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Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC -

Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC -. Project on Combating illegal logging in the SEE Implemented under the ENVSEC Initiative Aniko Nemeth (REC). Main drivers of illegal logging. Underlying causes are usually complex, and often lie outside the forestry sector Poverty;

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Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC -

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  1. Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC -

  2. Project on Combating illegal logging in the SEE Implemented under the ENVSEC Initiative Aniko Nemeth (REC)

  3. Main drivers of illegal logging Underlying causes are usually complex, and often lie outside the forestry sector • Poverty; • Commercial exploitation of timber; • General failure of governance and corruption; • Unclear, controversial or nonexistent policies and legislation governing the use of forest resources; • Weak institutional structures; • Inability to monitor and enforce the regulations; • Interest groups benefiting from a status quo and actively resist change.

  4. Environmental implications: loss of biodiversity, deforestation/forest degradation, desertification, climate change; • Economic and social consequences: revenue loss for the government, corruption, undermining rule of law and good governance, contributing to organized crimes, weakening the fabric of society. • Cross-border impacts: tensions, hindering regional sustainable development Consequences of Illegal logging

  5. Illegal logging project by REC: Background • Budget: 160.000 EUR • Duration: January 2009- June 2011 • Donor: Federal Belgian Government through the ENVSEC Initiative • Geographical scope: South Eastern Europe (Albania, BiH, FYRoM, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/1999) with links to Ukraine covered by another project implemented by REC (CIDA) • website for the project: http://illegallogging.rec.org/home.html

  6. Illegal logging project by REC: Phases • Fact-finding report concerning the magnitude, severity, practices and consequences of illegal logging in selected countries • Diagnostic audits to evaluate the policy, institutional and legal set-up and capacities to address the issue of illegal logging according to international standards. • Establishment of recommendations/ regional roadmap. • Conferences and events to bring attention to the problem of illegal logging (links to other projects: ECENA)

  7. Illegal logging project: state of play • Fact-finding studies are completed in BiH, Serbia, FYRoM, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/1999 (Albania and Montenegro: World Bank fact-finding study) • Diagnostic audit reports completed in Serbia, Montenegro, Albania • Regional report is being prepared

  8. Next steps • Regional report to be finalized and published • Organization of a regional conference to share conclusions and recommendations and to establish a regional roadmap Future activities: • Envisaging a larger platform for cooperation in the countries: seeking for endorsement by the beneficiary countries. • SEE Regional Action Plan; focus on cross border aspects • Establishment of a informal network on illegal logging including the responsible authorities in the focus countries, allowing for better regional cooperation/ coordination • Capacity building: trainings and information exchange on environmental crime

  9. Role of the network for illegal logging Informal network on illegal logging: • Coordination mechanism • Regional platform for cooperation • Secretariat support • Coherence with other instruments • Focus on shared natural resource management and combating environmental crimes/ illegal logging

  10. Thank you for your kind attention! Mrs. Aniko Nemeth anemeth@rec.org

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