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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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