68 | Sector Focus: Tropical Timber
SUMMARY
■The IMM forms part of the EU FLEGT project
■It is managed under contract by the ITTO
■The IMM’s operating contract ends on December 31
■Currently 15 countries are engaged in the VPA process
FLEGT STAKEHOLDERS URGE CONTINUED MONITORING
As it reports on its website,
www.flegtimm.eu, the EU FLEGT Independent Market Monitor (IMM) has held consultations with industry stakeholders to gauge their views on the value and future of its role tracking timber trade flows from FLEGT VPA partner countries and canvassing market opinion of FLEGT and FLEGT licensing
Wood sector stakeholders in Indonesia, Ghana and the EU want independent market monitoring of FLEGT partner country trade to continue beyond the date when the FLEGT Independent Market Monitor itself (IMM) is set to wind down. They see it as important for helping shape policy and business strategy and for ongoing development of FLEGT. In fact, they believe the role of an independent market monitor should develop into more areas.
Above: FLEGT/SVLK audit in Indonesia. The role of an independent market monitor is mandated in the Indonesians’ VPAs with the EU and UK
TTJ | November/December 2022 |
www.ttjonline.com
These, reports the IMM, were views expressed in consultations it held this year with private and public sector and civil society representatives in Jakarta, Nantes and online with stakeholders in Ghana. The IMM was established in 2015 and is funded by the EU and managed under contract by the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO). It forms part of the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) project – and independent market monitoring is actually mandated in the EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with Indonesia, the only country so far to issue FLEGT Licences. Its role is to track trade flows from VPA countries in the context of the global tropical timber market. It also canvasses timber sector stakeholders in the five leading tropical timber importing countries in the EU, plus Indonesia, Ghana and Vietnam on their views
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