Greenpeace Forest Campaign

Greenpeace Forest Campaign
Bossenoverleg December 2014
MAY 2014: kick
off timber
campaign
Amazon
1. Collusion or negligence
SEMA official
2. Ipé, Jatoba: excess credits
in a SFM plan
3. Generate credits on SFM
plan, no harvest.
4. Fraud SEMA official.
AUTEF= 1 year logging
authorization = generates
credits timber transaction
5. Fake credits for fake
company
In the
Netherlands
- No naming and
shaming
- Inform the sector
- Complaint
against 11
companies
related to the 5
cases
OCTOBER
2014
GPS trackers attached
to trucks to find
sawmill sourcing illegal
wood from public
forest
Test cases EUTR: Brazil
Research of official documents
City/Country
ANTWERP - Belgica
HOLANDA
RIO DE MOURA - PORTUAL
JAVENE FOUGERES FRANCA
ANTWERP - Belgica
HOLANDA
FRANCA
JAVENE FOUGERES FRANCA
HOLANDA
JAVENE FOUGERES FRANCA
ANTWERP - Belgica
ANTWERP - Belgica
ANTWERP - Belgica
FRANCA
RIO DE MOURA - PORTUAL
JAVENE FOUGERES FRANCA
ANTWERP - Belgica
ANTWERP - Belgica
ANTWERP - Belgica
RIO DE MOURA - PORTUAL
HOLANDA
JAVENE FOUGERES FRANCA
SWEDEN - SUIÇA
ANTWERP - Belgica
JAVENE FOUGERES FRANCA
Country of
destination
HOLANDA
HOLANDA
BELGICA
Port
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
ANTWERP - Belgica
Period
April
April
April
Timber Species
Tatajuba
Maçaranduba
Maçaranduba
Product
Decking
Decking
Decking
Total volume (m3)
70,324
33,779
75,191
FRANÇA
BELGICA
HOLANDA
FRANÇA
LE HAVRE
ANTWERP - Belgica
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
LE HAVRE
August
August
August
August
Ipê
Maçaranduba
Maçaranduba
Ipê
Decking
Decking
Decking
Decking
38,711
19,532
33,612
38,657
FRANÇA
HOLANDA
LE HAVRE
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
August
August
Angelim
Angelim-vermelho
Lumber Planed 4 Faces
Lumber Planed 4 Faces
FRANÇA
HOLANDA
HOLANDA
HOLANDA
FRANÇA
HOLANDA
LE HAVRE
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
LE HAVRE
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
February
February
February
February
February
February
Maçaranduba
Maçaranduba
Tatajuba
Maçaranduba
Ipê
Tatajuba
Decking
Decking
Decking
Decking
Decking
Decking
55,029
17,014
37,132
51,152
17,698
33,608
FRANÇA
BELGICA
BELGICA
HOLANDA
HOLANDA
HOLANDA
LE HAVRE
ANTWERP - Belgica
ANTWERP - Belgica
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
July
July
July
July
July
July
Ipê-amarelo
Ipê
Maçaranduba
Maçaranduba
Tatajuba
Angelim
Decking
Decking
Decking
Decking
Decking
Lumber Planed 4 Faces
19,525
19,832
19,394
19,797
77,288
52,919
FRANÇA
SUIÇA
HOLANDA
LE HAVRE
GOTHENBURG - SUICA
ROTTERDAM-HOLLANDA
June
June
June
Ipê
Ipê
Maçaranduba
Decking
Decking
Decking
20,206
19,954
19,32
FRANÇA
LE HAVRE
May
Ipê
Decking
40,763
19,61
33,2
Results: Crime file!
Results
• French timber
federation calls
for ban
• In Brazil Sawmills
closed
• Belgium authority
blocks 6
containers
• Several
companies cancel
contracts
In the Netherlands
• Complaint NVWA : 3 Dutch timber companies
• Reported crime with Functioneel Parket and
Politie Rotterdam Rijnmond: 2 Dutch timber
companies
• 2 Dutch companies stop buying/cancel
contracts, only one states to improve its DDS
• 1 company continues the trade
EUTR: noodzaak beter handhaven
CAPACITEIT
• Nationaal team illegaal hout
• Meer capaciteit (fte’s) inzetten bij de NVWA
BETERE CONTROLES: PAPIEREN WERKELIJKHEID
• training van inspecteurs
• Betere samenwerking en informatie uitwisseling met andere Bevoegde
Autoriteiten
• Formele systemen en procedures met oroducentenlanden voor
onderzoek, vervolging en informatie uitwisseling.
• Inzetten van experts (NGOs, onderzoeksinstituten) voor onderzoek,
getuigen bij vervolging, beter inzicht in de sector, aard illegale houtkap
EUTR: noodzaak beter handhaven
EFFECTIEVER
• Transparantie: wat doet de NVWA, handhavingsverzoeken
• Afschrikkend: Sneller optreden, vervolging en
sanctionering
• Flora- en Faunawet naar Nieuwe Natuurwet: beter regelen
dat NVWA zelf boetes kan uitdelen onder bestuursrecht.