Tropical Forests: PD 80/01 Rev. 6 (M)

PD 80/01 Rev. 6 (M)

Consolidating Sustainable Forest Management Certification

Indonesia

With the assistance of ITTO and other donor agencies, LEI made a number of progresses in implementation of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) certification in Indonesia during the years of 2000 and 2001. Nonetheless, LEI identifies three major problems that may undermine SFM certification in Indonesia. These problems are, firstly, insufficient national capacities to ensure implementation of a credible certification for all systems of forest management, including natural production- and plantation forest management. In this case, some key supporting systems and institutional capacities are either not developed or not functioning optimally due to resource constraints. Secondly, a thorough monitoring to ensure credibility has yet to be put in a firmer ground. Thirdly, SFM certification for natural production forests is still at its early stage, resulting in limited international commercial acceptance of the certificate. If left unanswered, these problems may cause a setback in promation of SFM through certification. They also lead to a lack of supply of tropical timber from sustainably managed sources in Indonesia.

The aim of this project is to promote the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM) to ensure the increased availability of certified timber from sustainably managed forest.

The specific objectives are:

1. To improve public awarness on implementation of national and international sustainable forest management certification systems in Indonesia

2. To establish national capacities needed to ensure implementation and monitoring of credible national and international SFM certification systems in Indonesia.

After project completion, SFM certification in Indonesia will be more consolidated. Local capacities to implement it and to communicate the results have been established, and essential certification systems and a thorough forest certification monitoring will be operational. This will be reflected in an increased number of forest areas certifies, while the certification process maintains its credibility. As a result, promotion of tropical timber from sustainably managed sources will be enhanced, with transparency of the international timber market improved. The project also helps promoting sustainable management of tropical forest resources, especially in the area of natural production- and plantation forest management.

Implementing agency		Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (The Indonesian Ecolybelling Institute)
Budget		Total: USD 592'487 Switzerland: USD 150'000
Planned duration		24 months
Starting date		April 2003
Status		Completed project
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Contact		jgasana(a)intercooperation.ch
Final Report ITTO 2006: Final Report, 2p.
Evaluation Ex-Post Jensen O. B. 2006: Consolidating Sustainable Forest Management Certification System in Indonesia, ITTO Project PD 80/01 Rev.6 (M), Ex-post Evaluation Report, Executive Summary, 7p. Progress Report December 2005 Due principally to delays in the implementation of the project in 2004, the duration of the project has been extended to the end of 2005 without additional funds and in accordance with the workplan approved by the Executive Director. To date, further progress in the implementation of the project has been achieved, namely by the completion of the following outputs: Improved expertise of national human resources in certification and certification monitoring Consolidated Certification Review Council (CRC) Developed an implemented Forest Certification Monitoring (FCM) system In addition to the above outputs, 17 out of 32 project activities have been completed. Out of the 15 on-going project activities, one has been implemented at 90% implementation, 5 have been implemented at 80%, 8 have been implemented at 70% and one has been implemented at 50%. It is expected that the full implementation of the project during its period of extension will be achieved by the end of 2005. The implementing agency has thus far submitted five project progress reports as well as the first and second annual financial audits of the project for the periods ending 31 December 2003 and 2004 respectively. Three meetings of the Project Steering Committee were held: on 13 October 2003, 21 June 2004 and 31 March 2005.