FLEG UKRAINE PROGRAM: KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS (September 2009 – December 2010)

What are the issues? – Analysis of information from various sources – Assessment of volumes of “gray” timber – Analysis of practices of planning and organization of forest management and felling practices – Identification of high risk areas 2

Typology of violations 3 Land-use and access to forests Mineral resources Long-term lease of forest land Environmental management broadly

Timber harvesting: final felling 4

Dynamics of sanitary felling 5 Selective sanitary felling Clear sanitary felling Final fellingPre-commercial thinning Commercial thinning

Selective sanitary felling 6

Analysis of legislation + recommendations – Corruption risks of forest legislation – Regulations on forest felling – Comparative analysis of legislation – Regulations on State Forest Guard Service – Legislation on long-term lease of forest lands – Guaranteeing rights of local residents and small business for the legal use of forest resources and to ensure transparency and public participation in these processes – Analysis of nature conservation management legislation (started) – Recommendations on enforcement (administrative and criminal law) 7

Timber tracking system – Identification of hot points of the Chain of Custody and the areas for improvement (ongoing). – International practices in timber quality and accounting issues: Study tour to Latvia Translation of standards/methodologies used in Poland and Latvia – Recommendations on legality of timber origin – Designing the logical scheme to control timber flow (started) 8

Sociological and other surveys – Expert interviews – Opinion poll of local population in the three “high-risk” areas of the Carpathian region – Sociological survey of local population and small business – Expert interviews (business) - upcoming – Analytical study on economic and social impact s of unsustainable forest practices and illegal logging – Survey on communication platform of the SFC Based on the results developed recommendations related to: – Improving structure and communication tools of the regional web- sites of the SFC – Improvement of access to information and process of public involvement in forestry sector at pilot territories and in Ukraine broadly (preparation of Manual for forest managers) 9

Publications and training to support forest guard service and law enforcement authorities FLEG Brochure Manual for State Forest Guard Service Manual/ on administrative violations (in printshop) 10

Information and awareness – Workshops in Kyiv, Lviv and other locations – International conference in (Lviv) – Report on effectiveness of cooperation with the Ukrainian public sector. – NGOs involvement – Press-events – Publications and dialogue with media – Internet – International events 11

Media outreach 12