INDONESIA TLAS (SVLK) and

FLEGT-VPA INDONESIA-EUROPEAN UNION

AGUS SARSITOIndonesian Delegation

HANOI, 18th OCTOBER 2016

PRESENTATION STRUCTURE

I. WHY INDONESIA NEED TO DEVELOP SVLK?II. WHY INDONESIA ENTERING FLEGT-VPA NEGOTIATION

?III. STATUS OF INDONESIA – EU FLEGT-VPA

I. RATIONALA. NATIONAL CONCERN

1. SUSTAINABILITY OF INDONESIA’S FOREST RESOURCES IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY

2. SUSTAINABILITY OF FOREST RESOURCES HAVE BEEN THREATEN BY ILLEGAL LOGGING3. LAW INFORCEMENT (HARD APPROACHE) NOT SUFFICIENTLY STOP ILLEGAL LOGGING 4. SVLK (SOFT APPROACHES) IS DEVELOPED TO COMPLEMENT HARD APPROACHE

B. INTERNATIONAL CONCERN1. TROPICAL FORESTS (INCLUDING INDONESIA 3TH WORLD LARGEST) IS A LUNG OF THE

WORLD2. TROPICAL FORESTS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE3. INTERNATIONAL CONSUMERS NEED AND WANT LEGALLY ON CERTIFIED TIMBER

RODUCTS FORM SUSTAINABLE MANAGED FORESTS

SVLK FOR GLOBAL COMMUNITY

SVLK IS A COMPLEMENTARY MEASURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COMBAT ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ILLEGAL TRADE• SVLK MAINTAIN FOREST SUSTAINABILITY

• SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE TRADE• SVLK REDUCE FOREST DEGRADATION AND DEFORESTATION

• CONTRIBUTE TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE

GOAL AND OBJECTIVEGOAL

Maintain Indonesian Forest Resources Sustainability for Sustainable Development of the Country

OBJECTIVE1. TO Combat ILLEGAL Logging AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRADES2. To Demonstrate Indonesia Forestry Stakeholders ‘ Commitment To Combat Illegal Logging

And Illegal Trade 3. To Improve Indonesia Forestry Governance4. To Promote SFM And Certified Legal Timber To Domestic And International Market and

meet increasing demand for legal timber from sustainable managed forests.5. To Provide Assurance That Indonesia Timber Products Come From Legally Harvested,

Transported, Processed, Traded Of Sustainable Managed Forests

SVLK DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES1. TO DEMONSTRATE INDONESIA FORESTRY

STAKEHOLDERS ‘ COMMITMENT TO COMBAT ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ILLEGAL TRADE

2. IMPROVE INDONESIA FORESTRY GOVERNANCE 3. TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT INDONESIA

TIMBER PRODUCTS COME FROM LEGALLY HARVESTED, TRANSPORTED, PROCESSED, TRADED OF SUSTAINABLE MANAGED FORESTS

4. TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND FOR LEGAL TIMBER FROM SUSTAINABLE MANAGED FORESTS.

SVLK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BASES AND PRINCIPLES

• PROCESS• Svlk Is Developed Through Intensive Multi-stakeholders Consultation

Process• Started With Defining Legality In 2002

• BASED• Inndonesian Law And Regulation

• PRINCIPLES1. Good Governance2. Representativeness3. Transparancy (Credibility)

SVLK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Legality Definition

(2002)

C & I Standards Development

(2003)

SVLK Development

(2009)

SVLK Implementation

(2013)

THE LEGALITY STANDARDS • LEGALITY STANDARD 1: THE STANDARD FOR CONCESSIONS WITHIN PRODUCTION FOREST

ZONES ON STATE-OWNED LANDS: • NATURAL FORESTS, • PLANTATION FOREST, • ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, • FOREST MANAGEMENT RIGHT (HAK PENGELOLAAN);

• LEGALITY STANDARD 2: THE STANDARD FOR COMMUNITY PLANTATION FORESTS AND COMMUNITY FORESTS WITHIN PRODUCTION FOREST ZONES ON STATE-OWNED LANDS;

• LEGALITY STANDARD 3: THE STANDARD FOR PRIVATELY-OWNED FORESTS; • LEGALITY STANDARD 4: THE STANDARD FOR TIMBER UTILISATION RIGHTS WITHIN NON-

FOREST ZONES OR FROM CONVERTIBLE PRODUCTION FOREST ON STATE-OWNED LANDS; • LEGALITY STANDARD 5: THE STANDARD FOR PRIMARY AND DOWNSTREAM FOREST BASED

INDUSTRIES AND TRADERS.

SVLK ELEMENTS

SVLK

National Accreditation Committee

(KAN)

Independent

Monitoring (JPIK)

Auditee - Business Unit

Conformity Assessment

Bodies

LIU (SILK)

Government (Regulator & Facilitator)

Complaint

Accreditation

Audit Appeal

Complaint

Appeal

SVLK SCHEME

Accreditation

Certificate

SFM/TL Certificat

e

V-Legal Doc.

(FLEGT License)

(appointed) Licensing Authority

ISO/IEC 17065

ISO/IEC 170111

2

3

4

Complaint

SCOPE OF SVLK(DG PRODUCTION FOREST MANAGEMENT DECREE P.14/2014 JO. P.1/2015)

State Forest

s

Private Forest

sExport

Markets

Primary Industry

Secondary Industry

Finished Products

Imported

Timber

V-Legal Doc.

(FLEGT License)

Certificate of

Sustainability

Certificate of

Legality

Certi

fica

te o

f Le

galit

y

Certificate of

Legality

Certificate of

Legality

Certificate of

Legality

WHY INDONESIA ENTERING FLEGT-VPA

• INDONESIA AND EU DEMONSTRATE STRONG COMMITMENT IN COMBATING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ILLEGAL TRADE.• INDONESIA AND EU ARE CRAFTING THE NEW ERA OF

TIMBER TRADE WITH OUR STRONG COMMITMENT TO ONLY EXPORT AND IMPORT LEGAL TIMBER PRODUCTS.• PRINCIPLES OF VPA

• NO DISCRIMINATION• FOLLOW INDONESIAN LAW• RECIPROCAL OBLIGATION• ZERO LAUNDERING

SVLK AND INDONESIA-EU FLEGT-VPA

Start Negotition Signing AgreementConcluded Joint

Action Plans2013

20142016

2011

FLEGT-VPA

SVLK DEVELOP

MENT

2007 2015 20162014

2003

2011

2013

2014

2015

2016

2009

2002

2001

Bali FLEG East Asia Ministerial Conference

Define Legalit

y

EUTR 995/201

0

SVLK Implemen-

tation Ministry of Forestry

Regulation on SVLK

Standards’ Criterias & Indicators Developm

ent

2010

SVLK Improvement

SVLK Improvement

INDONESIA-EU FLEGT-VPA PROGRESS

Negotiation Started 2007

Signing FLEGT-VPA 30-9-2013

Ratification by Indonesia 13-3-2014; Ratification by EU 27-02-2014

“Go Alive”

2007

2013

20142015

2016International

Cooperation in Combating Illegal

Logging dan Trade - 2002

Joint Statement : MoF -

Commissioner on Environment,

Comm. on Development

8 Jan 2007

SIGINING FLEGT-VPA

30 SEPTEMBER 2013

INDONESIA-EU FLEGT CURRENT STATUS

18 august 2016 EU Parliament and Council announced “the no objection” to amandement of delegate regulation proposed by EU Commission

15 september 2016 JIC-5 agreed to start issuance of first flegt licence

15 november 2016 is the date of the first issuance of flegt licence

Cam OnThank you