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ethically-traded wood from community-managed African forests

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Sustainable Fair Trade Wood From Tanzania, East Africa

Neil Bridgland Director Sound and Fair

ethically-traded wood from community-managed African forests

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Tanzania?

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Tanzanian Forests

  • Predominantly dry miombo

forest

  • Distinct dry / wet season
  • Low tree density
  • Slow growing trees
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Socio-Economics

  • Around 40% of land forested
  • 35million hectares
  • 87% of population rural
  • Reliant on forest for

livelihoods

  • Average household income:

Less than USD250 per annum

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Free-For-All Until 2007

  • Under-funded forestry
  • Poor control over harvesting
  • Chronic abuse of permit

system

  • Massive revenue shortfalls
  • High percentage of log exports
  • Communities excluded from

revenue streams

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TRAFFIC study 2007

Lessons Learned from a Logging Boom in Southern Tanzania

  • Rampant illegal logging
  • 96% of forest fees unpaid
  • Cost: USD58million per year
  • Chinese import data = 10 x

Tanzania’s export data

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National Outcry

  • Nationwide action
  • Log exports banned
  • Overhaul of permit system
  • Increased training

BUT…

  • Forestry remained under-

resourced

  • Unofficial target – reduce illegal

logging to 70%

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New Approach

Community-based Sustainable Forestry Management

  • Forestry Act of 2002
  • Participatory Forest

Management

  • Village Land Forest Reserves
  • Full ownership and

management responsibility

  • 100% of log sale revenue
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New Forestry Landscape

  • Number of villages involved:

2,000

  • Area of forest:

3 million hectares

  • 15% of total public land forest

(non-protected areas)

  • Massive new local forestry force
  • Research suggests illegal

logging has fallen dramatically

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Sound and Fair?

  • 2009 - Africa’s first FSC

certified community- managed natural forests

  • Over 80,000 hectares now

FSC certified

  • Sound and Fair created to

market FSC 100% fair trade wood

  • Key to community based SFM:

Ensuring sufficient value reaches forest base

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FSC 100% Wood

First and foremost…

  • African blackwood
  • Dalbergia melanoxylon
  • AKA grenadilla
  • Very dense
  • +1200kg per m3
  • A joy to work with
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African Blackwood Uses

  • Traditional primary woodwind

musical instruments

  • Oboes, clarinets, flutes,

piccolos and bagpipes

  • Multiple recovery purposes
  • Knife handles, pens, castanets,

drum sticks, jewellery

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Panga Panga

  • Millettia stuhlmannii
  • Same genus and characteristics

as wenge

  • 880kg per m3
  • Markets - furniture, flooring
  • Increasing interest from guitar

sector

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Pod Mahogany

  • Afzelia quanzensis
  • Same genus and characteristics

as doussie

  • 820kg per m3
  • Markets - furniture, flooring
  • Some interest from guitar sector
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East African Padauk

  • Pterocarpus angolensis
  • Same genus and characteristics

as African padauk

  • Sometimes called mninga
  • 625kg per m3
  • Markets – furniture, boats,

consumer products

  • Some interest from guitar sector
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Ethical Trade Impact

  • Local income USD1 per m3

to USD100 per m3

  • Social impact revenue for new

schools, healthcare, clean water and enterprise

  • Increased community capacity

and cohesion

  • People having some control
  • ver their destiny
  • Improved forest protection

and governance

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A Good Start, but…

  • Capital investment required
  • Expand harvesting and

production

  • Modern sawmilling technology to

increase yields

  •  efficiency =

 log prices =  social impact =  incentive for SFM impact

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Expanding FSC Forests

  • Community forests: 15%
  • FSC community forests: <5%
  • Development investment gearing

up

  • Especially Scandinavian

development agencies

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Increasing Forest Value

  • Newly available species
  • Additional 5-10 hardwood species

that may have potential

  • Currently not well known
  • Buyers wary
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Fairtrade certification

  • FSC / Fairtrade dual-labelling
  • Fairtrade premium of 10%

added to FOB price

  • Fairtrade premium seems more

acceptable

  • Opportunity to differentiate

ethically traded wood

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Final Thoughts

First and foremost…

  • COMMUNITIES ARE KEY TO

NATURAL FOREST SFM

  • Can enough forest be secured?
  • Price  - Supply 
  • Tropical hardwoods only used in

premium products

  •  experimentation with new

species

  • Composite products 
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