PD 421/06 Rev. 2 (F) 

Strengthening of the production chain for timber from forest concessions and other forests under management

Peru

This project is a follow-up of an ITTO project « PD 23/00 Rev. 4 (F) Promotion and transfer of knowledge on sustainable forest management models to timber producers » which was executed by the National Chamber of Forestry (CNF) in the regions of Madre de Dios and Selva Central. It targeted forest concessionaires and other forest producers with the aim of improving their technical capacity for sustainable forest management. The new project was formulated following the conclusions and recommendations of the regional fora. Peru intends to use it to promote the consumption of legal timber, and to discourage the marketing of timber products of unknown or unreliable origin as a strategy to curb illegal logging. Its development objective is to strengthen the forest-industry-consumer production chain as a means to consolidate a formal and transparent production system in support of sustainable forest management and for the benefit of local communities and the national economy. The specific objectives of the project are (1) To promote the articulation of the legal production of timber from forest concessions and pother forests under sustainable management with industry, trade and end-users; and (2) To support the implementation of a national forest production monitoring system with the participation of the public and private sectors.


The project will be implemented in the areas of the Central and Southern economic road corridors. The Central Corridor covers the regions of Ucayali, Huanuco, Pasco, Junin and Lima. The Southern Corridor comprises Madre de Dios, Cuzco, Puno, Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna. The beneficiaries will include mainly the legal forest concessionaires, the indigenous communities having managed forests, the legal reforestation concession holders. Furthermore, forest industry owners from the Central and South economic corridors of the country, will have a secured supply of timber, which in turn can improve their competitiveness in the national and international markets. They will be able to offer and consume products sourced from reliable and non-controversial sources.

 

Implementing agency  

National Forest Chamber (CNF) in cooperation with the National Institute for Natural Resources (INRENA)
Budget  

ITTO: USD 580'532
Swiss contribution: USD 350'000
Planned duration   30 months
Starting date   November 2007
Status   completed
Topics    
Contact   jgasana(a)intercooperation.ch

 

Final Report

ITTO 2011, Final Report, 5p.

Progress report

December 2010

This project was approved by the International Tropical Timber Council during its Forty-second Session in May 2007 and full financing for its implementation was pledged at that same session. The final agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed in October 2007. Upon the submission of the first Yearly Plan of Operations, a request for the no-objection of the project's key personnel and a notification that implementation was about to begin, the first installment of funds was transferred in November 2007.


Since the Forty-third Session of the ITTO Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management and in accordance with the two most recent progress reports submitted in February and August 2010, and the Second Project Steering Committee meeting held in December 2009, progress in project implementation can be summarized by major outputs as follows:

Output 1: Design of managed forest-industry-market articulation system. The technical-legal situational analysis of forest access based on current forest legislation has been completed and documented. A diagnostic study on the demand for timber products in the Central and South Corridor areas has been finalized and documented. This study identified 11 production chains: 6 in the Central Corridor and 5 in the South Corridor. An electronic directory and database of timber producers (concession holders, native communities, etc.), transport companies, traders, industrialists, financial institutions and other components of timber production chains has been developed and is operative. Assistance has been provided for the organization of 10 production chains, 6 in the Central Corridor and 4 in the South Corridor. Moreover, individual assistance has also been provided to 52 companies. 21 training workshops on legal timber procurement have been organized: 4 in Selva Central, 5 in Ucayali, 4 in Arequipa, and 8 in Madre de Dios; and ? A traceability system for timber from managed forests is currently being developed.

Output 2: Development of Code of Conduct for the private sector and CNF members. Four awareness campaigns on the benefits of sustainable forest management, consumption of legal timber, and negative effects of illegal timber logging and trade were organized. One in each of the following major cities: Tingo Maria, Pucallpa, Puerto Maldonado and Arequipa. Video spots, radio bulletins, posters and pamphlets were also produced. 18 meetings between authorities and timber industrialists have been held and information events have been organized to discuss the development of further timber processing and the mitigation of illegal logging and trade, among others. A Code of Ethics has been developed for the Forestry Committee members of ADEX (timber exporters) and another Code of Conduct has been developed in a participatory manner for the CNF industry members. 8 regional minutes based on the aforementioned codes have been endorsed by representative associations of timber producers and traders. A database on managed forest production continues being developed and populated. A web page with national supply and demand data for timber products by forest sector companies and other relevant information gleaned from the project can be accessed at www.cnf.org.pe.

Output 3: Forest business plans for production watershed areas. 10 forest business plans have been developed for specific timber enterprises. 4 business roundtables have been organized, 2 in the Central Region and 2 in the southern Region. Assistance has been provided for the implementation of 9 business plans.

Output 4: On-line information system on forest production from managed forests. A database on managed forest production and timber prices continues to be developed and populated. A web page has been designed and includes national supply and demand data for timber products by forest sector companies and other relevant information gleaned from the project. It can be accessed at www.cnf.org.pe.

Output 5: OSINFOR strengthened. Six events have been carried out so as to provide institutional support to OSINFOR for the monitoring of forest concessions. In cooperation with OSINFOR, 10 meetings were organized at the National Congress to discuss the new draft forestry law. Two forestry development proposals have been put together, one focusing on a Regional Strategic Forestry Plan for the Ucayali Region, and the other on forestry financing The Project's third and last Steering Committee meeting is to be scheduled for January 2010 and project completion can be expected shortly after.

 


Documentation

CNF: Fortalecimiento de la cadena productiva de la madera proveniente de concesiones forestales y otros bosques bajo manejo forestal, Project information, 31p.