The following is a list of ITTO projects in the field of community forestry initiated since 1999. All budget amounts are in US dollars. For a complete list of all operational and completed projects financed by ITTO, please refer to the ITTO Annual Report.
In the project numbers given below, 'PD' denotes project and 'PPD' denotes pre-project. The suffix 'F' denotes Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management, 'M' the Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence, and 'I' the Committee on Forest Industry.
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Promotion of Sustainable Management of African Forests
| Project number : | PD 124/01 Rev.2 (M), Phase II Stage 1 |
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| Project country : | African Timber Organization (ATO) and ITTO |
| budget : | ITTO: $320,000 ATO: $40,000 Total: $360,000 |
| Submitted by : | ITTO Secretariat |
| Implementing agencies : | African Timber Organization (ATO) and ITTO |
| Financed at session No : | 42 |
Summary
This project was formulated pursuant to ITTC Decision 4(XXIX) in order to develop a framework of cooperation between ITTO and ATO for the promotion and application of ATO/ITTO principles, criteria and indicators (PCI) for the sustainable management of African forests, which could eventually lead to credible assessment and certification systems. The specific objectives of the project are to establish key elements of adequate capacity:
(i) to implement ATO/ITTO PCI at national level in the African Member countries of ITTO.
(ii) for effective regional-level cooperation through the ATO to support individual Member countries to implement the ATO/ITTO PCI.
Under Phase I of the project, the draft ATO/ITTO PCI were drafted for endorsement by both organizations and some 160 relevant forestry staff in 7 countries were trained in their implementation. An auditing framework for African forests was also developed. More than 100 trainers were trained to conduct audits based on the ATO/ITTO PCI at the forest management unit level. National PCI/certification standards were developed in 5 countries, collection of data on PCI was undertaken in 9 countries, improvement of national monitoring/auditing frameworks commenced in all 10 African producer countries, and ATO’s advisory and dissemination capacity in relation to PCI was enhanced.
Phase II Stage 1 is now on-going and will continue efforts to extend all of these activities to all ITTO producer members in Africa. Phase II Stage 2 and Phase III, if funded and implemented, will result in all 10 countries having nationally agreed and internationally accepted C&I/auditing frameworks which will serve as the basis for independent certification for countries desiring or requiring this.
Multispectral three-dimensional aerial digital imagery for monitoring forest management and conservation in the Republic of Congo
| Project number : | PD 360/05 Rev.2 (F) |
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| Project country : | Republic of Congo |
| budget : | ITTO: $610,000 Government of Rep. of Congo: $411,346 Winrock International: $154,500 Total: $1,175,846 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Republic of Congo |
| Implementing agencies : | Winrock International in Collaboration with Centre National d'inventaires et d'aménagement des Ressources Forestières et Fauniques and the Wildlife Conservation Society |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, USA, France, Norway (revised budget approved at this session, funding pledged at 39th session) |
| Financed at session No : | 40 |
Summary
The Republic of Congo presently lacks a transparent system for monitoring forest management and harvest at the national and Forest Management Unit (FMU) level. The proposed project will complement project PD 176/02 Rev.1 (F), implemented by GFW/WRI and CNIAF to use GIS and remote sensing techniques to support uniform enforcement of forestry legislation throughout the country, by creating a system of high resolution, aerial digital imagery for forest management, planning and audit and by providing greatly improved data on a region in the southwest of the country where continuous cloud cover prevents effective remote sensing via satellite. Furthermore, the proposed project will build on an ITTO-funded project PD 272/04 Rev.2 (F) in which the Direction Générale de l'Economie Forestière is developing national criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of Congo forests based on ITTO criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. The high-resolution imagery that will result from this project can be combined with criteria and indicators derived through the DGEF effort to create a system for cost-effective monitoring and evaluation of sustainable forest management in the country.
The project aims at contributing that the Congolese export timber resources provide sustainable income through improved access to markets concerned with raw material originating from sustainable forest management. Specifically, it intends to make available a transparent forest monitoring system for the sustainable management of Congo forests at the national and Forest Management Unit levels.
Main expected outputs are:
· High-resolution aerial digital imagery over south-western Congo forests and concessions captured;
· Digital images for tactical planning in forest management planning, comparison of planned and actual harvest rates and forest charges valuation processed and interpreted;
· Methodology for use by stakeholders in biodiversity monitoring and habitat assessment developed and evaluated;
· Timber volumes using digital 3D imagery to monitor legal logging volumes, detect illegal logging and providing a transparent basis for revenue assessment measured;
· Biomass and carbon stocks in a pilot area using digital 3D imagery determined by the Project Steering Committee measured; and
· Training in all aspects of image capture, processing and interpretation is provided to national authorities.
Promotion of sustainable management of African forests
| Project number : | PD 124/01 Rev.2 (M), Phase I, Stage 2 |
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| Project country : | Africa |
| budget : | ITTO: $634,983 ATO*: $172,750 Total: $807,733 |
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| Implementing agencies : | *African Timber Organization and ITTO |
| ITTO funding sources : | Unearmarked funds of the Special Account |
| Financed at session No : | 37 |
Summary
The first stage of Phase I of this project finalised the draft ATO/ITTO Principles, criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of natural tropical forests (PCI) for endorsement of both organisations, trained 60 relevant forestry staff in three countries in their implementation, and developed an auditing framework for African forests. Over 60 trainers able to conduct audits based on the ATO/ITTO PCI at the forest management unit level were also trained in the first stage. This second stage will include activities to strengthen country reporting using the PCI, further national training on the PCI and auditing framework, development of national PCI/certification standards in five countries, the collection of data on PCI in ten countries, improvement of national monitoring/auditing frameworks in ten countries, and enhancement of ATO's advisory and dissemination capacity in relation to PCI.
Development of national principles, criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of Congo forest based on the ITTO criteria and indicators for SFM
| Project number : | PD 272/04 Rev.2 (F) |
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| Project country : | Republic of Congo |
| budget : | ITTO: $447,702 Government of Congo: $96,504 Total: $544,206 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Republic of Congo |
| Implementing agencies : | General Directorate for the Forest Economy Direction (Direction Générale de l'Economie Forestière – DGEF) |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, Bali Partnership Fund (Sub-account A), USA |
| Financed at session No : | 37 |
Summary
This project will assess and promote sustainable forest management in Congolese forests. It will develop a set of national criteria and indicators (C&I) adapted to Congo's specific conditions based on ITTO's C&I in order to assess the progress towards SFM at both the national and forest management unit levels. It will also develop national expertise in SFM auditing procedures through training.
Criteria and indicators for the evaluation of tropical forest management sustainability in Mexico (Southeastern Coastal Plains: Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula)
| Project number : | PD 351/05 Rev.1 (F) |
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| Project country : | Mexico |
| budget : | ITTO: $514,653 INIFAP-CONAFOR/Gobierno Anfitrión: $181,572 Total: $696,225 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Mexico |
| Implementing agencies : | National Institute for Forestry, Agricultural and Animal Research (INIFAP) and National Centre for Disciplinary Research on Forest Ecosystem Conservation and Improvement |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, USA, Finland, Bali Partnership Fund |
| Financed at session No : | 39 |
Summary
The status of Mexico's rainforests is a reflexion of the imbalance between forest and agricultural and livestock development; the latter characterised by the accelerated rate of deforestation. Furthermore, there has been a lack of suitable silvicultural methods to manage these forests which, in general, have been treated inadequately.
This project proposal seeks to strengthen, encourage and evaluate sustainable tropical forest management in Mexico, with a view to achieving the ITTO's Objective 2000 and the Mexican Government's Forest Development Plan so that international trade may be based on raw materials originating from forests managed and certified according to criteria and indicators that strengthen the sustainability of this resource.
Overall, the proposal aims to develop management programmes for the sustainable conservation and utilisation of tropical forests in the southeast of Mexico (Los Tuxtlas, Chimalapas, Selva Lacandona, Centla, Calakmul, Tekax, and Sián Kaán). More specifically, it envisions transferring knowledge to the Ejido communities that own tropical forest resources in these regions in order to develop and implement specific local C&I to evaluate and monitor the progress towards sustainable forest management.
Major outputs include the following:
· Diagnosis of forest resources in the tropical forests of the South-eastern Coastal Plains;
· Forest management evaluation processes tailored to Mexico's tropical forest conditions (society, legislation, economy, and environment); and
· Validated local C&I with a holistic view of ecological, economic and social systems required to evaluate tropical forest management.
Development and delivery of a vocational training programme in reduced impact logging and sustainable forest management practices in Guyana
| Project number : | PD 333/05 Rev.2 (I) |
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| Project country : | Guyana |
| budget : | ITTO: $361,897 Government of Guyana: $441,431 Forestry Training Centre Inc: $80,155 Forest Enterprises: $136,130 TFF/Caterpillar Inc: $135,000 Total: $1,154,613 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Guyana |
| Implementing agencies : | Forestry Training Centre Incorporated |
| ITTO funding sources : | USA, France, Bali Partnership Fund |
| Financed at session No : | 39 |
Summary
The purpose of this 24-month project is to continue and expand vocational training in sustainable forest management and reduced-impact logging practices in Guyana. The project will build on the experience, successes, partnerships, and assets base of the Forestry Training Centre Incorporated (FTCI), which was established in May 2003 through ITTO Project PD 68/01 Rev.2 (I). The FTCI has prepared a training manual consisting of 17 modules that describe the process of reduced impact logging (RIL) step-by-step and has organized two training courses and one workshop to provide practical training in RIL for skill-levels from forest managers to field-based operators. In view of a further demand for SFM/RIL training and the existing capacity in terms of human resources and facilities to deliver such training, a continuation and broadening of this programme is proposed.
This project will assist human resource development and institutional strengthening in the forestry sector in Guyana. One of the main project activities is to continue the RIL training programme consisting of 27 practical training courses targeting 234 forestry professionals at all levels. The second component of the project activities aims to develop a RIL system and special training programme tailored to the needs of small-scale and community forest operators. 36 persons are expected to benefit from this programme. The third part of the project activities is to broaden the vocational sustainable forest management training programme beyond RIL practices by developing four additional training courses: forest management planning and code of practice standards, forest surveying and mapping, tree species identification, and auditing practices for Criteria and Indicators, from which courses 96 persons are expected to benefit.
Training and application of ITTO criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management at the forest unit level in natural production forests of Ecuador
| Project number : | PD 5/00 Rev.4 (F) |
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| Project country : | Ecuador |
| budget : | ITTO: $252,991 Juan Manuel Durini Forest Foundation: $117,436 Total: $370,427 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Ecuador |
| Implementing agencies : | Juan Manuel Durini Forest Foundation in cooperation with the private sector, Chachi indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations and the Ministry of Environment |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan |
| Financed at session No : | 35 |
Summary
This project envisages to strengthen and promote sustainable forest management (SFM) in Ecuador to meet ITTO's Objective 2000 so as to ensure that all timber and timber products from Ecuador entering international trade come from sustainably managed forests.
Specifically, it intends to test, provide training in, and apply the ITTO Criteria and Indicators for the Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forests at the forest management unit (FMU) level in specific natural forest areas, and implement a permanent computerized monitoring system for Criteria and Indicators (C&I) in order to assess progress towards the sustainability of management activities in selected Ecuadorian forests over time.
The project's expected outputs can be described as follows:
· Application of ITTO’s C&I at the FMU level in 13,830 ha of Ecuadorian coastal production forests;
· 100 people from both public and private sectors trained in the application and monitoring of C&I at the FMU level and in sustainable forest management techniques;
· A C&I database developed to monitor field progress in SFM over time at selected sites; and
· The publication and wide dissemination of pamphlets and technical sheets promoting the application of C&I and SFM in Ecuador.
The Project will be implemented by the Fundacion Forestal Juan Manuel Durini with the participation of forest industries, environmental NGO’s (PROBONA), Chachi indigenous communities, central and local governments, and other technical cooperation projects in the area.
To establish a national monitoring information system for the effective conservation and sustainable management of Thailand’s forest resources
| Project number : | PD 195/03 Rev.2 (F) |
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| Project country : | Thailand |
| budget : | ITTO: $677,743 Government of Thailand: $382,677 Total: $1,060,420 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Thailand |
| Implementing agencies : | Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, Switzerland, Australia |
| Financed at session No : | 35 |
Summary
This project builds on the completed ITTO project PD 2/99 Rev.2 (F), whose output was a set of procedures for forest resource monitoring (THAIFORM) that included techniques for establishing monitoring points, collecting and processing field data, and GIS analysis.
The project aims to generate monitoring information to support informed policy decision-making by the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department of Thailand (DNP) and other agencies involved in forest conservation and sustainable forest management (SFM). The specific project objective is to set up a national monitoring system to provide change and trend data on timber and non-timber forest resources. When linked with socio-economic information, this data will provide a basis for policy decisions and for measuring progress toward SFM by reporting on the national Criteria and Indicators (C&I).
Through the project, Thailand will be able to set up the baseline forest resources monitoring system within a relatively short time-frame (< 3years), to allow continuous monitoring. Without project intervention, this process would take longer (7-10 years) and it would be impossible to measure changes and trends over time at the national level. Once established, the monitoring system will be managed and financed by DNP since the costs of plot remeasurements will be spread over time.
The expected project outputs are a national baseline forest resources monitoring system, a campaign to promote the use of the monitoring information, and a baseline national C&I report.
Adoption and implementation of an appropriate system of criteria and indicators for the Philippines
| Project number : | PD 225/03 Rev.1 (F) |
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| Project country : | Philippines |
| budget : | ITTO: $520,076 DENR: $100,000 Total: $620,076 |
| Submitted by : | Government of the Philippines |
| Implementing agencies : | Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, USA |
| Financed at session No : | 35 |
Summary
This project is a major output of Pre-project PPD 29/01 (F) "Development of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in The Philippines". The manuals, questionnaires, and action plan proposed in the pre-project have to be formally adopted and implemented by the government. This will provide an effective management tool for reporting progress on sustainable forest management (SFM) at national and forest management unit (FMU) levels, determination of indicators and other factors hampering SFM, and identification and formulation of remedial measures to achieve goals and targets on SFM and Objective 2000.
The project aims to promote and enhance the sustainable management of the tropical forests of the Philippines through the adoption and implementation of an appropriate system of criteria and indicators including auditing and monitoring. Its specific objectives are: a) to adopt and institutionalize an appropriate system of criteria and indicators for SFM at the national and forest management unit levels, using the results of the ITTO pre-project on the development of criteria and indicators; and b) to test and adopt an auditing system for criteria and indicators for SFM on a pilot base including institutional arrangements and future linkage with timber certification.
The following outputs are expected:
· Appropriate system of criteria and indicators adopted and institutionalized at the national and forest management unit levels; and
· Auditing system for criteria and indicators adopted and implemented.
Training of trainers in the application of ITTO and national criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management at the forest management unit level
| Project number : | PD 42/00 (F) |
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| Project country : | Indonesia |
| budget : | ITTO: $550,448 APHI $121,193 Total: $671,641 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Indonesia |
| Implementing agencies : | Association of Indonesian Forest Concession Holders (APHI) |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, Republic of Korea |
| Financed at session No : | 29 |
Summary
This project developed a curriculum and training module for the education of concessionaire personnel in sustainable forest management based on the ITTO and national-level criteria and indicators. It trained 230 'trainers' within forest concession companies across five regions of Indonesia; these trainers now form the basis of a database of expertise at the national level maintained by APHI.
Sustainable forest management and human resources development in Indonesia, Phase III
| Project number : | PD 89/90 (F) |
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| Project country : | Indonesia |
| budget : | ITTO: $1,098,900 Total: $1,098,900 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Indonesia |
| Implementing agencies : | Ministry of Forestry and Estate Crops |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan |
| Financed at session No : | 27 |
Summary
This is the third phase of a capacity-building project that started in 1993. The overall objective is to contribute to sustainable development in Indonesia through the improvement of policies and practices to enhance the economic efficiency of tropical forest resource management. In this phase, the project is addressing criteria and indicators, forest fire, institutional strengthening, and local participation in the management of the Bukit Baka/Bukit Raya National Park.
Development of national criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in the Congo based on the ITTO criteria and indicators
| Project number : | PPD 24/01 (F) |
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| Project country : | Congo |
| budget : | ITTO: $39,510 Government of Congo: $6,670 Total: $46,180 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Republic of Congo |
| Implementing agencies : | Department of Forest Economy (DGEF) |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan |
| Financed at session No : | 30 |
Summary
This pre-project is identifying and analysing the main constraints to the application of the ITTO criteria and indicators in Congo and formulating a project proposal for developing Congolese criteria and indicators at the national and local levels.
Operational strategy for sustainable forestry development with community participation in India
| Project number : | PD 37/00 Rev.1 (F) |
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| Project country : | India |
| budget : | ITTO: $594,678 Government of India: $632,300 Total: $1,226,978 |
| Submitted by : | Government of India |
| Implementing agencies : | Indian Institute of Forest Management |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, Republic of Korea |
| Financed at session No : | 29 |
Summary
The purpose of this project is to implement an appropriate set of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in eight selected forest management units (forest divisions) in Madhya Pradesh. The objective is to create conditions for, and thus help achieve, sustainable forestry development in the state, which in turn will serve as a model to be replicated in the rest of the country.
Developing and extending criteria and indicators for sustainable management of natural tropical forests in China
| Project number : | PD 12/00 Rev.1 (F) |
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| Project country : | China |
| budget : | ITTO: $334,119 Government of China: $145,405 Total: $479,524 |
| Submitted by : | Government of China |
| Implementing agencies : | The Chinese Academy of Forestry |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, Switzerland, Australia, Republic of Korea, USA |
| Financed at session No : | 29 |
Summary
This project aims to develop criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of natural forests in China based on ITTO's Criteria and indicators for sustainable management of natural tropical forests. It is analysing current initiatives in criteria and indicators and conducting comparative studies of the forest situation on Hainan Island and in Yunnan Province.
Development of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in the Philippines
| Project number : | PPD 29/01 Rev.1 (F) |
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| Project country : | Philippines |
| budget : | ITTO: $88,646 DENR (in kind): $43,940 Total: $132,586 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Philippines |
| Implementing agencies : | Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, USA |
| Financed at session No : | 31 |
Summary
This pre-project assisted the Philippines to promote the sustainable management of its forest resources in accordance with ITTO's Objective 2000 by formulating criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management and developing manuals and an action program for their field application.
Development of criteria and indicators for sustainable management appropriate to Brazilian tropical forests
| Project number : | PD 140/02 Rev.2 (M) |
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| Project country : | Brazil |
| budget : | ITTO: $396,313 ABIMCI/FORUM/SBS: $166,100 Total: $563,663 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Brazil |
| Implementing agencies : | Brazilian Association of Mechanically Processed Timber (ABIMCI) in cooperation with the National Forum of Forest Organizations (FORUM), the Brazilian Society for Silviculture (SBS), and others |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan, USA |
| Financed at session No : | 32 |
Summary
This project is developing a harmonised set of criteria and indicators (C&I) for the sustainable management of Brazilian tropical forests, taking into consideration the ITTO C&I and the Tarapoto regional initiative. It is also developing and field-testing a manual for applying the Brazilian C&I and conducting training courses in its use.
Promotion and transfer of knowledge on sustainable forest management models to timber producers
| Project number : | PD 23/00 Rev.4 (F) |
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| Project country : | Peru |
| budget : | ITTO: $420,212 CNF: $242,565 Forest concessionaires: $150,000 Total: $812,777 |
| Submitted by : | Government of Peru |
| Implementing agencies : | Camara Nacional Forestal with the active participation of forest concessionaires, industrialists' assoc., professionals, NGOs, the Min. of Agriculture, MITINCI, PROMPEX, technological inst. & univs. |
| ITTO funding sources : | Japan |
| Financed at session No : | 33 |
Summary
This project is focusing on the training and education of Peruvian Amazon forest stakeholders in sustainable forest management techniques, including the ITTO criteria and indicators, to promote private investments in the forest sector and the use of appropriate technologies.
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