Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-IV§64 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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The authorities have also announced as an objective the setting up of eight priority Koloala sites. Koloala is a response to the desire to strike a balance between the need to protect the biological and ecological heritage of Madagascar's forest system, guaranteed by the system of protected areas, and how to satisfy the ever growing population's need for wood and energy, which must be provided sustainably. The following measures have been taken:
• adoption of Decree No. 2013/785 of 22 October 2013 laying down the terms for delegating forest management, including the protected areas, to public or private organizations;
• updating of all actors involved in the subsector; training and building traceability capabilities for forest agents;
• inclusion of rosewood and ebony in Appendix II to the CITES in March 2013; and submission of an action plan for the rosewood subsector to the CITES Standing Committee in Geneva in July 2014. Madagascar has decided on a moratorium on the sale of rosewood until 2015.
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Bio
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Sustainable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-IV§65 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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Although Madagascar's regulatory framework for forestry has not evolved since the first trade policy review in 2001 , since September 2014 the Ministry responsible for forests has been drawing up a new forestry policy in partnership with the FAO, in accordance with the REDD process. [28] Moreover, the Protected Areas System, introduced in 2003 for ecological reasons, has been expanded from 1.7 to 6 million hectares. The aim is to turn 17% of national territory into protected areas by including the marine area.
[28] United Nations Collaborative Initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries. Viewed at: http://www.un-redd.org
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-IV§67 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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Signatories to such agreements undertake to pay timber royalties (Table 4.6). All the operators pay a levy on collection, defined at regional level, which varies from region to region. Exporters, including free zone exporters, also pay an export levy. These levies are paid into the National Forestry Fund, whose aim is sustainable exploitation of this subsector.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-Table-IV.6 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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Table 4.6 Forestry taxes on exports, 2015
Type of tax Products affected Amount
Tax on unlawful transactions: Confiscated forestry products (offence) Defined in tender
Export tax:
Live natural fauna and flora products and products of their direct exploitation (for example, orchids, frogs, chameleons) 5.0
Source: Order No. 25 608/2014 of 8 August 2014 determining the forestry taxes for commercial hunting permits and authorizations to collect and export fauna and flora products, as well as their exploitation, and samples for scientific purposes; Ordinance No. 60 128 of 3 October 1960 determining the procedure applicable to repression of offences against forestry legislation pertaining to hunting, fishing and nature protection.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-IV§68 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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Before they can leave the forest, any resources exploited must in principle bear the regulatory marks prescribed in the specifications. (...) Since precious woods were included in Appendix II to the CITES, the system for their exploitation and marketing has been subject to a quota fixed by the CITES. By March 2015, Madagascar had not been given any quota for precious woods.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-IV§68 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
Measures |
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(...) Export of unprocessed forestry products from natural forests has been prohibited since 2006, especially precious woods such as palisander, ebony and rosewood. As a result of these bans, only pinewood (grown on plantations) may be exported, in semi processed form. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-IV§62 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
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(...) The decline in exports of palisander wood is the result of the ban on exporting precious woods unless they have been worked. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-Box-II.1 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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Energy |
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Box 2.1 Land reform and foreign investment in agriculture
(...) Since 2008, around 150,000 hectares have been taken up by foreign direct investment, primarily for the production of biofuels (especially Jatropha oil). Most of this production is for export. (...)
Currently, the number of projects under way or in the pipeline in the agricultural sector has fallen to around a dozen, focusing on the production of Jatropha based biofuels and, to a lesser extent, cereals and oilseeds. (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/318 |
G-III§52 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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Energy |
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Work on developing the "biofuels" subsector will be stepped up with a view to extending it to other suitable regions for such activities.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/318/REV.1 |
S-IV§86 |
Madagascar |
2015 |
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Energy |
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The Government has identified four priorities for its new mining and petroleum policy:
• To standardize specifications for petroleum products in each category (diesel fuel, gasoline, lubricants, fuel oil); to propose new standards for less polluting fuels that are less hazardous to health; and to promote biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel.
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