Improving
Forest Law Compliance and Governance in
Taking
Stock and Moving Forward
Report of the Outcomes and
Recommendations
from a Regional Workshop held 11 – 13
September 2007
in
October
2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Towards a Holistic
Strategy. 4
Concrete Recommendations to
Address Key Challenges. 5
Role of Different
Stakeholders. 109
Time-bound Actions and Next
Steps. 109
Background and Rationale. 1211
Delivering Opening
Remarks. 1412
Introducing the Workshop.. 1412
Critically Reviewing Current
Initiatives. 1513
Presenting the Framework for
Best Practices. 1614
Taking Stock: Achievements and Challenges. 2117
What’s Right with
EA-FLEG?. 2117
ASEAN Position on
EA-FLEG.. 2218
Asia Forest Partnership.. 2319
Toward SFM in Indonesia.. 2420
Other Important Perspectives. 2521
A Private Sector
Perspective.. 2521
Social Dimension: The Poor
Always Lose.. 2621
VERIFOR: An Independent
Governance Tool 2722
Action-Oriented Programs Led by NGOs. 2823
Transparency International:
Reducing Corruption in Forestry. 2823
TRAFFIC International:
Enhancing Customs Collaboration.. 2923
Working Groups to Identify Challenges. 3125
Forest
Administrators/Managers. 3125
Other Forestry Functions and
Government Agencies. 3226
Regional and International
Organizations: 3528
Working Groups to Formulate Recommendations. 3729
Policy and Legal
Framework. 3729