Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011

(SFM Tropics 2011)

Organization-Led Initiative in support of the UNFF

28-30 November 2016, Rome, Italy

Takeshi Goto, Assistant Director

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

Background:

•To assess progress toward SFM, ITTO conducted

Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011 (SFM

Tropics 2011).

•Estimates were made on the areas of natural PFEs

which could reasonably be considered under SFM.

•The survey covered all ITTO producer

countries, which together occupied

80% of world’s

tropical forests.

Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011

(SFM Tropics 2011)

Natural protection PFE

358 million ha

Natural production PFE

403 million ha

Non-PFE

639 million ha

Non-ITTO members

243 million ha

Planted PFE

22 million ha

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Data sources:

• Primarily country reports on ITTO C&I revised in

2005;

• FRA 2010, country reports to the World Bank for

FCPF, web-based databases of IUCN and UNEP-

WCMC; and

• Information from ITTO diagnostic missions, ITTO

field projects, ITTO C&I training WSs, NGOs and

organizations and individuals with specialist

knowledge.

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Methodology:

• Member countries provided data using ITTO C&I

Reporting Formats;

• Partner organizations, such as FAO and UNEP-WCMC

and others, provided data;

• Authors compiled country profiles using above data and

other information gained through consultations with in-

country experts and stakeholders;

• Country profiles were reviewed by in-country, regional

and international experts; and

• Global analysis was carried out

based on country profiles.

Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011

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Methodology --- Natural production PFE:

Aggregated the areas of:

• Forest management units where independent

certification was practiced or demonstrable progress

was made towards independent certification;

• Forest management units where long-term management

plans were fully developed and effectively implemented;

• Model forest units where information was available on

the quality of management; and/or

• Community-based forest management units with secure

tenure and a known high quality

forest management.

Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011

(SFM Tropics 2011)

Methodology --- Natural protection PFE:

Aggregated the areas of natural protection PEF:

• With secure boundaries and management;

• That were generally considered well managed; and

• That were not under significant threat from

destructive agents.

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Results:

• About 7% of natural PFE were considered sustainably

managed.

Sustainably managed

natural protection PFE

22.7 million ha (6.3%)

Sustainably managed

natural production PFEs

30.6 million ha (7.6%)

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Conclusions:

• The estimate should be considered conservative, as

they included only the PFEs where reliable

information was available about the quality of forest

management.

• Data were still far from adequate although

improvement was seen, and ITTO and partners

need to work together to improve data availability

and quality.

• Total cost for carrying out SFM Tropics 2011 was

around US$ 500,000.

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