CHATHAM HOUSE Illegal logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation

CHATHAM HOUSE/ Illegal logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation July 2007 FLEGT/Legality definition : Cameroon process Emeran Serge Menang Evouna, DFID/WB

Government of Cameroon Background for (A)FLEG(T) ¡ ¡ ¡ October 2003: Host country of the AFLEG inter-ministerial conference 2004: Expressed interest in FLEGT 2005: Began consultation process to define legality.

Definition of legality process Desk work on Cameroon laws and regulations related to timber (Forestry, Environment, Common law, labour law, Health and Safety, Trade) ¡ Peer review by technical committee ¡ National multi-stakeholder consultation workshop ¡

Review of Draft 3 by Technical Committee Definition of legality Process Draft 1 review by Forcoms Consultants Draft 2 review by Eurocertifor Consultants Preparatory work Study by independent consultants Draft 3 Grid of Legality 1 (GL 1) CSOs review GL 1 Multi-stakeholder workshop co-funded by WWF and GTZ Additional comments on GL 2 CSOs Private sector VPA discussions CGL

CONTENT Legality Definition : Criteria and Indicators Grid of Timber Legality: ‘’Is reputed legal all timber coming from one or more areas of production/acquiring processes that are fully compliant with all criteria derived from laws and regulations of Cameroon and applicable in the forestry sector’’ 6 sections: 1. Legal registration documents for the Company 2. Tax Obligations 3. Forestry and Environmental obligations/ logging Operations 4. Timber transport Obligations 5. Industrial Processing timber Obligations 6. Social Obligations

Next Steps ¡ Series of Multi-stakeholder consultation workshops facilitated by IUCN in close collaboration with GTZ l l To complete the legality definition process (by taking into account CSOs and Private sector concerns) Identify hot issues and ways to address them ( e. g. , Independent monitoring, Indigenous Peoples rights, etc)

Lessons Learned ¡ ¡ The Government has to be in the driving seat of the process CSOs and Private sector need to be involved at the beginning of the process The process is time consuming Strong guidance required from the EU on the requirements of the definition and the consultation process

Thanks you for your attention For More information: 1. Denis Koulagna Koutou, MINFOF koulagnakd@yahoo. fr 2. Marc Vandenhaute, GTZ marc. vandenhaute@cameroun-foret. com 3. Adonis Milol, IUCN adonis. milol@iucn. org 4. Emeran Serge Menang Evouna, DFID/WB emenangevouna@worldbank. org