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    16-18 June 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST

    CERTIFICATION IN ASIAPACIFIC & REVISION OF PEFC

    REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREST

    CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS

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    Stakeholder Dialogue

    Development of Forest Certification in Asia Pacific &

    Revision of PEFC Requirements for Forest Certification Systems

    Dear PEFC members and stakeholders,

    The most recent PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue held on 16-18 June 2010 in Kuala Lumpur,

    Malaysia focused on the revision of PEFCs core documentation and requirements for

    sustainable forest management and forest certification schemes, and on forest certification

    initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region.

    We are indeed pleased that so many people were able to accept the joint invitation from PEFC

    International and MTCC to attend this stakeholder dialogue, which is the first such dialogue

    organized under PEFC in the Asia-Pacific region.

    The Asia-Pacific region is not only home to some of the most complex, but also the most

    threatened forest ecosystems in the world. As the world's largest forest certification system and

    the certification system of choice for hundreds of thousands of small- and family-forest owners, it

    is our collective responsibility to support the development of sustainable forest management

    practices and forest certification in the region with standards that integrate best practices, new

    scientific knowledge, stakeholder and customer expectations, as well as practical experiences onthe ground into standards that are globally relevant and locally applicable.

    Accordingly, the speakers, whose presentations you will find later in this document, came from

    different Asia-Pacific countries to present and share their experiences, challenges and successes

    in developing their certification initiatives.

    As PEFC is currently comprehensively reviewing and revising its benchmarks, this Stakeholder

    Dialogue also enabled stakeholder input for the ongoing Standards Revision process. While

    market and societal expectations as well as sound scientific knowledge are relevant, stakeholder

    participation and input is crucial to establish viable and pragmatic standards.

    The Dialogue builds on the work of multi-stakeholder working groups comprising representatives

    from a broad range of sectors including forest owners, industry, customers, the scientific

    community, environmental groups and trade unions. Their work has been complemented by a

    series of workshops involving specialists on a wide range of areas.

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    This Stakeholder Dialogue provided an ideal opportunity for over one hundred and thirty

    stakeholders to participate in person to learn about and exchange views on forest certification in

    the Asia-Pacific region and to share with us their opinions and suggestions on critical issues

    concerning the PEFC Standards revision process, including amongst others:

    how to ensure balanced stakeholder representation and participation in developing

    national standards,

    how to deal with the concept of group certification, including meeting the requirements for

    participation covering size and type of forest area (natural forest or forest plantation) and

    forest ownership (state-owned or privately-owned),

    structure of PEFC requirements for sustainable forest management,

    ensuring basic labour, health and safety standards in all forestry operations, as well as

    how to deal with the issue of forest conversion.

    Our continuing success in delivering certified sustainable forest management globally dependsupon stakeholder participation, and the resultant requirements will apply to over two thirds of the

    worlds certified forest area.

    The Dialogue concluded with a field visit to a PEFC/MTCS certified forest, and this enabled

    participants to appreciate the results of certified sustainable forest management in practice.

    The next Stakeholder Dialogue will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 10 November and we

    look forward to welcoming you there.

    Yours sincerely,

    Ben Gunneberg Chew Lye Teng

    Secretary General Chief Executive Officer

    PEFC International Malaysian Timber Certification Council

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    Day 1 Forest Certification in Asia-Pacific region

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    Agenda

    Day 1, 16 June 2010: Forest Certification in Asia Pacific Region

    Welcome Dr Hans Drielsma (PEFC InternationalBoard Member)

    Dato' Dr. Freezailah CheYeom, MTCC Chairman

    Page 5

    PresentationsDay 1

    Page 7

    PEFCInternational

    Linking National Certification Systems tothe Global Community

    Mr Ben Gunneberg,PEFC InternationalSecretary General

    Page 8

    Malaysia Implementation of the Malaysian TimberCertification Scheme - Progress andChallenges

    Mr Chew Lye Teng,MTCC Chief ExecutiveOfficer

    Page 12

    China Status of Forest Certification in China Mr Wei Wang, StateForest Administration,

    China

    Page 16

    Indonesia Certification on Tropical Forests: LEIPerspective

    Mr Agus Setyarso, LEIChairman

    Page 22

    Australia Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) Dr Hans Drielsma, AFSBoard member

    Page 26

    Day 2, 17 June 2010: Revision of PEFC requirements

    Plenary session

    WelcomeDr Hans Drielsma, PEFC International Board Memberand Dato' Dr. Freezailah Che Yeom, MTCC Chairman

    Page 31

    Statement of Convention onBiological Diversity Dr Hans Drielsma on behalf of Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf,CBD Secretary General Page 32

    Revision of PEFCRequirements for ForestCertification Systems TheProcess

    Dr Hans Drielsma Page 38

    PEFC Standard SettingRequirements

    Mr Ben Gunneberg Page 40

    Group Forest ManagementCertification Requirements

    Mr Ben Gunneberg Page 42

    Draft Requirements forSustainable Forest

    Management (SFM)

    Mr Jaroslav Tymrak, PEFC International, Head ofTechnical Unit

    Page 44

    Roundtables Page 50

    Standard setting Chaired by Mr Jaroslav Tymrak

    Group Forest Certification Chaired by Mr Ben Gunneberg

    SFM Boreal, TemperateForests and Plantations

    Chaired by Dr Hans Drielsma

    SFM Natural Tropical Forests Chaired by Mr Harnarinder Singh, MTCC

    Plenary session

    Presentation of Roundtables Results & Discussion

    Day 3, 18 June 2010: Field Trip Page 52

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    Welcome Speech

    Welcome speech by Dato Dr. Freezailah Bin Che Yeom,Chairman of the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC)

    At PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue, 16 June 2010

    Dr. Hans Drielsma, member of the board of directors of PEFC, Mr. Ben Gunneberg, SecretaryGeneral of PEFC International, Mr. Chew Lye Teng, Chief Executive Officer, MTCC, friends andsupporters of the growing PEFC family in China, Japan, Indonesia and India, ladies and gentlemen,

    Good morning,

    On behalf of the board and the management of the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), I

    wish you all, distinguished participants, selamat datang or welcome to this important stakeholder

    dialogue, particularly to our overseas participants. The response from stakeholders is most

    encouraging and augurs well for certification and sustainable management of the regions forest, an

    objective that unites all of us.

    We are indeed pleased that so many of you are able to accept the joint invitation from PEFC

    International and the MTCC to attend this stakeholder dialogue, which is the first such dialogue

    organized under PEFC in the Asia-Pacific region. For your information, a total of 108 participants are

    registered for the dialogue, with 39 participants from outside Malaysia. Let me also not forget to thank

    PEFC for entrusting MTCC to co-organise this event. It is indeed a special honour for MTCC.

    At this juncture forest or timber certification is still relatively new to many countries in the asia-pacific

    region, although the region is home to some of the worlds richest natural forests and biological

    diversity. The Asia-Pacific region is also the most populous region in the world and needless to say

    the sustainable management of its forest resources is of vital importance to the lives and livelihoods

    of billions of people.

    The MTCC has attempted, in its own small way, to promote and encourage the implementation oftimber certification in this region at the Asian level, through the working group on a pan-Asian timber

    certification initiative. Through this working group, the Asian member states have developed a set of

    criteria and indicators for legality of timberas well as guidelines for chain of custody (coc) of legal

    timber and sustainable timber. It is hoped that the experience gained from the development of their

    national standards for legal timber will be helpful in assisting the individual Asian member states to

    develop their respective national standards for forest certification.

    The countries in the Asia-Pacific region are mostly developing countries which need to manage and

    utilise their forest resources in order to implement socio-economic programmes for the benefit of their

    people. The practice of sustainable forest management therefore provides the balanced approach

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    that is needed to enable us to utilize our forest resources without undue negative impacts on the

    environmental and social functions of the forests as well as on its future productivity.

    MTCC will do its utmost to fully support PEFCs efforts to assist the countries in this region to

    implement forest certification as one of the key measures to ensure the sustainable management of

    their precious forest resources. Planning and implementation of certification entails a steep learning

    curve and cooperation and working closely with each other is certainly the path to make progress.

    There is no room for rivalry because our shared commitment and objective is the sustainable

    management and certification of our forests.

    As part of the programme of the stakeholder dialogue, we have included a field trip to enable

    participants, especially our overseas friends, to visit an MTCS-certified forest in the Selangor FMU.

    We hope that you will find the stakeholder dialogue and field trip to be beneficial in providing a better

    understanding of the challenges faced in efforts to achieve sustainable forest management in the

    Asia-Pacific region.

    Thank you.

    Dato' Dr. Freezailah Che Yeom, MTCC Chairman

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    Presentations Day 1

    Forest Certification in Asia-Pacific Region

    PEFCInternational

    Linking National Certification Systems tothe Global Community

    Mr Ben Gunneberg, PEFCInternational SecretaryGeneral

    Page 8

    MalaysiaImplementation of the Malaysian TimberCertification Scheme - Progress and

    Challenges

    Mr Chew Lye Teng, MTCCChief Executive Officer

    Page 12

    China Status of Forest Certification in ChinaMr Wei Wang, State ForestAdministration, China

    Page 16

    IndonesiaCertification on Tropical Forests: LEIPerspective

    Mr Agus Setyarso, LEIChairman

    Page 22

    Australia Australian Forestry Standard (AFS)Dr Hans Drielsma, AFSBoard member

    Page 26

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    Linking National Certification Systems to the Global Community Mr. Ben Gunneberg, PEFC

    International Secretary General

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    Mr Harnarinder Singh, MTCC, speaks on behalf of MTCCsChief Executive Officer, Mr. Chew Lye Teng

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    Implementation of the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme Progress and Challenges -

    Mr Chew Lye Teng, MTCC Chief Executive Officer

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    Status of Forest Certification in China - Mr Wei Wang, State Forest Administration, China

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    Mr Wei Wang, State Forest Administration, China

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    Certification on Tropical Forests: LEI Perspective - Mr Agus Setyarso, LEI Chairman

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    Mr. Agus Setyarso, Chairman of LEI

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    Dr Hans Drielsma, AFS Board member

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    Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) - Dr Hans Drielsma, AFS Board member

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    Day 2 Seminar

    Revision of PEFC Requirements

    Welcomes and statements

    Opening remarks Dr Hans Drielsma Page 31

    Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD) Statement Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf Page 32

    Presentations

    Revision of PEFC Requirements forForest Certification Systems TheProcess

    Dr Hans Drielsma Page 38

    PEFC Standard SettingRequirements

    Mr Ben Gunneberg Page 40

    Group Forest ManagementCertification Requirements

    Mr Ben Gunneberg Page 42

    Draft requirements for sustainableforest management Mr Jaroslav Tymrak Page 44

    Summary of roundtables Page 50

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    Welcome and CBD Statement

    Chairmans Opening Remarks

    Dr Hans Drielsma

    Welcome to you all this morning.

    Today we wish to focus on the PEFC requirements for national forest standards, or what we refer to

    as sustainability benchmarks. My role today is as Chair of the Revisions Working Group considering

    these requirements.

    Standards revisions is a challenging task. We need to ensure that:

    Standards are robust enough to ensure Sustainable Forest Management and provide

    confidence to key markets and stakeholders

    Sustainability benchmark requirements are flexible enough to meet the diverse needs

    of differing national circumstances

    Resulting national standards are feasible, realistic and cost-effective

    Our objectives today are to:

    Inform you of the results of the work of the Revisions Working Group to date

    Receive feedback on the enquiry drafts, especially that for the SFM requirements for

    tropical forest standards

    Encourage you to participate in the public consultation, and provide comments on the

    drafts.

    Our task is to find the right balance.

    We were to be joined today by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on

    Biological Diversity. He has been called to more pressing duties, but has provided a statement, which

    I have the pleasure of now reading to you now.

    Thank you

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    Revision of PEFC Requirements for Forest Certification Systems The Process - Dr Hans

    Drielsma, AFS Board Member

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    PEFC Standard Setting Requirements Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General, PEFC

    International

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    Group Forest Management Certification Requirements Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General,

    PEFC International

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    Draft Requirements for Sustainable Forest Management Jaroslav Tymrak, Head of Technical

    Unit, PEFC International

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    Dr Hans Drielsma, AFS Board Member, with participants at theRevision of PEFC Requirements for Forest Certification Systems roundtable

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    Summary of Roundtables

    Standard Setting Roundtable (PEFC ST 1001:20XX, ED)

    Roundtable discussions focused on the four critical issues identified in the Standard revision

    process (PEFC ST 1001:20XX, ED):

    the scope of the standard;

    ensuring balanced representation in the process;

    incorporating disadvantaged & key stakeholders; and

    the requirements for building consensus and decision making.

    In general, participants suggested that the requirements presented in the enquiry draft would

    encourage a robust, inclusive standard setting process. The discussion also outlined the

    importance of recognizing various constraints (such as financial resources, language and the

    actual time needed to become familiar with the issue and negotiations) that some stakeholder

    groups would face in participating.

    Group Certification Roundtable (PEFC ST 1002:20XX, ED)

    The roundtable on group forest certification discussed the enquiry draft (PEFC ST 1002:20xx, ED).

    The discussion here was mainly focused on the importance and need of a cost efficient option for

    certification of small-holders and community forests as well as the capacity needed to establish

    functioning group certification. The working group also discussed group certification in relation to

    type of forest (natural and plantation forests) and forest ownership (state owned or privately owned

    forests).

    SFM Roundtable Boreal and Temperate Forests (PEFC ST 1003:20XX,

    ED)

    The roundtable on sustainable forest management discussed the enquiry draft on boreal and

    temperate forests and plantations (PEFC ST 1003:20xx, Part 1 ED). Due to time restrictions

    priority was given to those issues of the most importance to the stakeholders present:

    Conversions: There was significant discussion around this issue. Many participants

    recognised the need to make strong statements about conversions, as this was a matter of

    significant concern in many markets. It was also noted that conversion was an important

    element in national development plans of many countries, and that some recognition of this

    position was desirable. The conditions for such circumstances outlined in the draft were

    discussed and many participants considered them to be reasonable.

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    Indigenous People: Participants raised the issue of minorities and local communities and to

    what extent their interest might be similar to indigenous peoples. Migratory peoples were also

    considered to be relevant in certain contexts. It was noted that customary rights are undefined.

    Species: Discussion focused on Rubberwood and Oil Palm plantations and whether such

    species would be eligible for coverage in certification schemes. In this regard it was noted that

    there may be issues surrounding the definition of Forest Management Unit. Non-forest fibre

    sources in some regions are an important component of fibre supply chains and products, and

    consideration needs to be given to this issue.

    Non-Timber Forest Products: This was raised as a concern, but it was noted that there arealready many instances where non-timber forest products are recognised and certified under

    PEFC systems, and there was no discrimination with regard to the PEFC sustainability

    benchmark requirements.

    Plantations: The role of plantations was raised. It was noted that biodiversity within a

    plantation was not negligible, and should be considered. Chemical use was to be a vital

    component of successful plantation management and it was recommended that this be

    recognised by certification systems.

    SFM Roundtable Natural Tropical Forests (PEFC ST 1003:20XX, part 2,ED)

    The roundtable on sustainable forest management in tropical natural forests discussed the enquiry

    draft (PEFC ST 1003:20xx, Part 2 ED) and mainly focused on the structure of PEFC sustainability

    benchmarks and the two main details:

    whether the requirements for Sustainable Forest Management Standards should entail two

    separate documents (one for Temperate, Boreal and Plantation forests, and the other

    specifically for Tropical Natural forests), or whether there should only be only one standard for

    all forest types, or whether there should be one standard for natural forests and another for

    forest plantations,

    how detailed the SFM sustainability benchmark standards should be and how they ought to be

    structured, i.e. whether to reflect principle and criterion levels, or criterion and guideline levels,

    or should a third level (an indicator level) also be included (developed).

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    Field Trip Day 3

    0730 Depart for Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve, Selangor

    0830Arrive at Compartment 18, Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve

    Briefing by the Selangor Tengah District Forest Officer on the management of Compartment 18, Bukit

    Lagong Forest Reserve a mixed Dipterocarp forest that was first logged under the Malayan Uniform

    System (MUS) in the mid-1950s, and relogged under the present Selective Management System

    (SMS) in 2002.

    Visit to see residual forest stand and management activities conducted.

    1000 Depart for Kanching Recreational Forest

    Briefing by Selangor State Forestry Department on Forest Management in Selangor FMU

    1115 Visit Compartment 7, Kanching Forest Reserve

    Briefing by Hulu Selangor District Forest Officer on the management of Compartment 7 a

    regenerated, mixed Dipterocarp forest that was logged under the MUS in the mid-1950s.

    Visit to see the Regenerated Forest

    1200 Lunch at Kanching Recreational Forest

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    Participants from the Stakeholder Dialogue participating at the Selangor Forest Field Trip

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    Malaysian Timber Certification Council

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    No. 12, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng

    50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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    Fax: +603-2161 2293

    E-mail: [email protected]

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