Preventing illegal logging and trading of rosewood in Cambodia Presented by Mr. Suon Sovann, Deputy Director, Department of Legislation and Law Enforcement, Forestry Administration, Cambodia

1. PREVENTING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND
TRADING OF ROSEWOODIN
CAMBODIA
Regional Dialogue on
Preventing Illegal Logging and
Trading of Siamese Rosewood
18-19 December 2014
Bangkok, Thailand

2. Presentation Outline
 To be known about Cambodia
 Forest Cover Change
 Rosewood in Cambodia
 National Legislations Regarding Rosewood
 Extension to Key Stakeholders
 International and Bilateral Cooperation
 Results of Prevention and Suppression
 Challenges in Forest Law Enforcement
 Ways Forward to Strengthen FLE
 Conclusion and Recommendation

3. To be known about Cambodia
 Total country areas :
181,035Km²
 01Capital and 24 Provinces
 Population: 14,676,591in 2013
 Population density: 75/Km²
 Annual population growth:
1.54%
 Total forest areas: 10,363,789Ha
(57.07%) in 2010
 Currency: Riel
 Race: Khmer
 Official language: Khmer
 Religions: Buddhists 95%, other

4. Forest Cover Change
 1965 : 73.04%
 1992/93 : 59.82%
 1996/97 : 58.60%
 2002 : 61.15%
 2005/06 : 59.09%
 2010 : 57.07%
 Annual deforestation rate:
0.34% (1965-2006)
 Annual deforestation rate:
0.5% (2002-2006-2010)
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5. Rosewood in Cambodia

Dalbe rg ia Co chinchine nsis
Pierre
 Cambodian name: Kranhung
 Identification: Rare Species
(Forestry Law)
 Classification: Luxury Wood
(Prakas of MAFF)
 Distribution and Habitat: 09
provinces in Cambodia
(Kampong Thom, Preah
Vihear, Ratanakiri, Pursat,
Siem Reap, Kratie, Koh Kong,
Stung Treng, and Modulkiri
provinces

6. National Legislations Regarding
Rosewood
 Forestry Law 2002 (Article 98): Prohibition in
harvesting of rare species, 1-5 years in prison, fine
10 million to100 million Riel and confiscated of
evidence as state property
 Order No.2 (22 Feb 2013) of RGC on Prevention
and Suppression of Logging, Transporting,
Collecting, Storing and Exporting of Rosewood
 Sub-decree No.156 (31 Mar 2014) of RGC on
Organization and Function of Administration Unity
Commissioners of Capital, Provinces, Cities and
Districts
 Prakas No. 089 (14 Feb 2005) of MAFF on Timber
and Non-Timber Forest Products Prohibited

7. Mechanisms to Combat Illegal Rosewood
 Forestry Administration
 General Department of Administration for Natural
Conservation and Protection
 Local authorities and other government law
enforcement agencies
 National Permanent Secretariat on Prevention and
Suppression of Logging, Transportation, Collection,
Storage and Exportation of Rosewood
 Administration Unity Commissioners of Capital,
Provinces, Cities, Districts and Khan
 Community Forestry Management Committees
 Media

8. Extension to Key Stakeholders
 To government
agencies
 To local people

9. International and Bilateral Cooperation
 Cooperation with EU to
develop TLAS and FLEGT
negotiation
 ARKN-FLEG to strengthen
FLEG in ASEAN
 MoU (27 June 2012)
between Cambodia FA and
Viet Nam Administration of
Forestry
 Border cooperation
between provincial levels of
Cambodia and neboring co
unties

10.  Numbers of cases:
2,162 cases (582 cases
for transaction fines and
1,580 cases for Courts)
 Seized rosewood:
1,026M3
and 112Tons
Results of Prevention and Suppression

12.  Lack of extension of forestry law and regulations to
key stakeholders
 Inappropriate forest law enforcement
 Insufficient cooperation between FA and law
enforcement agencies
 Limit of cross border collaboration
 Offenders use modern system and technologies
 Demand and high price of rosewood
Challenges in Forest Law Enforcement

13.  Increase extension of forest law and regulations
 Strengthen forest law enforcement
 Prevent and advise people who want to go to
neboring counties to cut down rosewood
 Strengthen cooperation with neboring counties
through national and sub-national levels
 Provide sufficient fund and vehicle to law
enforcement agencies
 Continue to participate in regional rosewood
dialogue
Ways Forward to Strengthen FLE

14.  FA and other law enforcement agencies have
success in preventing illegal logging and trade of
rosewood
 But it still occurs that need to strengthen forest law
enforcement and involve by key stakeholders
 Closed collaboration between neboring countries at
national and sub-national levels as well as between
counties in the region are needed
 It should be used national and international laws to
punish offenders rather than killing
Conclusion and Recommendation

15. Thankyou very much foryourattention!