REM Rapport Annuel No. 1 OIF Congo Brazzaville - Forests Monitor

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June 2008 were only independent missions, mainly because of the MEF did not communicate their mission schedule to REM. Missions were conducted in 10 forest concessions in three 3 forest administrative units, mostly located in the central and southern areas of the country (Plateaux, Cuvette Central, Kouilou and Niari) (Figure 5). Regarding the lack of joint missions carried out during this semester, it was only starting in the month of May, following a meeting with the DGEF, that concrete measures were taken to allow REM to participate in the DDEFs’ missions. 80 Nevertheless, the possibility of conducting joint missions remained low as the central services have not communicated information on their scheduled missions with sufficient notice so far. One week notice would be the minimum required so that REM can organise its participation in MEF forest law enforcement missions (collection of data, logistics). For the preparation of independent missions, a proposal was made to hold meetings with REM and the Director of Forests to facilitate collection of all useful information on the companies to visit. 81 In regard to REM’s fields of action, MEF expressed its interest in investigations of industrial activities (i.e. realisation of projected investments, actual production compared to targets, compliance with the 85/15 quota) that would require joint work with a representative of the DVRF. REM recommends that the central services of the Forest Administration, improve the level of communication with REM regarding mission schedules to facilitate joint missions during the second half of the year. One week notice would be the minimum required for REM to organise its participation in MEF law enforcement missions. 80 REM would be able to telephone the DDEFs directly to be informed of field missions. 81 Minutes of the Reading Committee meeting on 10 July 2008 36
Figure 6: Forest Concessions Covered by IM Missions (1 st half of 2008) REM Level of Access to Information and Company Sites (logging sites, sawmills) Access to information and documents from MEF was generally easy (received one to five days after the request). Considerable delays were, however, noted regarding data collection at the central level on various occasions. This included documents needed to analyse the modification of the Mambili FMU’s boundaries, the transfer of the Cotovindou FEU to the SICOFOR company and the allocation of the Enyellé-Ibenga FEU (see section 1.2). These problems were brought up in the reading committee. However, only some constraints were acknowledged by the Forest Administration (notably, the large amount of work compared to 37
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