Timber,

rubber, coffee, oil palm and beyond:

The search for synergies and transferable lessons
across commodities
FromMandatory toVoluntary

Look at the main demand

Ntfp certification non timber

forest products

Resin
Rattan
Gum
Recreationalandenvironmentalservices

Diversity of products
coffee

Timber

resin

Diversity
of
products

NTFP suchas
Rubber

Intercropping
system

10 principle of Global
Partnership
The
Multiple
Scale
Principle

Continual
learningand
Adaptive
Management
Principle

Themulti
functionality
principle

Themulti
stakeholder
principle

Thecommon
concern
EntryPoint
Principle

The
negotiated
and
transparent
ChangeLogic
Principle

Participatory
anduser
friendly
monitoring
principle

Strengthened
Stakeholder
Capability
principle

The
resilience
principle

http://www.forestlandscaperestoration.org/topic/ten
principleslandscapeapproach

Audit elements supports

landscape approach
MUshalldefineallresponsibilitiesinallareasofthe
sustainableforestmanagementdefinedinthisStandard
inclusivityofsociallyresponsible,economicallyviableand
ecologicallyfeasible.

 MUshallimplementtheprincipleofcontinuousimprovement
thatconsistsof:planningofforestmanagementactivities,
implementationoftheforestmanagementplan,monitoring
andevaluation,andfeedback.

ThecommonconcernEntryPointPrinciple:
therearecommongoalsinachievingthe
ultimateproduct.

Coffee, palm oil, rubber [gum resin]

CAFPractice
RSPOISPO
Ntfpproduct
Improvinglaborchallenge

Protects HCS Forests, HCV

areas and peatland

Bureau Veritas Certification

Continual Improvement

Bamboo
Bamboocanbeusedtomakestrong,beautifulflooring,but
mostbambooflooringonsaleinEuropeoriginatesfromAsia.
ArecentLifeCycleAnalysisofbambooflooringimportedfrom
ChinatotheNetherlandsshowsthatthecarbonfootprintis
zero.Thecarbonproducedbythemanufacturingand
transportiscompensatedbythehighrateofabsorptionofthe
bamboo.Inthisanalysis,weassumethattheEndofLifeuse
oftheflooringisenergyuseasalternativetononrenewable
fuel.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bamboorattancircular
economyhansfriederich?trk=hpfeedarticletitlepublish

Rattan
Rattanistraditionallyusedforhighqualityfurniture,matsand
basketproduction.But,arecentexampleofinnovativeuseof
RattancomesfromItaly.Amedicalresearchcentrehas
discoveredthatrattancanbeusedforbonereplacement.
Whenrattanispyrolysed(allorganicmatterisburned)the
basestructureofrattanisnearlyidenticaltothatofbone.The
resultsoftestshaveshownthatbrokenbonescaneffectively
berepairedbyfusingapieceofrattanintothebreach.Clinical
testsarecurrentlygoingontoauthorizehumanapplication,
anditisexpectedthattheuseofrattaninhospitaltreatment
willbecomethenorminafewyear.

Who needs to be certified GLOBALG.A.P.?

GLOBALG.A.P. isbecomingacompulsorystandardasmost
retailersnowrequireitasevidenceofgoodagricultural/fish
farmingpractices.
Producersofcropsandfarmersraisinganimalsorfishto
producefoodforhumanconsumption
need GLOBALG.A.P. certification.Withoutit,theirproducts
cannotbestockedbythoseretailers.
Increasingly,exporterstoEuropeandothermarketsareas
(AsiaandAmerica)alsoneedtocomplywiththeproduction
standards determinedbythe GLOBALG.A.P. certification
scheme.

 Whopaysforthecertification?
Thefarmers/producersseeking certification havetopay.This
costcanbeoffsetbyenhancedoperatingefficiencies and
facilitatedaccesstomarkets.