balance (and Balance (and others) others) Data Collection, Data Management - Web-based application with a cloud database Cost and Financing State of Implementation - Data entry by private sector users via laptops - Code4Nature donates the Code and mobile devices along the supply chain - Operational since 2014 and 10 year of free maintenance - Optimized reporting functionalities - 70 000 registered users - 8 months/Cuntry, initial cost was - Eligible for different raw materials and - ~1mio. Permits/year ~$200.000 commodities (not just forest) - ~4mio transports/year - Implementation in 3 month (Romania)
SIRMA Manuel Munoz, ICF IT consultant, System Owner: National Institute for Forest Conservation and Development, Protected Areas and Wildlife of Honduras (ICF) Timber Traceability Systems Concessions, Private Permits, Plantations and Authorized Land Use Conversion in the whole country of Honduras FM Log Primary Secondary Export and Harvest Transport Preparation Transport Processing Processing Trade Mass Mass balance Balance Data Collection, Data Management Cost and Financing State of - Web-based application with a central database - $300k for digitizing existing B2A Implementation - Data entry by private sector users and public reporting officials via laptops along the supply chain - Operational but - Partly donor funded, operational cost under review - Integration with other databases (e.g. national covered with harvest and transporting forest inventory) planned - Further fees development linked - Further investments needed for to VPA process modifications
PML – Legal Wood System Taryn Sanchez, ReforestamosMexico(NGO), System Owner: Government of Mexico State together with ReforestamosMexico Timber Traceability Systems Private Permits in the state of Mexico FM Log Primary Secondary Export and Harvest Transport Preparation Transport Processing Processing Trade No internal No internal traceability traceability Data Collection, Data Management - PML is a spatial platform, linked to the state Cost and Financing State of Implementation agency`s registry of forest enterprises and - ~$63k for developing the PLM - In design processors (SIFEM) and modifying the SIFEM - It shows the location of registered actors and - Donor funded project provides additional information on them - Data, entered by state officials is made accessible to civil society for validation
MCSNIFFS Alonso Rizo-Patrón Mailhe, Director, Office of Promotion and Competitiveness, SERFOR (Peruvian National Forest and Wildlife Service) Timber Traceability Systems Concessions, Private Permits and Authorized Land Use Conversion in the whole country of Peru (timber , NTFP, wildlife) FM Log Primary Secondary Export and Harvest Transport Preparation Transport Processing Processing Trade Volume Volume tracking tracking Data Collection, Data Management - Web-based application in a cloud environment Cost and Financing State of Implementation - Data entry by private sector users and public - ~$4mio software development - Roll out started in 2017 officials via workstations along the supply chain - $8mio sector mapping, design, - Currently ~6 registered - Several automatic alerts for volumes stated in capacitation users permits, verification reports are uploaded to the - Long term financing via public - ~200 permits (all new system, track records of all users, alerts for budget of SERFOR/Regional permits need to unrealistic transport routes Authorities register)
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