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ORGANIZACION INTERNACIONAL DE LAS MADERAS TROPICALES

OIMT

DOCUMENTO DE PRE-PROYECTO

TITULO

NUMERO DE SERIE

COMITE

PRESENTADO POR

IDIOMA ORIGINAL

RESUMEN

FORMULACIÓN DE UN PROYECTO DE ORDENACIÓN FORESTAL SOSTENIBLE PARA LA ZONA PRODUCTORA DE LOS BOSQUES DEL NORTE Y NORDESTE DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA

PPD 84/03 Rev.l (F)

REPOBLACION Y ORDENACION FORESTALES

GOBIERNO DE COLOMBIA

ESPAÑOL

La Corporación Autónoma Regional del Centro de Antioquia-CORANTIOQUIA, en cumplimiento de sus responsabilidades institucionales y de acuerdo con el Régimen de Aprovechamiento Forestal, decreto 1791 de 1996, delimitó un Área Forestal Productora de 240.000 hectáreas en las regiones del Norte y Nordeste del Departamento de Antioquia. La característica de los ecosistemas que alberga esta zona, su gran biodiversidad y la riqueza forestal que posee le imprimen un carácter estratégico y de un alto potencial de recursos boscosos; no obstante, sobre la misma se ejerce una gran presión antrópica que amenaza su sostenibilidad, dada la existencia de procesos de colonización no dirigida, aprovechamientos forestales no controlados y practicas de aprovechamiento no sostenibles. No obstante, existe el interés de las comunidades asentadas en las áreas de bosques del Norte y Nordeste, en vincularse a procesos legales e incorporar estrategias sostenibles para el aprovechamiento de los mismos.

Por estas razones es, prioritario el desarrollo de un proceso de ordenación forestal sostenible, participativo y concertado con las comunidades y gobiernos locales.

Para lograr este propósito se propone este anteproyecto a la Organización Internacional de las Maderas Tropicales con el propósito de que se vincule a la ejecución del mismo en cumplimiento de los objetivos y metas que orienta este Organismo de Cooperación Internacional.

ORGANISMO EJECUTOR

GOBIERNOS COLABORADORES

DURACION

FECHA ESTIMADA DE INICIO

PRESUPUESTO Y POSIBLE FUENTE DE FINANCIAMIENTO

CORPORACIÓN AUTÓNOMA REGIONAL DEL CENTRO DE ANTIOQUIA (CORANTIOQUIA)

9 MESES

AL APROBARSE

Fuente

OIMT CORANTIOQUIA

TOTAL

Contribución enUS$

56;326 18,931

75,257

Equivalente en moneda nacional

TABlE OF CONTENTS

PART 1. CONTEXT

1. ORIGIN 2. SECTORAL POLlCIES 3. PROGRAMMES AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

3.1 Relationship to sub-sectoral policies and Corporation programmes 3.2 tnstitutional and legal framework

PART JI. THE PRE-PROJECT

1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1.1 Development Objective 1.2 Specific Objective

2. JUSTlFICATION 2.1 Problem to be addressed 2.2 Reasons for the pre-project 2.3 Target beneficiaries 2.4 Other relevant aspects

3. OUTPUTS

4. ACTIVITlES 4.1 Output 1

5. LOGICAL FRAMEWORK WORKSHEETS

6. WORKPLAN

7. BUDGET

PART 111. THE TROPICAL TlMBER FRAMEWORK

1. COMPUANCE WITH ITIA 1994 OBJECTlVES 2. COMPLlANCE WITH ITIO ACTION PLAN

ANNEXES

A. PROFILE OF THE EXECUTlNG AGENCY 1. Bfpertise of the executing agency 2. Infrastructure of the executing agency 3. Personnel

C. CURRICULA VITAE OF THE KEY ST AFF

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PRE-PROJECT TtTLE:

PART l: CONTEXT

1. ORlGaN

FORMULATION OF A SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECT FOR THE PROOUCTION FOREST AREA IN THE NORTHERN ANO NORTH-EASTERN REGIONS OF THE OEPARTMENT OF ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA

This pre-project proposal has been derived from the legal obligation established by Oecree No. 1791 of 1996 - Forest Utilisation Regime - issued by the Ministry for the Environment, Housing and Land Oevelopment, which stipulates that the Regional Autonomous Corporations must demarcate and regulate production forest areas on the basis of environmental sustainability and equity. This is based on the premise that these lands are some of the few areas in the Oepartment of Antioquia where it is still possible to find little disturbed forests of strategic significance for Colombia and for the Oepartment because of their extent, heterogeneity, timber stocks and biodiversity. The areas are characterised by the presence of tropical moist forests in the northem and north-eastern regions of the Oepartment of Antioquia under the jurisdiction of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Central Antioquia - CORANTIOQUIA.

The results obtained in the processes of community participation and work during the implementation of the JBRO 3692-Co Forest Research Project jointly implemented by the Ministry for the Environment of Colombia and JBRO between 1996 and 1998, through the Environmental and Natural Resource Management Programme Coordinating Unit and CORANTIOQUIA, pointed to the significance of implementing a forest management process in the forest areas of Northern and North-Eastern Antioquia given the accelerated process of unsustained harvesting that has been taking place in the region. The results of the aforementioned project also stressed the need to design planned harvesting programmes with the participation of local communities who have no alternative sources of income other than forest harvesting and processing using practices of limited sustainability.

It should be pointed out that the results of the IBRO-financed project include the preliminary identification of forest cover through satellite ¡mages over an area of 720,000 hectares, the collection of information on forest composition and structure through forest inventories, the development of community forest management plans. natural succession management programmes, agroforestry, and community training on appropriate technologies tor the processing of timber from native forests.

The pre-project hereby submitted to lITO is aimed at contributing to the collection of missing information required to design and formulate a project geared to the sustainable management of forests in this region of Antioquia and to the integrated socio-economic development of the local communities, through the implementation of a planning and training model developed with the participation of the communities and local govemments in the municipalities where the project area will be located.

In addition. the proposal seeks to contribute to the above objectives by developing and promoting communities' and community organisations' skills and abilities to incorporate sound forest practices and adopt silvicultural practices, while strengthening their organisational and self-management capacity to communicate and negotiate with public and private institutions for the future development of competitive collective companies for forest harvesting using low impact technologies.

2. SECTORAL POLlCIES

The project hereby proposed is framed within the National Oevelopment Plan - "Towards a Community State", which in its Chapter 11, encourages sustainable economic growth and income generation through the implementation of various inter-related strategies and actions. In this context, environmental sustainability is one of the core priorities in the area of environmental management, and a number of inter-related programmes are proposed to this end, including the PíOgramme for the Conservatian and Sustaínable Use of Environmental Goods and Serviees and the Programme on Green Ineome and Employment Generating Alternatives, which would provide the framework for the implementation of the proposed natural forest management project. This common objective of management of forest areas in Northern and North-Eastern Antioquia is also included in the NOP (National Oevelopment Plan), which stipulates the target of bringing 1,000,000 hectares of natural forests under management in consonance with the objectives of the National Forest Oevelopment Plan.

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Thus, the project to be formulated will focus on government policy guidelines that seek to reconcile the objectives of torest management and income generation for marginal communities that have no source of employment other than the exploitation of their natural forest resources.

The project is also consistent with a wide range of legal provisions that legitimate its objectives and scope, including the following:

Act No. 37 of 1989, which stipulates the formulation of the National Forest Development Plan (Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal - PNDF); the Forestry Action Plan for Colombia (PAFC); and Act No. 99 of 1993, which establishes the National Environmental System and the Ministry for the Environment and assigns to the latter the responsibility for coordinating the formulation of the National Forest Development Plan as well as the structuring, implementation and coordination of the National Forest Service. The same legislation also establishes 34 Regional Autonomous Corporations for Sustainable Development, including CORANTIOQUlA, which are responsible for performing a number of important functions including the "implementation of measures aimed at sustainable development in their area of jurisdiction".

FinaUy, the National Forest Development Plan (PNDF) i, approved by the Colombian Government in 2000, constitutes the guiding document of the National Forest Policy for the next 20 years and establishes strategic programs for the sector, including a Forest Ecosystem Management, Conservation and Restoration Program, a Forest Production Chain Program, and an Institutional Development Programo

The aboye legal framework, the long-term policies established by the National Government, the environmental institutions currently in place, the Government legitimisation process and the confidence inspired by the present national government, al! create a favourable environment for the development of proposals such as this.

3. Programmes and operational activities

3. t Retationship lo sub-sectoral policies and Corporation programs

At the regional level, this pre-project is included within the framework of the Regional Environmental Management Plan (Plan de Gestión Ambiental Regional), 1998-2006, which is the highest institutional planning instrument aimed at implementing the institutional miss ion of contributing to sustainable devefopment through the provision of knowledge, management and development of an environmental culture in the area, with the involvement of Corporation programs and projects and with the participation of social and institutiona! stakeholders from the 80 municipalities under the jurisdiction of CORANTIOQUIA.

Based on this approach, the project to be formulated by this pre-project will promote the participation of local communities in the implementation of project activities and will encourage learning and knowledge acquisition processes so as to ensure sustainable forest management and to build up the capacity of the communities fo guarantee project sustainability.

The pre-project is consistent with the Corporation Program "Biodiversity for Development" and with the Project on "Natural and Planted Forest Management and Harvesting".

3.2 InstitutionaJ and tegal framework

The Regional Autonomous Corporation of Central Antioquia is part of the National Environmental System. It was established by virtue of Acf. No. 99 of 1993. The Corporation has jurisdiction over an area of 36,000 square kilometres, where 80 municipalities are located with a population of 4 million.

The project area (240,000 hectares) is located within the area of jurisdiction of the Corporation, in the northem and north-eastern regions of the Department of Antioquia, between the municipalities of El Bagre, Nechi and Zaragoza.

1 Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal- PNDF.

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PART tl: THE PRE-PROJECT

1. Pre-Project Objectives

1.1 Development objective

Develop and implement a sustainable torest development master plan for the northern and north-eastem regions of the Department of Antioquia.

1.2 Specific objective

Formulate a project aimed at the sustainable management of forests in the northern and north-eastern regions of the Department of Antioquia.

2. Justification

2.1 Problem to be addressed

The geographical regions of the Antioquian North and North-East are some of the few areas in the department that still contain slightly disturbed forest ecosystems, constituting strategic reserves of regional, national and international significance.

Forest areas totalling approximately 240,000 hectares were identified in these two regions, in the municipalities of El Bagre, Nechí and Zaragoza to the north and Remedios and Segovia to the north-east.

This area is currently under a non-industrial forest utilisation process to basically meet the needs of regional and national markets with slightly processed products and a high level of waste (an estimated 60%). The market tor torest products has not brought about better income levels and quality of life for the rural families in the area, who are in tact caught up in a vicious cirele ot abject poverty, lack of opportunities and helplessness in the tace of the social conflict that the country is living through.

This situation is reflected in the intense pressure that is being exerted on forest resources, which are being destroyed or irrationally utilised, thus threatening their future survival as well as the survival of the populations living in the area.

Despite this less than encouraging scenario, there are a number of potential alternatives and opportuníties in the area that, if correctly channelled, could decisively contribute to transform the current situation. Some of these potentíal altematives inelude the existence of a receptive community, eager for opportunities, where there are Community Action Groups that promote and put forward the proposed initiatives of 100 villages in the area. Similarly, there is the continuous presence of CORANTIOQUIA in the area and its capacity to promote and legitimise regional development initiatives in the different municipalities and in the project area.

Specific activities have been implemented in the project area aimed at ascertaining the natural supply of the torest and at the implementation 01 torest research activities. AII of these activities have been implemented with the active participation ot the local communities, ineluding the project on "Conservation and Management of Tropical Moist Forests in the North-Eastem Region of Antioquia through Participatory Actions" (IDB-Ministry tor the Environment-CORANTIOQUIA), which was implemented between 1996-1998 wíth the participatíon of 60 timber communities who received trainíng in forest harvesting, rehabilitatíon strategies for logged-over forests, seed collection and management for propagation and sale to community nurseries, and establishment of agroforestry plots.

Taking these facts into account together with the work ethics of the Corporation, which has been demonstrated through these and other projects, the proposal will be developed on the basis of cooperation, participation and training of local communities and other social and institutional stakeholders in the region, so as to guarantee the project's legitimacy, equitableapproach, social appropriateness and sustainability.

For the implementation of this project, the Corporation will rely on the experience and technical capacity it has developed through its work over the past 8 years, on the technical-operational capacity acquired during. the implementation of the IDS forest research component, as well as on the research it has carried out in the region, on its national credibility and prestige, given that it is considered to be one of the best three autonomous corporations in Colombia, and on the experience and recognition of ITIO at the national and intemational levels.

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2.2 Reasons for the pre-project

The implementation of the project to be developed from this pre-project will involve a series of activities, which will require the decisive support of ITIO, to wit:

Processing, systematisation and incorporation into a data base of inventories carried out for the formulation of community-based forest management plans. Identification of forest harvesting practices used by logging communities. Implementation of a socio-economic study to characterise the local communities. Consultation and validation of project activities with the communities. Study and information gathering on land tenure issues.

2.3 Target benerrciaries

Firstly, this pre-project will provide the organisation responsible for the management and regulation of the resource (CORANTlOQUIA) with the basic elements required to formulate a project aimed at the management of its forest areas and at facilítating the decision-making process to promote sustainable development with the support of the communities living in the project area.

Similarly, during the implementatíon of the pre-project, the communities that are participating in the communíty forestry activitíes promoted by the Corporation will identify the social and cultural concerns that they believe are affecting them, so as to find a way to mitigate their effects and seek compensation as appropriate.

Given that the Corporation has prior experience with the communities affected by the project, it is important to point out that the pre-project and the subsequent project will be based on the knowledge of their socio~ economic and cultural conditions and on the historical way that they have taken possession of the resources in order to ensure their survival. In this case, rather than being an obstacle to the management process, the communities will be a key component that will guarantee the success of the project.

2.4 Other relevant aspeets

T echnic:al aspeets

Thís pre-project proposal is based on the legal obligatíon contained in Decree No. 1791 of 1996 with regard to the demarcation of production forest areas and the development of their respective management plans. Furthermore, the pre-project will take into account the criteria and indicators proposed for natural forests by the Ministry for the Environment, Housing and Land Development, with the support of the International Tropical Timber Organization.

The technical aspects of the project are based on the availability of current maps of the forest cover, obtained through SPOT satellite images and field data compiled from forest invento ríes that were carried out in sorne sites of the proposed management area. Furthermore, the project will have the support of the communities who have participated in this information gathering exercise and who are currently carrying out their harvesting operations on the basis of that information.

The pre-project envisages the implementation of a series of parallel technical activities by the Corporation with a view to the development and legal legitimisation of the Forest Management Plan. These activities will include the establishment of growth plots; diagnostic studies of markets and production chains, socio­economic characterisation of local communities, and the consolidation of the National and Regional Environmental Information System.

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UBICACiÓN GEOGRAFICA DE LA ZONA DONDE SE REALIZARA EL PROYECTO

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3. Outputs

3.1 Specific objective

Formulate a project aimed at the sustainable management of forests in the northern and north-eastern regions of the Department of Antioquia.

3.1.1 Output 1 Database incorporating inventory data.

3.1.2 Output 2 Forest harvesting techniques identified.

3.1.3 Output 3 Forest owners identified.

3.1.4 OU'tput 4 Socio-economic survey of the area implemented.

3.1.5 Oulput 5 Project proposal for sustainable forest management.

4. Activities

4.1 Output 1

Activity 1.1: Processing, systematisatioh and installation of databas e usinginventory data.

4.2 Output2

Activity 2.1: ldentification of forest harvesting practices.

4.3 Output3

Activity 3.1: Pretiminary identification of land tenure status.

4.4 Omput 4

Activity 4.1: Characterisation 01 communities settled in the study area based on the survey carried out in 1997.

4.5 Output5

Activity 5.1: Community validation and feedback on studies and information obtained.

Activity 5.2: Consolidation of information and outlining of preliminary proposa/.

Activity 5.3: Consultation and validation with various stakeholders (CORANTIOQUIA, communities, other institutions).

Activity 5.4: Final project proposa/.

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5. LogicaJ framework worksheets

PROJECT ELEMENTS INDrCATORS MEANS OF VERIFICATION IMPORT ANT ASSUMPTlONS

DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE: • Baseline for the formulation • Specific reports • Availability of skilled Devefop and implement a of the Forest Management • Databases personnel for field sustainable forest Plan. • Land tenure tables information collection and development master plan for • Community workshop processing so as to the northern and north-eastern proceedings complete the basic studies regions of the Department of required. Antiaquia. • The local communities in

CORANTIOQUIA's area of influence are willing to work towards the achievement of comman objectives for the harvesting of their forests through legal mechanisms.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: • Pre-project formulated • Project document • Support from the Farmulate a proiect aimed at • The propasal is socially • Field visit reports communities and the sustainable management validated by the relevant • Community work reports community organisations of forests in the northern and communities. • Workshop proceedings for the implementatian of north-eastern regions of the studies Department of Antioquia. • Availability of bio-physical

and social surveys on the area

Output1 • Database implemented. • System reports. • Availability of reliable Database incorporating • Review documents. information. inventory data. • Availability of skilled

personnel to develop database.

Output2 • Harvesting. techniques • Visit reports. • Communities' willingness Forest harvesting. techniques inventoried. • Information review to support the study. identified. document. 0utput3 • Land tenure typification. • Visit reports. • Availability of reliable Forest owners identified. • Review documents. information to carry out

studies and reviews. Output4 • Socio-economic • Surveys. • Community participation Socio-economic survey of the characterisation of the • Community consultation and commitment. area implemented. population. document.

• Review document. Output5 • Project proposal formulated • Document formulated and • Availability ofconsultant at Proiect proposal for for submission to ITIO for international consultant's the internationallevel to sustainable forest approval contract support the formulation of manag.ement. the project proposal in

Colombia. • Availability of professional

staff to implement specific studies.

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Aetivily 5.3 and vaJidation with (CORANTIOaUIA, communities, other institutions)

Adivity 5.4 Final project proposal

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M/M international consultant -Stationery kit Return tare for international expert

accommodation /hotel

workshop

6. WORKPLAN

OUTPUTS / ACTIVITIES

Final prolect proposal

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITJES

RESPONSIBLE PARTY

Contractor

Contractor

Contractor

CORANTIOQUIA and Contractor

CORANTIOQUIA and Consultant

and Consultant

CORANTIOQUIA and Consultant

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7. BUDGET

7.1 OVERALL BUDGET BY ACTIVITY

racterisation 01 communities settled in study area based on the survey carried in 1997

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01 inlormation and outlining 01

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7.2 CONSOUDATED YEARL y PROJECT BUDGET - CORANTIOQUIA CONTRIBUTION

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7.3 CONSOUDATED YEARLY PROJECT BUDGET -ITTO CONTRIBUTION

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7.4 OVIERALL CONSOUDATED YEARLY PROJECT BUDGET

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DETAILED BUDaET BREAKDOWN

OUTPUTS IACTIVITIES INPUT8 Unlt cost I Year 1 Total costIYear1 Quarter lYear Budget TOTAL. ITTO CAR Component UNIT & DESCFIIPTION No, 34,345

Output 1 Activity 1.1 Processing, Subcontract (M/M national consultant - 6 1,552 M10 01 &2, Y1 21 9,310 9,310 systematisation and installation 01 systems engineer) databas e using inventory data Output 2 Activity 2.1 Identilication 01 Subcontract (M/M national consultant - 5 1,552 7,759 01 &2,Y1 22 7,759 7,759 lorest harvesting practices lores! engineer) Output 3 Activity 3.1 Preliminary Subcontract (M/M nalional consultan! - 3 1,103 3,310 01 &2, Y1 23 3,310 3,310 identilication 01 land tenure status sociologist) Output 4 Activity 4.1 Characterisation 01 Subcontract with national consultancy 6 1,552 9,310 01 & 2, Y1 24 9,310 9,310 communities settled in the study area lirm based on the survey carried out in 1997 Output S Activity 5.1 Community M/M sociologist or social worker lor 3 1,103 3,310 02 & 3, Y1 11 3,310 3,310 validation and leedback on studies and workshop implementation inlormation obtained

M/DSA 3 448 1,345 02 &3, Y1 31 1,345 1,345 . 21,448 Output 5 Activity 5.2 Consolidation 01 M/M international consultant 0.5 10,345 5,172 15 5,172 5,172 inlormation and outlining 01 draft proposal

M/M lorest engineer Irom Corporation 2 1,207 2,414 71 2,414 2,414 Output 5 Activity 5.3 Consultation and M/M lorest engineer Irom Corporation 1 1,207 1,207 71 1,207 1,207 validation with various stakeholders (CORANTIOOUIA, communities, other institutions)

M/M sociologist or social worker lor 1 1,103 1,103 11 1,103 1,103 workshop implementation DSA and transport 3 517 1,552 1,552 1,552

Output 5 Activity 5.4 Final project M/M international consultant 0.5 10,345 5,172 15 5,172 5,172 proposal

Stationery kit 1 690 690 690 690 Return lare lor international expert 1 1,552 1,552 32 1,552 1,552 Expert accommodation /hotel 30 86 2,586 35 2,586 2,586

Subtotal . 55,793 50,138 5,655 Othercosts M/M Forestry prolessional lrom 9 1,207 10,862 71 10,862 10862

Corporation Corooration administrative costs 1 2,414 2,414 71 2,414 2,414

Total - Other costs 13,276 13,276 . 13,276 Grand Total 69,069 50,138 18,931

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PART tII: THE TROPICAL TIMBER FRAMEWORK

1. Complianee with nTA, 1994 Objeetives

This project will contribute to the achievement of the following objectives as stipulated in the International Tropical Timber Agreement:

• It will contribute to the process of sustainable development

• It will promote and strengthen the practice of community forestry through participatory processes and activities such as the assessment of forest stands and their potential and the participatory development of management processes and community forest management plans.

• tt will promote the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber from managed forests.

• By demal'cating production areas on the basis of zoning and the development of management plans, it will be promote access to international markets for certified timber through a process of voluntary torest certification.

• tt will encourage industrial tropical timber reforestation and forest management activities as well as rehabilitation of degraded torest land, through participatory processes coordinated with local communities dependent on forest resources.

• The aboye will rely largely on the application of forest incentives for industrial plantations that have reached major targets in the Corporation's area of jurisdiction, with some 3,000 hectares of subsidised plantations established.

• It will encourage policies aimed at sustainable utilisation and conservation of timber producing forests and their genetic resources and at maintaining the ecological balance in the regions concerned, in the context of tropical timber trade.

• I,t will promote the access to, and transfer of, technologies and technical cooperation to achieve the obiectives of the Agreement.

Consisteney with mo objeetives

This project is consistent with the following objectives established by lITO in the lITA 1994:

• Art. 1 a) To provide an effectíve framewark far cansultatían, internatíanal caaperatian and palicy deveJapment with regard ta all relevant aspects af the timber sector: By combining the experience and expectations of a producer and a consumer country, the project will provide an effective framework for cooperation and consultatíon regarding all relevant aspects of the tropical forest economy.

• Art. 1 b) Ta provide a farum far consultatían ta prom ate nan-discriminatary timber trade practices: The project combines two elements that will promote a non-discriminatory discussion forum on sustainable torest practices: the 8 years experience of CORANTIOQUIA in the implementation of sustainable development projects and integrated management of economic, ecological and social variables that are the basis tor this project. These factors will facilitate the participation of social stakeholders such as community action boards, associations, local administrations and other parties, in the planning, coordination and implementation of project activities.

• Art. 1 c) Contribute ta the pracess af sustainable develapment: By encouraging social and economic development within the framework of stlstainable forest management based on participatory planning in coordination with the communities, the project will promote the integrated development of the local communities and will contribute to social equity and peaceful coexistence.

• Art. 1 1) Ta encaurage members ta develap natianal palicíes aimed at sustainable utilizatian and canservatian af timber praducing farests and their genetic resaurces and at maintaining the ecalagical balance in the regians cancerned, in the cantext af tropical timber trade: The project is consistent with the national policies and guidelines for the sustainable management of forests and natural resources.

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2. Compliancewith ITTO Action Plan

This project is consistent with lITO Objective 2000 as defined in the Yokohama Action Plan 2002-2006: "Move as rapidly as possible towards achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources".

In this context, the project will effectively contribute to the achievement of the following goals established in the fields of Economic Information and Market Intelligence and Reforestation and Forest Management:

• Promote tropical timber from sustainably managed sources. • Support activities to secure the tropical timber resource base.

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ANNEXES

A. ProfiJe of 'he Executing Agency

1. Expertise of the executing agency

Cooperation projects implemented by the agency inelude:

The project "Research. Canservation and Management 01 Moíst Tropical Forests in the Antíoquia North­Eastern Regían through Participatory Actions"was implemented by CORANTIOQUIA (1996-1998) with IBRO 3692-Co resources, and with the support of the Environment and Natural Resources Management Programme Coordination Unit.

Under the same project, the IBRD Micro-Watershed Management Programme was implemented for an area covering six municipalities, including 24 micro-watersheds in the Corporation's area of jurisdiction. An important aspect of these projects was the participatory training and action strategy for 24 target communities, as well as their co-financing of labour costs, with CORANTIOQUIA providing counterpart financial resources.

Also noteworthy is the experience gained during the development and implementation of the "Management Plan far the High Andean MaareJands and Forests 01 the North-Western Region in Middle Antioquía", financed by IDB during 1997-1998.

At present, the Corporation is implementing sorne components Green Plan - an internationally funded national programme - in the areas of ecosystem rehabilitation, agroforestry plots, protection reforestation and training, under co-financing agreements with the Ministry for the Environment and UNDP counterpart contributions.

2. Infrastructure of the executing agency

COAANTJOaUIA has a decentralised structure divided into one main office (headquarters) in Medellín, capital city of the Department of Antioquia, and 8 Territorial Offices located in the 8 regions of the Department, where the Corporation offices implement programs and projects for the municipalities in their areas of influence. This has enabled the Corporation to carry out social and environmental management activities more efficiently, consolidating its presence in the communities.

Two of these regional offices, equipped with up-to-date administrative and logistic equipment and multi­discíplinary professional staff, operate in two municipalities of the regions where the project will be implemented and can therefore serve as focal points for the implementation of activities, thus ensuring streamlining of work and efficiency in the use of technical, logistic and professional resources.

The headquarters in the City of Medellín will be responsible for the administration of all human, technical and administrative resources in the administrative, financial, computer, planning, legal, communication and education fielOs. It is also important to point out the availability of a Geographic Information System, with state-of-the-art aerial photograph and image processing and dígítalisation equípment that will be a fundamental tool for the implementation of the pre-project and the subsequent project.

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3. Personnel

The table hereunder lists the personnel related to the BIODIVERSITV AREA in the Territorial Sub­Directorate, which will be in charge of directing and coordinating the project

Name of officer Occupation

Gabriel Jaime Jiménez Gómez Forest enQineer Osear Albeiro Ramfrez Cañaveral Forest enQineer Guillermo Ramírez Martínez Forest engineer Juan Lázaro Toro Murillo Forest engineer Rosa Eugenia Galeano Ramírez Forest engineer Juan Camilo Restrepo Llano Zootechnician Diana Patricia Saldarriaga Forest engineer Humberto Sánchez Herrera Forest engineer Gloria lucely Vanegas Forest engineer Carlos Enrique Orrego Forest engineer NeHy Valencia londoño Secretary Jorge lván Bustamante Forest T echnician luz Marina Alvarez Zapata Business manager Blanca Gladys. Mesa Accountant Claudia Maria Jaramillo Accountant

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c. CURRtCUlA VITAE OF THE KEY ST AFF

FuI! name: tdentity Document N. Nationality:

CURRICULUM VITAE

Gabriel Jaime Jiménez Gómez 70,099,332 Colombian

Address: Calle tA Sur. 75 DA 19.1 Apto.528 Medellín

EDUCATrON:

Academic degree: Forest engineer - National University of Colombia Postgraduate degree: Silviculture and forest management - National University of Colombia

Other activities or positions held:

Fromffo I nstitutio n Position June 1998 to date University of Medellín Teacher

Subject: Colombian natural resources

December 1994 to National University of Director - Forest Science June 1995 Colombia - Medellín Department

campus t993-1994 Antioquia Engineering Teacher.

School Subject: General Ecology January 1988 to National University of Full time teacher November 1994 Colombia - Medellín Field: Watershed planning

campus and environmental conservation

August 1986 to May Antioquia Agriculture Forest engineer - Planning 1987 Secretariat Section September 1984 to Antioquia Agriculture Forest engineer - Operations August 1986 Secretariat Directorate July 1986 to December National University 01 Assistant T eacher. Subject: 1986 Colombia - Medellín Wildlife management

campus July 1982 - December National University of Assistant Teacher. Wildlife 1983 Colombia - Medellín laboratory management.

campus

Present activity:

Place of work: Regional Autonomous Corporation of Central Antioquia. Present position: Territorial Deputy Director

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PERSONAL DET AtLS

Name Surname Citizenship Document Place of birth Date of birth Marital status Professional licence Telephone

EDUCATION

Institution Degree Date

Institution Degree Date

Institution

CURRICULUM VITAE

Osear Albeiro Ramírez Cañaveral 7t ,620,650 issued in Medellín Santa Bárbara 12 June 1960 Married 10535 - Ministry of Agriculture 2569985 - mobile 4473318

Municipal High School of Medellín High School Certificate 1979

National University of Colombia Forest engineer 1987

CATIE International Course on Natural Tropical Forest Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Institution From/fo Position

lnstitution From/fo Position

Institution From/fo Position

Institution From/fo Position

National University of Colombia February-November 1986 Assistant teacher, Wood Anatomy

Compañía Forestal O. A. O June - November 1987 FreId engineer

Regional Development Corporation of Urabá- CORPOURABÁ November 1987- May 1994 Head of Planning Office

Regional Autonomous Corporation of Central Antioquia - CORANTIOQUIA June 1995 to date Biodiversity Area

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FuI! name

Citizenship Document

Place and date of birth

Address

Occupation

Professional Licence

At present working at

CURRICULUM VITAE

Guillermo Ramírez Martínez

6,858,498

Montería, Córdoba- 15-XII-45

Calle 40 sur N. 30-54 -Apto-201 Telephone 33272318888 Email: glramirez@corantioguia.qov.co guirama@hotmail.com

Forest engineer- National University of Colombia - Medellín Campus

6046 issued by the Ministry of Agriculture

CORANTIOQUIA Carrera 65 N. 44 A 32 Telephone 493 88 88

Has undertaken professional training in the following fields as a complement to university studies: Remote Sensing; Forest Industry; Rural Extension; Agroforestry. Languages (French).

In recent years, in his capacity as Forest Engineer with the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Central Antioquia, he has been involved in the formulation and successful implementation of the project "Research, Conservation and Management of Moist Tropical Forests in the North-Eastern Region of Antioquia through Participatory Actions" financed with resources provided by IBRD - Minambiente, and relating to natural resources. Its main objective was to develop community forestry activities with rural organisations located in the Corporation's forest areas.

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Consuhnll Area: Systems

DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE BY AREA OF ACTIVITY

Profile: Systems Engineer

Activities: Design, installation and operationalisation of database for 80,000 records from forest inventories carried out between 1998 and 2002.

Experience: In database design using ORACLE, with a minimum of five years experience in the design of this type of applications.

Expected output: lnstallation and operationalisation of database.

Consuhant2 Area: Forestry Profile: Forest Engineer

Activities: This professional will carry out a diagnosis of natural forest harvesting systems used by the local communities in North-Eastern Antioquia, identify the equipment used in harvesting, levels of efficiency, degrees of primary andlor secondary processing, and higher demand species per region, and will determine if current harvesting operations are in compliance with the legal requirements established by environmental authorities.

Experience: In natural torest harvesting processes and/or development of forest harvesting plans. Should have at least 6 years experience in the conduction of this type of surveys/studies.

Expected output: By the end of the contract, this consultant should submit a technical document identifying harvesting systems used in North-Eastern Antioquia.

Consultant3 Area: Social Science Profife: Sociologist

Activities: Identífy and ctassify the current land tenure status in the area where the pre-project will be implemented through document reviews, land registry data review and field visits.

Experience: At least 5 years of certified specific experience in social research with special emphasis on projects implemented with rural and/or Afro-Colombian communities. Work experience in the Department of Antioquia.

Expected output: By the end of the contract, this consultant should submit a technical document in hardcopy and electronic version, compiling the information gathered through research.

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Consultant4 Area: Project development Profile: Planning economist or agricultural science professional

Activities: The Corporation wilt recruit a consultant to provide technical assistance for the formulation of a sustainable forest management project. This consultant should meet the following requirements and implement the fonowing activities:

Experience: A minimum of 10 years experience in forest management and development of forest projects.

The candidate should also have experience and educational background at a Master's degree or PhD level in areas relatad to forest resource management.

This consultant, in conjunction with the national counterpart, will be responsible for the coordination of all activities scheduled in the work plan and for the development of the sustainable forest management project.

Expected output: By the end of the contract, this consultant should submit a sustainable forest management project document, which should meet all the requirements stipulated in the lITO Manual for Project Formulation.

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Response to recommendation No. 2 on the compilation and ana'ysis of data for activities 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4

Activity 1.1: Processing, systematisation and instatlation of database using inventory data

Inventories wilr be carried out using relevant technical guidelines prepared within the framework of ITTO­approved prolect PD 8/97 on the application and evaluation of criteria for the sustainable management of natural forests.

The information obtained will be processed, systematised and analysed, and will be used to develop an ORACLE database for on90in9 operation and updating.

Activily 1.2: ktentifrcation o, forest harvesting practices

This output will be produced through visits to harvesting areas to gather first-hand information on every stage of the process. The data will then be validated and supplemented through direct communications with various stakeholders. This identification will be reported in a technical document.

Activity 1.3: Pretiminary identifrcation o, l'and tenure status

The aim of this output is to identify the forest ownership, possession and tenure regime to determine who is responsible for the care and security of forests to ensure forest management development, forest sustainability, and monitoring of encroachment and change in forest land use. Sased on the knowledge of forest ownership rights, including public, private, individual and collective rights, it will be possible to determine the type of torest harvesting the Corporation should assign and the requirements to be met.

This will be achieved through field work, a cartographic review, and the review of land-registry and environmentallegislation. This work will also be reported in a relevant technical document.

Activity 1.4: Charaderisation of eommunities settted in the study area based on the survey carried out in 1997

The aim of this output is to identify the social and cultural characteristics ot the population, as well as the area and degree of community integration and participation to facilitate the implementation of sustainable natural forest management and utiHsation. This will be supplemented with land and environmental planning, including areas of archaeological, cultural and landscape value, as well as programmes and projects by government and non-govemment authorities in support of sustainable torest management.

This output will be produced through field work, including surveys and consultation with direct stakeholders, as wefl as gathering of secondary information on the work area. This activity will be reported in a relevant technical documento

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1.

FORMULATlON OF A SUST AINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECT FOR THE PRODUCTlON FOREST AREA IN THE NORTHERN ANO NORTH-EASTERN REGIONS

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AME RICA

SUMMARV OF RECOMMENDATrONS ANO MOOtFICATIONS

RECOMMENDATrONS

Reformulation of development objective

MODlFtCATlONS

The development objective was modified as recommended and was updated on pages 4 and 8.

The objective now reads: "Develop and implement a sustainable torest development master plan for the northern and north­eastern regions of the Department of Antioquia".

2. Compilation and analysis of data for activities Complementary information related to this recommendation is annexed on page 26, while pre­project outputs have been adjusted on pages 7 and 8 and now read as follows:

1.1,1.2,1.3 and 1.4 ......... .

3. Budget adjustment ...... .

4. Annex with modifications

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Output 1 Database incorporating inventory data. Output 2 Forest harvesting techniques identified. Output 3 Forest owners identified. Output 4 Socio-economic survey of the area implemented. Output 5 Project proposal for sustainable forest management. (already existing)

Recommended adjustments were made as follows: • lITO monitoring and review: US$3,OOO • Programme Support Costs: US$3,188

These revisions have been incorporated in the lITO contribution and totals of the budget tables.

Reflected in this table.