by: christian lundmark jensen danish ministry of the environment forest and nature agency
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CHATHAM HOUSE Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation 9-10 July 2007 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT State of Play in Denmark. by: Christian Lundmark Jensen Danish Ministry of the Environment Forest and Nature Agency. Green Procurement in DK - milestones since mid 1990ties. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CHATHAM HOUSE Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation
9-10 July 2007
PUBLIC PROCUREMENTState of Play in Denmark
by: Christian Lundmark Jensen
Danish Ministry of the Environment
Forest and Nature Agency
Green Procurement in DK - milestones since mid 1990ties
1995- 50 procurement guidelines developed for numerous products
Many supporting facilities: Buyers Panel, SKI and PP Network
2001 Parliament decision on Tropical Timber
2003 Voluntary procurement guidelines on Tropical Timber
2004 Information campaign on Tropical Timber
2005 Evaluation of guidelines on Tropical Timber
2006 9-point-plan on legal and sustainable timber (all timber)
Temporary guidance on legal timber (all timber)
2007 Draft revised criteria for ‘legal’ and ‘sustainable’ (all timber) out for public consultation
Declared line of sight from Environment Minister Connie Hedegaard,
when launching her 9-point-plan in 2006
All public buyers should buy ’legal’ and
’sustainable’ timber
What’s the problem?TropicalPublic
EU-directivesEU FLEGT WTO/GPA
CriteriaLegal
SustainablePhased approach...
Certification + CoCAlternative documentation
Assesment
Rio Forest PrinciplesITTO, CBD
ILO, ISO, FPIC
ToolsGuidelines
Wood as materialWood products
Harmonisation EU, UK, NL,
France, Belgium GermanyVoluntary
Binding rules
What’s the possibilities?
Draft Revised DK Criteria
Criteria UK / DK (identical)
1. StandardsLegal 4 / 4 (all)
Sustainable frame 2 / 0 (0) - slight dif. on link to int. framework
Sustainable specifics 4 / 6 (4) - DK: + social + extent of forest resource
Sustainable process 3 / 5 (1) - DK explicitely accept two processes
2. Certification 6 / 6 (all)
3. Accreditation 1 / 1 (all)
4. CoC and labelling 6 / 6 (4) - dif. on link to forest and mix/70 %
Total 26 / 30 (20)
Comments to DK draft
• 44 organisations and agencies responded• 10 domestic• 34 from foreign countries or international org.
e.g. UK, Finland, Malaysia, Australia, US, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Brazil + int. org.
• more than 100 pages with detailed comments– many constructive proposals for technical improvements
– some good food for thought, e.g.:do we at all NEED this kind of work (national criteria setting); concern about uncertified suppliers,
– strong calls for more cautious approaches, e.g. on social + extent
– strong calls for more rigorious approaches, e.g. on social + extent
(All comments available at full length at the internet)
Next steps• Consider all comments carefully
• Keen to engage in broader stakeholder discussion, e.g. on social aspects and/or extent of ressource
• Keen to contribute to harmonisation efforts
• However, also keen to move on and improve guidance to buyers -as said in the 9-point-plan
• Keen to address alternative means for doc. in a practical, yet ambitious way (e.g. underpin FLEGT)
– we have some guidance already (tropical timber guidelines)– CPET has some (very long!) guidance– Seminar in Copenhagen March 2007– Timber tracking project in Russia finalised– Look into existing VLO/VLC tools and systems– Address the missing link from forest to buyer– Non controversial areas and countries?
Thank you
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