This presentation by Ms Miza Khamis from the Zanzibar Department of Forestry, presents challenges related to trade in timber in Eastern Africa, early efforts to address illegality in timber trade between 2011 and 2015, and inter-regional efforts from 2015 to date. This includes an overview of the the Zanzibar Declaration, an agreed regional action to tackle illegal trade in timber and other forest products by national forest agencies of Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Madagascar. The presentation was made at the fourth international learning event of the China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform, held in Pemba, Mozambique, from 23-25 October 2017. The platform event focused on finding ways for Chinese businesses in Africa, and African businesses linked to China, to generate strong benefits for local economies in Africa while looking after forest resources for future generations. More details: https://www.iied.org/china-africa-forest-governance-meeting-mozambique

1. ZANZIBAR DECLARATION ON ILLEGAL
TRADE IN TIMBER AND OTHER FOREST
PRODUCTS:
Miza Khamis
23rd
October 2017
PEMBA-MOZAMBIQUE

2. Outline
1. The challenges related to trade in timber in
Eastern Africa
2. The early efforts to address illegality in timber
trade (2011-2015)
1. Inter-regional efforts: 2015 to date
2. Remaining priority areas

4. Inter-regional/continental trade in timber
TRAFFIC, USAID

5. Source: WWF/TRAFFIC

7. TRAFFIC, USAID
Madagascar lost 580,460,000 USD equaling 40,050 Tons of logs (or 150,000 ha of forest)
between 2009-2015 alone

8. • Moz-Tz MoU signed in 2011
• Ke-Tz MoU signed in 2013
• Moz/Tz and Ke/Tz MoU
operational – action plans, funding
commitments
• Evidence of reduced illegal trade in
Tanzania (Tz/Moz and Tz/Ke) –
include set of monitoring
frameworks e.g. court cases in
Soutehrn Tanzania for illegal
timber from Moz
hotocredit:GeofreyMwanjela/WWF
What has been done (2011-2015)
and successes

9. • Increasing inter-regional illegal timber trade between Eastern Africa
countries and beyond signals the need to re-look at bilateral and
regional agreements.
• Linked to the before, while it is important to support bilateral relations
and agreements between Eastern Africa forest agencies, the challenge
remains implementation of the same.
• The increasing role of China in Eastern Africa economies continues to
emphasize the need to further strengthen relations between China and
Eastern countries (in particular Mozambique and Madagascar)
• Addressing the challenges related to illegal timber trade requires going
beyond the traditional partners, the forest agencies, to working with
customs and partners such as Interpol.
Challenges: Lessons from 2011- early
2015

10. Zanzibar declaration is the special agreements
between the national forest agency from
Eastern and southern Africa, represented by
Republican of Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar,
Mozambique, and United Republic of Tanzania.
Born in Zanzibar from 29 June to 1 July 2015.
ZANZIBAR DECLARATION
“In a nutshell”

11. It broadens the forum - strong regional collaboration across
EAC and SADC,
It takes into account the increase of illegal trade in timber as
a result of imbalance between domestic supply and demand
in countries between the region,
Build synergies with existing bilateral agreements, and
It recognizes the need to build synergies on mechanism to
curb illegal trade in timber between members states of EAC
and SADC

12. Enforcement tools
Information sharing
The bloc agreement should be anti-illegal logging and forest product
trade (not just timber)
Harmonization of customs procedures , import and export regulations
of each country are framed in such a way that they can respond to the
ever-changing modus
Capacity building and experience sharing
Proposed areas of cooperation

13. 2. What has been done so far between
early 2015 to date?
Nov 19, 2017 / 13

14. Agreed regional action to tackle illegal
trade in timber - Zanzibar Declaration
of Illegal Trade in Timber and other
forest products by national forest
agencies of Tanzania, Kenya,
Mozambique, Uganda, Madagascar
•expands the focus to five countries
•With endorsement by EAC and SADC
council of ministers on environment
•National-level action plans –
developed in ZnZ in 2017
Zanzibar
Declaration
Photocredit:IWWF-KenyaPhotocredit:GeofreyMwanjela/WWF

15. Zanzibar Department of Forestry and Non-
Renewable Resources (ZDFNR) and Tanzania
Forest Service Agency (TFS) signed an MoU to
collaborate to reduce illegal trade in timber
and other forest products
•An outcome of the 3rd
East Africa Timber
Trade Forum held in Zanzibar (2015)
•Further position Zanzibar to engage in
regional dialogue to improve forest
governance
•Open for new partnerships – TFS, WWF,
TRAFFIC etc.
Domesticating the
Zanzibar Declaration
Photocredit:IsaacMalugu

16. Tanzania and Mozambique forest
authorities signed bilateral action
plan in Maputo to
• Translate legal import,
export and transit
documents
• Hold joint trainings on
forest procedures and
guidelines
• Learn from Tz on
institutional
transformation of the
forest authority

17. November 19, 2017 - 17
Improved collaboration with Southern Africa
Development Community (SADC)
Coastal East Africa Network Initiative

18. Launching of the Steering Committee under Zanzibar
Declaration
Chaired by Kenya Forest
Service
•Agreed on number of regional
actions including fundraising,
CITES implementation
•Regional position on on
repatriation issues under CITES
(Costs related to court cases
and storage)
•Indication to initiate
discussion with importing
countries in Asia

19. • Further engage with SADC to operationalize Regional
Forest Protocol through Forest Directors and ministers
responsible for environment
• Support and promote cooperation between customs
agencies for information and intelligence sharing to
monitor and control export and import of illegal timber
• Facilitate national forest agencies to promote regional
forest governance and response to illegal trade in timber –
EAC/SADC, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and
Uganda
Priority areas under Zanzibar Declaration?

20. • Improve CITES legislations and role of forest in
international fora
• Going beyond timber – e.g. sandalwood
• Timber identification methodologies for evidence
and tracking e.g. Isotope and DNA (tried in Kenya)
• Capacity building
Priority areas under Zanzibar Declaration?

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Partners: KFS (Kenya), DINAF (Moz), AQUA (Moz),
FSSD (Uganda), NFA (Uganda), DFNR (Tanzania),
DGF(Madagascar), SADC, EAC, TFS, FBD
(Tanzania), WWF and TRAFFIC

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