1. Together for the better life
EU-Funded Projects Workshop
"Towards a Green and Inclusive Future"
“Sustainable Rattan Production in
Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam: lessons for
Shifting to a greener economy”
By: Mr.Thibault Ledecq
21-22 November 2011
Hotel Intercontinental, Phnom Penh
2. EU-Funded Projects Workshop "Towards a Green and Inclusive Future“
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SCALE OF ISSUES Wastage and
consumption of
chemicals, petrol
Unsustainable harvesting
Competition
plastic rattan
Not meeting
Price to low quality
at the
community
level
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PROJECT APPROACH
POLICY
Forest Trader Pre-process Processing Traders/retailer
Management
/Villager
CREATE SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY AND PRODUCTION
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REGIONAL VIEW
6 SME engaged in LA
6 SME engaged in LA FSC
90 SME engaged in VN
90 SME engaged in VN
CP
8 SME engaged in KH
8 SME engaged in KH
4900 HH in Cambodia
4900 HH in Cambodia
2800 HH in Laos
2800 HH in Laos
1074 HH in Vietnam
1074 HH in Vietnam WFTO
7453 Ha in Cambodia
7453 Ha in Cambodia
6768 Ha in Vietnam
6768 Ha in Vietnam
15000 Ha in Lao PDR
15000 Ha in Lao PDR
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RESULTS – Sustainable Management is Key
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RESULTS – Community organisation, added value
and Increased incomes
Community better organised
and leadership
Cleaner added value
processing
Links with trader and RAC:
win-win
Quality products can be made
at community level
Average increased incomes 23
% in Cambodia
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RESULTS – Rattan Association of Cambodia (RAC)
One of the driver for sustainable, green and clean
Industry
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IN LINE WITH GREEN ECONOMY
o Sustainably manage natural capital
o Establish frameworks for achieving water and
energy security within regional boundaries (CP)
o Approach a low carbon, resource efficient, and
socially inclusive approach to development
o emphasize (a) protection and investment in natural
capital, and (b) stronger regulatory frameworks at all
scales national and regional
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LESSONS LEARNT
• Secured land tenure for community based rattan
management
• Change can take place but need time as well as synergies of
actions
• Sustainable supply chain to succeed need appropriate policy
support and enforcement
• Should not ignore the regional perspective as supply chain
cross border
• Establish enabling environment (NTFP trade policy, subsidy,
micro-financing, etc.) to encourage community enterprise
• Links rattan sites to REDD, Payment for Environmental
Service, Eco-tourism, etc.
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CONCLUSION
• Value and supply chain approach can make a
difference at community and national level and
add value to natural capital and national
economy
• Market demand for green and clean product is
increasing
• Certification is market based mechanism that are
needed to ensure market access
• Regional linkages are key – together things can
change
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Phnom Penh, 21-22 November 2011
- WWF seeks economies that value and effectively
govern natural (resources to safeguard the natural world while promoting
pro-poor growth and employment).
-Some key ask for governments to shift toward GE:
(1) Sustainably manage and invest in natural capital,
(2) Use full cost accounting (e.g., of ecosystem services) to
provide economic incentives for GE and Improve governance,
e.g., via greater regional cooperation
-WWF is helping the Vietnam government convene a
workshop on GE that will focus on investments in natural
capital and opportunities for regional collaboration - a
GE roadmap - that can help the countries demonstrate
their leadership in Rio
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Phnom Penh, 21-22 November 2011
Thank you
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Editor's Notes
Good morning, Exellencies and Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to represent WWF and share with you our last 5 years experience of implementing a regional project that main objective is to set-up fondation for a sustainable and environment friendly rattan industry through the value and supply chain approach. This programme is funded by European Commission, IKEA and DEG (PPP) and involved key implementing actors such as Vietnam Cleaner Production Center, Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Artisans Association of Cambodia. I will highlight our approach and key results and how this link to green economy.
Why WWF and partners engaged in this adventure? In 2006, WWF and IKEA assessed that rattan industry in Greater Mekong Programme are affected by main issues such as Unsustainable Harvesting and Management, deforestation, farm gate price low, wastage of material (more than 60 %) and not clean production – But also not appropriate policy framework. For WWF rattan is one of the key NTFP than bring fare amount (30 to 40%) to family income and by sustainably using rattan and NTFP, communities get more benefit in conserving forest ecosystem. And by conserving the forest ecosystem there are more chances to keep the diversity (wildlife, botany) and culture. In 2009 to be able to respond to all challenges affecting the rattan supply and processing, WWF and partners (VNCPC, AAC, LNCCI) received support from EC through Asia Switch Programme.
The approach is simple on paper but complex in implementation. The main driver is market, and so we used the market pull approach by engaging with retailer like IKEA, COOP and others in Europ and US. One way to attract Everything start in the forest and local people, without forest, less chance to have rattan and without people interest to carry 60 kg of rattan per day, the rattan industry will not exist, the next actor are the trader than link the supply raw material to processing actors and to end in the retailers shop. The project engaged with all actors to find and create Win-Win situation, especially regarding price, transport, etc. But everything can not happened if policy and legal framework is not there to support the changes. The project and Government worked closely and changes started to happened.
The project has been a regional approach, as it was clear at the beginning that Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand are connected in regards to rattan industry with flow of rattan raw material legal and illegal. Today the project worked with….SME, ….People….and made possible to have ….ha under sustainable rattan management and having the first FSC rattan product available in Laos. In Vietnam, there are model company applying new CP techniques developed by VNCPC and made the rattan processing enviroment friendly
As mentioned earlier, without proper rattan and forest management, the whole chain will not sustain. Here is example of village map (in Cambodia), where villagers with technical support from Gvt and project helped to map main areas of rattan resource (inventory) and developed management and harvesting plan that approved by communities and local authorities. Capacity building regarding monitoring and enforcement is provided to local communities to ensure the sustainability and long run ownership.
For the community to be willing to invest and continue rattan harvesting and doing handicraft – they need economic incentive and empowerment. The project helped them to get extra incomes (23 % in some village in Cambodia) through increased price for raw material (grading, sell by cane not kg (loss %), organisation storage, interest trader, less waste) – In some villages local handicraft been strengthened and so extra incomes from added value activities. Also from selling rattan shoots (plantation), selling seedlings (Nursery). One of the key element to sustain this economic incentive is to have it embedded into a strong village organisational structure (clear roles and responsabilities, support on poorest part of village population) that lead the process. Ownership of the action is important and required time and WWF started in some village in 2007 and will continue the project until 2014 to ensure that changes are rooted and can lead to sustainable practices.
Working with traders and processors are the bridge with the retailers and so they have also to “ Swicth ” to sustainable practices. One of the concrete example I want to highlight is the set-up of the Rattan Association of Cambodia- Thus been initiated by the companies themselves and with support with WWF and AAC and KH CP Center they today benefited from (1) development and new CP techniques (economy of energy, helping in processing chain, etc) and (2) exposed to sustainable design (they can access designer to make their product attractive) and (3) better access sustainable raw and semi-process material by engaging directly with local communities. All of these support helped them to make them more attractive to the regional and international retailer - They also been able to engage to discuss with Gvt on how to improve the legal framework in order to make the Cambodian rattan industry more competitive compare to neighbourg countries. Today RAC is in process to have full membership of WFTO. RAC is today the driver of the rattan industry in Cambodia and an example for other as all companies members of RAC are applying green and clean production.
To refer to the subject of this workshop “ Towards a Green and Inclusive Future” – Here are the elements how this rattan project are in line with green Economy Sustainably manage natural capital (Forest Management) Establish frameworks for achieving water and energy security within regional boundaries (CP) Approach a low carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive approach to development (Village Group organisation, Forest management, no conversion, ….) emphasize (a) protection and investment in natural capital, and (b) stronger regulatory frameworks at all scales national and regional
Some of the main lessons learnt Secured land tenure for community based rattan management Change can take place but need time as well as synergies of actions Sustainable supply chain to succeed need appropriate policy support and enforcement Should not ignore the regional perspective as supply chain cross border Establish enabling environment (NTFP trade policy, subsidy, micro-financing, etc.) to encourage community enterprise Links rattan sites to REDD, Payment for Environmental Service, Eco-tourism, etc . We have accumulated some knowledge and experience and you access it under www.panda.org/rattan
Overall Conclusion Value and supply chain approach can make a difference at community and national level and add value to natural capital and national economy Market demand for green and clean product is increasing Certification is market based mechanism that are needed to ensure market access Regional linkages are key – together things can change
To would like to close this presentation by highligtning current WWF intervention regarding the support an enabling environment for the development of the green economy. - WWF seeks economies that value and effectively govern natural (resources to safeguard the natural world while promoting pro-poor growth and employment). Some key ask for governments to shift toward GE: (1) Sustainably manage and invest in natural capital, (2) Use full cost accounting (e.g., of ecosystem services) to provide economic incentives for GE and Improve governance, e.g., via greater regional cooperation WWF is helping the Vietnam government convene a workshop on GE that will focus on investments in natural capital and opportunities for regional collaboration - a GE roadmap - that can help the countries demonstrate their leadership in Rio
