"Pacto Nacional de la Madera Legal" promotes sustainable development.
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- On May 12, various private and state institutions developed the “National Pact for Legal Timber”, an initiative that promotes the sale and consumption of verified legal timber.
- Formalization of the forestry sector would bring in between 50 and 100 million soles per year in tax revenues alone.
On Thursday, May 12 at 6pm at the Country Club Lima Hotel, the “National Pact for Legal Timber” was held, an initiative that will allow the State, civil society and private enterprise to join forces to promote the trade of legally sourced timber.
“The National Pact for Legal Timber” was officially launched in December 2014, during the Conference of the Parties (COP20) - held in Lima - and arose from the need to implement a tool to identify and access sources of raw timber material of legal origin.
The initiative is being promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, through the National Forestry and Wildlife Service SERFOR (National Forestry and Wildlife Authority), together with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, through Osinfor, the Ministries of the Environment, through the National Forest Conservation Program, and of Production, through the CITE Madera, in addition to technical support from WWF-Peru and GIZ.
Fabiola Muñoz Dodero, executive director of SERFOR, said that the “National Timber Pact” has the potential to generate thousands of jobs by encouraging the formalization of the sector, recovering between 50 and 100 million soles that the State loses annually due to tax evasion.
“The Pact is the reflection of many actors who have been thinking for years about how to move forward so that Peru has quality products of legal origin. This initiative will lead to a legal timber market with a certified origin. The forest can only be harvested if it is worked in a sustainable manner”.”, he explained
“The ”Pact for Timber" promotes sustainable development
The Pact is focused on promoting concrete actions to be taken by sellers, intermediate buyers and end consumers who sell, process, distribute and purchase timber whose legal origin is verified. It is also made up of five strategic lines of action necessary for the forestry sector: institutional framework, governance, responsible purchasing, positioning of production chains, and communication.
Lucía Ruíz, Director of Conservation at WWF Peru, said that little by little people are becoming more aware of important sustainability issues, which promotes a more committed consumer, and the Pact generates that each actor has a responsible role with the environment.
“Forests are of great importance in the country, because 60% or 70% of the territory is forest cover, and currently 20% of global greenhouse gases (GHG) are due to land use change, i.e. forests that are transformed into agricultural land. The Pact promotes sustainability in timber management but indirectly also promotes forest conservation, which benefits local populations, the national economy, and also helps to regulate the climate because we emit less GHG. Sustainable timber generates a sustainable forest and therefore helps to prevent climate change from skyrocketing”.”, Ruiz concluded.
Image credits: Estefania Huacho / WWF-Peru
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