Russian activity in combating against illegal logging in the framework of ENA FLEG process

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Russian activity in combating against illegal
logging in the framework of ENA FLEG process
Russian Federal Agency for Forestry
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Ministerial process on questions of Forest Law
Enforcement and Governance for Europe and North
Asia (?NA-FLEG)

• May,2004 ?. (Geneva) Russian initiative on
  arrangement of FLEG process for Europe and North
  Asia
• Preparatory Conference -
• ??scow, 6-8 June, 2005
• National preparatory process
• Khabarovsk, September, 2005
• Ministerial Conference Saint-Petersburg, 22-25
  November, 2005
• Participants - 44 countries

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Forest Code of the Russian Federation

• New directions in forest management and forest
  exploitation in the Russian Federation

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New system of forest management
Regional administrations are responsible for
forest management
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Federal center has limitations in authority on
forest management, control and supervision
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Division of economical and administrative
functions in leskhozes (up to January 1, 2008)
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Decentralization of existing system of forest
management
Russian Federation
Subjects of Russian Federation
1. Determination of state policy in the field of
forest relationship 2. Working out and adoption
statutory legal acts in the field of forest
relationship 3. State forest inventory 4.
Administration of Federal forest informative
system (State forest enrolment) 5. Creation of
forest selection seed production 6. Forest
science and education 7. Control and supervision
for execution of power given to the subjects of
the Russian Federation

• Arrangement of forest usage
• Arrangement and implementation of forest
  protection and reproduction of forests
• 3. Arrangement and guaranteeing of carrying out
  of forest management works
• 4. Elaboration and adoption of forest plans for
  subjects of the Russian Federation and forestry
  regulations for forestry units
• 5. License grant for forests
• 6. To run a state forest enrolment within
  boundaries of subjects of the Russian Federation
• 7. Realization of state forest control and
  supervision

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System of checking of availability, condition
and exploitation of forests
STATE FOREST INVENTORY
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1. Timely revelation and prediction of development
   of negative processes acting forests
2. Evaluation of effectiveness of some measures on
   protection of forests, their preservation and
   reproduction on subjects of the Russian
   Federation
3. Dataware of management in forest usage,
   protection, reproduction, state supervision and
   control

CONTROL AND SUPERVISION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
POWER IN FOREST RELATIONS TRANSMITED TO THE
SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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Custom policy

• since January 1,2009 custom duty on export of
  round timber will be
• for OAK, BEECH, ASH 40 of custom value but
  not less than 50 Eur? per 1 cub. ?
• for coniferous species 80 ?f custom value
  but not less than 50 Euro per 1 cub.m.

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NATIONAL LEVEL

• PROGRAM OF MEASURES ON COMBATING OF ILLEGAL
  LOGGING AND TRADE IN THE RUSSIAN
  FEDERATION,proved by the Chairman of the
  Government of the Russian Federation M.
  Fradkovnumber ??-?9-821 ?f 23 February,2007 ?.

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PROGRAM OF MEASURES ON PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL
LOGGING AND TRADE OF SUCH TIMBER IN THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
INITIAL ????RIALS Interagency Plan of measures
on combating of illegal logging and trade of
illegal timber. (2002 ?.) Solutions of joint
interagency meeting headed by official
representative of the President in the Far East
Federal District (Khabarovsk, September, 2005
?.) Materials of the Ministerial process on
problems of Law Enforcement and Governance in
Forest Sector for Europe and North Asia (ENA
FLEG, November, 2005) Materials of International
Conferences on questions of Illegal Logging and
Trade of Illegal Timber.(Geneva, 16-17 September
and October 5 ,2004 ).
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PROGRAM OF MEASURES ON PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL
LOGGING AND TRADE OF DERIVED TIMBER IN THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Guaranteeing of normative and legal regulation in
sphere of prevention of illegal logging and trade
Organizational measures directed for guaranteeing
of forest protection and prevention of illegal
logging and trade
MAIN DIVISIONS
Improvement in regulation of export of timber
goods
Development of international cooperation in the
field of prevention of illegal logging and trade.
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1. Ensuring of normative legal regulation in
prevention of illegal logging and trade
Working out and adoption of normative legal basis
in development of regulations of the Forest Code
in the Russian Federation
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Improvement of system of organization and
implementation of state forest control and
supervision
Creation of system of information provision in
sphere of forest use
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2. Organizing measures directed to provide forest
protection and prevention of illegal logging and
illegal trade of timber goods
Organization of effective interdepartmental
cooperation as well as cooperation with state
authorities in subjects of the Russian Federation
that carry out state forest control and
supervision of illegal logging and trade
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Assistance in introduction of a system of
voluntary forest certification
Development of system of forest monitoring with
the use of remote sensing methods and GIS
technologies in areas of intensive forest logging
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Remote sensing monitoring and state of forest use
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• 101,2 mil.ha

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2006
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18 subjects
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• 112 mil.ha

2007
18 subjects
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Results of monitoring
2005 2006
Forest cut without permit documents, thousands of cub. m. 704 1020
Undercut left, thousands of cub.m. 1763 2211
Desrtoyed understory trees, hectares 6944 3404
Left logs in forest, thousands of cub.m. 538 462
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3. Improvement of regulation in export of timber
goods
Improvement of system of licensing as to
valuable tree species introducing limitations of
volumes for export and expand of list of valuable
species including those forbidden for logging and
export
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4. Development of international cooperation in
sphere of prevention of illegal logging and trade
of derived timber
Ensure participation of the Russian Federation in
Intergovernmental negotiation process on
questions on improvement of Forest Law
Enforcement and Governance in Forest Sector for
Europe and North Asia (ENA-FLEG)
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Ensure cooperation with Japan in the framework of
Joint Commission on Environment Protecton
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Expectant results

• Remote Sensing Monitoring will cover 100 of
  forest areas with intensive forest exploitation
• Reduction of volumes of illegal logging for 20-30
  in the future
• Increase of earnings in budget system up to 2
  billion Roubles/year.
• Improvement of ecological situation and forest
  condition in regions
• Increase of prestige for the Russian Federation
  at international level in sphere of forest
  governance and forest utilization

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INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

• Workshop on implementation of Declaration
  undertaken at Ministerial Conference ENA-FLEG in
  St. Petersburg ?
• Antalya, Turkey, May, 2006
• Meetins of G8 experts on forest questions
• ??scow, Russia, June, 2006