The document discusses Indonesia's SVLK (Timber Legality Verification System) which aims to promote sustainable forest management and legal timber trade. It notes that Indonesia has over 134 million hectares of forested land across its 17,000+ islands. The SVLK system mandates legality certification and monitoring across Indonesia's forestry sector to ensure sustainability and meet international trade demands. Key achievements include improved governance, integrated verification systems between forestry and customs, and increased export acceptance due to joint efforts with the EU to curb illegal logging under their FLEGT-VPA agreement. Ongoing work focuses on further implementation and addressing ongoing challenges.

1. SVLK Development
Commitment to Sustainable Forests
for Sustainable Trade
The Ministry of Forestry Republic of Indonesia
Lao, October 2014

2. The Indonesian Forest
Area
more than 17,000 islands
as of December 2012 designation
 181.2 million ha land area
 134.4 million ha of forest land (
>74 % of land area)
Conservation
Forests
20%
Protected
Forests
22%
Production
Forests
25%
Limited
Production
Forests
19%
Convertible
Production
Forests
14%

3. Indonesia’s Forest Resources
• Indonesia’s Forest Resources are very important to
sustainable development of the country.
• Sustainability of Indonesia’s forest resources is a
necessity.
• Assured legality and SFM allow Indonesia’s forest
resource provide economic, social and environmental
benefits :
– plywood was the most important non-oil and gas export
commodity.
– there are more than 40 million people live in and
surrounding forests.
– Indonesia’s forest resources are home of biodiversity,
and protect water and soil.
• Illegal logging threaten sustainability forest resources.

4. Justification for SVLK Development
Sustainable
Production
Sustainable
Trade
Sustainabl
e Raw
Material
Supply
Sustainabl
e Industry
Law
Enforcement
Sustainable
Forests
SVLK
Developmen
t
Sustainable
Trade
Sustainable
Forests

5. Uniqueness of SVLK
• SVLK is developed
– based on Indonesian law and
regulation.
– Through multi-stakeholders
consultation process.
• Implemented by forestry
stakeholders.
• Mandatory.
• Recognition to Civil Society role as
Independent Monitor (credibility
and accountability of the system)
• High commitment from all forestry stakeholders to
assure legality and sustainability forest resources.

6. The Advantages of SVLK
Development
• SVLK improves good forestry governance.
• SVLK meets customer demand for legally
harvested, transported, processed and traded
timber, include from sustainable forests.
• SVLK consists of Legality and SFM Schemes.
• SVLK provides unique experiences to customer.

7. Scope of SVLK
SFM-C
TL-C
TL-C
TL-C
TL-C/
SDoC
TL-C/
SDoC
INDUSTRY/
TL-C EXPORTER
Forest Concessionaries/
Forest Management Permit
Holder
Community-based
forests
Forest
Utilization
Permit, HTHR
Private-owned Forest
2
3
4
5
6
1
TL-C/
SDoC
7
8
Handycraftman
/Household industry
IMPORTER
SDoC
9
Timber
Depot
SFM-C : SFM Certificate (ISO 17065)
TL-C : Timber Legality Certificate (ISO 17065)
SDoC : Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (ISO 17050)

8. MINISTRY OF FORESTRY (Regulator)
NATIONAL
ACCREDITATION
BODY
Independent
Monitoring
Management
Units
SFM/TL
Certification Body V-LEGAL
DOCUMENT
(FLEGT License)
ACCREDITATI
ON
CERTIFICATE
SFM or TL
CERTIFICATE
How SVLK work?
LIU
SILK

9. Justification for Indonesia entering
FLEGT - VPA
• No demand – No supply for illegal timber.
• Illegal logging related to illegal trade.
• Producing countries can not combat illegal
logging without support from consuming
countries (demand side).
• FLEGT-VPA demonstrates cooperation
between producing countries and consuming
countries to combat illegal logging and its
associated trade and to support good forestry
governance.

10. SVLK Development & FLEGT-VPA RI-EU
Progress
2001
2003-2009
SVLK Dev’t
Bali FLEG
Declaration
2012
Trade
Regulation
on SVLK
2011
Forestry
Regulation
on SVLK
2013
Implementation of
SVLK for export
2007
RI-EU
FLEGT-VPA was
initiated
2011
Negotiation
was
Concluded
2013
Ratification
Signing RI-EU
FLEGT-VPA
EUTR
Take into
Force
2014
FLEGT-VPA
2014 EU
Ratification

11. Current Works
1. Implementation of ISO 17050
Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity
(SDoC) for low risk timber from
privately-own forest and household
industry.
2. Second stage of VPA Joint
Assessment.
3. Drafting of Timber Import Regulation.

12. Impact and Benefit (achievement)
of Indonesia-EU FLEGT-VPA
1. Recognition and Confidence.
2. Improved of good forestry governance.
3. Integrated system of legality assurance (LIU-MoF),
Trade (INATRADE-Ministry of Trade),
and Customs (INSW).
4. Market acceptance.
5. Joint effort to halt illegal logging and illegal
timber trade.
6. Increase export.

13. Challenges and What Next ?
1. Maintain multistakeholder (inter-ministerial,
civil society, private sector)
process.
2. Public procurement policy.
3. EUTR implementation in supporting to
VPA implementation.
4. Wider/other market acceptance/
cooperation.

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