Sourcing timber from responsibly managed sources Margaret Rainey WWF Global Forest and Trade Network

WWF Global Forest and Trade Network What is the GFTN? WWF Global Forest and Trade Network 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

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

18 local FTNs active in nearly 30 countries GFTN Forest and Trade Networks - spring 2003 WWF Skog 2000 WWF Skov 2000 Mesoamerican and Caribbean Forest and Trade Network                             History of the networks The first was launched in 1991 - it was the UK 95+ group, Then followed Belgium and The Dutch group. The last networks were founded in 2002, the Japanese and the Hong Kong and the Central American. The networks popped up on initiative of the local WWF office. After a couple of years it became clear that there was a need for an umbrella organisation, particularly to provide research and education to the network. In 2001 there were already 14 networks and then it was decided that the Forest and Trade Networks should have a common charter to be aligned to. So a few networks had to rewrite the membership requirements. Justin, margaret, david, darron, rod, Darius WWF Oceania Buyers Group 18 local FTNs active in nearly 30 countries 16 Demand Oriented FTNs, 2 Producer Groups

Today: Russia, Central America Producer Groups Mesoamerican and Caribbean Forest and Trade Network                             Today: Russia, Central America Future: Romania/Bulgaria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Gabon/Cameroon, Ghana, Bolivia, Brazil, Surinam, Peru

long-term goal of sourcing from responsible forestry Purchasing Policy long-term goal of sourcing from responsible forestry through a stepwise approach promotes legal compliance

Threshold requirements known origin, legal status Purchasing Stepwise - Threshold requirements known origin, legal status High Conservation Value Forests (HCVFs), protected areas verified by a 3rd party

Purchasing Stepwise - Transition phase Producer Group membership Action plan for achieving responsible management MIV - Modular Implementation and Verification 3rd party monitoring

well managed certified sources Purchasing stepwise - well managed certified sources credible certification system assessed according to World Bank/WWF criteria currently FSC best meets WWF’s conservation goals

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

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

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.

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 Governments margaret.rainey@wwf.se

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 forward