A presentation on rattan supply chains in the Greater Mekong region - based on the experience of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Delivered by Tam Le Viet at the Asean Rattan Summit.

5. 2007-2008: pilot research to develop
methodology of rattan inventory & annual
growth rate in Laos & Cambodia.

7. Exporter/retailersProcessorsPre-processorsTradersHarvesters
Policy support
Approach: moving from complexity of rattan supply chain towards
sustainability & promote green business partnership.

8. Community
handicraft
Green
SME
Green
SME
 Overharvest.
 Many traders - high input cost.
 Hard to track traceability & legal verification
 Poor quality.
 Hard to set up CoC
Community
/harvesters
Community
/harvesters
Community/
harvest ers
Trader Trader Trader
Pre-processor Pre-processor Pre-processor
Final
processor
Final
processor
Final
processor
Trader
Local & International market Local & International market
Community
/harvest group
Community
/harvest group
 Sustainable harvest.
 Added value to communities (income & job generation).
 Reduce logistics cost.
 More transparent for legal verification.
 Better organised to access to FSC & FSC CoC certification.
 Promote long-term & viable business partnership.
WWF GMP Intervention
Key messages:
1. Promote forest structure improvement.
2. Prolong rattan activities in supply chain at community level.
3. Simplify rattan supply chain.
4. Strengthen long-term business partnership among communities and green SMEs.
5. Government buy-in for enforcement & investment.

9. Mapping potential rattan resources
(commercial & distribution)
1. Rattan inventory & annual growth rate.
2. Impact assessments (FSC).
3. Mgmt. & harvest plan.
4. Quota approval.
5. Rattan harvesting groups & post-harvesting monitoring.
Inventory: species; density &
annual growth
New species
identified &
recorded
Sustainable
harvest plan
approved

11. Book available to share

13. Guidelines available to share

14. Guidelines available to share

16. Green/CoC
SMEs
Export to
international
markets
Local markets
Rattan
forest (well-
managed /
FSC)
Harvesters
in groups
-Community forest Enterprises.
-Legal community Cooperatives.
Government buy-in & PPP

18. # ha sustainable forest management
# ha – FSC rattan forest
# copies – sustainable
rattan book (national &
English languages)
# ha financial invested by
government to
communities forest.

19. # SMEs access to cleaner production & technical
guidelines.
# SMEs access to international markets.
# SMEs established Rattan Association of Cambodia
# retailers in EU ordered Final FSC rattan products

22. Green/CoC
SMEs
Harvesters in
groups
Community
enterprises
1. disturbance actor.
2. illegal trader

23. Challenge & opportunity
One ASEAN single market – free flow of
(1) Goods (2) Services (3) Investment (4) capital
& (5) Skilled labor

24. Contact:
Tam Le viet,
WWF GMP Regional Project Manager
Email: tam.leviet@wwfgreatermekong.org