Congo Basin IFM - Open Timber Portal

REM is providing strategic guidance to Congo Basin Independent Forest Monitors (IFMs) on how to produce more actionable data actors concerned by EUDR implementation. This work is undertaken as part of the Open Timber Portal (OTP) project led by the World Resources Institute (WRI). Forest and governance information documented by national IFMs is available on the OTP database and the full reports linked below

Our IFM partners are FLAG in Cameroon, Brainforest in Gabon, OGF and the RENOI NGO network in RDC and CAGDF as associated partners, in Congo Brazzaville, of the OTP project. Here are their monitoring reports:

Congo Basin IFM reports 2021-2023 (In French)

CONGO BRAZZAVILLE: CAGDF reports

Publications CAGDF 2023
Rapport de mission OI N°08 Niari. Sociétés concernées: Asia Congo Industrie (ACI); Sino-Congo Forêt (SICOFOR)
Rapport de mission OI N°07 Lekoumou. Sociétés concernées: Taman Industries Limited (TIL); Société Sciages Industriels Panneaux
Moulures (SIPAM)
Rapport de mission OI N°06 Likouala. Sociétés concernées: LIKOUALA TIMBER; MOKABI S.A; BOIS ET PLACAGE DE LOPOLA (BPL)
Rapport de mission OI N°05 Sangha – publication 09/2023. Sociétés concernées: INDUSTRIE FORESTIERE DE OUESSO (IFO); SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE ET FORESTIERE DU CONGO (SIFCO); SOCIETE D’EXPLOITATION FORESTIERE YUAN DONG (SEFYD)

Publications CAGDF 2021-2022
Etude diagnostique du CLUSTER BOIS - Menuiserie de SIBITI
Rapport de mission OI N°04 CUVETTE-OUEST. Sociétés concernées: Entreprise CHRISTELLE, CONGO DEIJA WOOD INDUSTRY
Rapport de mission OI N°03 CUVETTE. Sociétés concernées: WANG SAM RESSOURCES
Rapport de mission OI N°02 KOUILOU. Sociétés concernées: EMERSON-BOIS S.A; AFRIWOOD INDUSTRIES; COTRANS Construction Services Sarl
Rapport de mission OI N°01 BOUENZA. Sociétés concernées: CFF-BOIS INTERNATIONAL; BTC

GABON: BRAINFOREST reports

Publications Brainforest 2022
Rapport de mission N°01 REMBOUE Province de l'Estuaire, Département KOMO KANGO. Permis CFAD HUA JIA et CFAD IBNG
Rapport de mission OI N°11 Province du Woleu-Ntem; Permis CDG ET TTIB

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC): OGF and RENOI NGO reports inc. OCEAN, Arbre, CEPECO/Boma, AJBS (Association des Jeunes pour le Bien-être Social), CEPECO

Publications OGF and RENOI 2023
Blog résumant le Rapport de mission OI N°23 Province de l'équateur. Territoires de Bikoro, Ingende et Bolomba
Rapport de mission OI N°24 Province de la Tshopo.. Sociétés: CFT (047/11), Concession Agricole SCIPEC et exploitation artisanale de bois d’œuvre
Rapport de mission OI N°23 Province de l'équateur. Territoires de Bikoro, Ingende et Bolomba. Sociétés: SOMIFOR (CCF 002/15), COKIBAFODE (CCF 008/20m 001/20 et 002/20)
Rapport de mission OI N°22 Province du Haut-Uélé. L’exploitation artisanale de bois d’œuvre
Rapport de mission OI N°20 Province de la Tshuapa et Equateur. Sociétés: CONGO SUNFLOWER, SCIBOIS et FORABOLA. Titres: CCF 007/20, CCF 020/11 et CCF 015/11
Rapport de mission OI N°19 Province du Kongo Central. Observations Réserve de Biosphère de Luki; Port de la Société Congo DIHAO alias Port de BAKUYANGA; Exploitants forestiers artisanaux
Rapport de mission OI N°18 Province de la Tshopo; Exploitation artisanale de bois d’œuvre

Publications OGF and RENOI 2022
Rapport de mission OI N°17 Province de la Tshopo, Territoire de Basoko et Bafwasende. Sociétés: SODEFOR, CFT, IFCO, KITENGE LOLA. Titres: 042/11, 037/11, 064/14, 047/11, 018/11, 006/18
Rapport de mission OI N°16 Province de la Mongala. Sociétés: COKIBAFODE CCF 004/20, BOOMING GREEN 052/14 et FORABOLA 036/11
Mission de suivi du couvert forestier dans la réserve de Luki, Province du Kongo Central
Note thématique: délivrance tardive des permis de coupe industrielle de bois d'oeuvre aux concessionaires forestiers et ses conséquences en RDC

Publications OGF and RENOI 2021
Rapport de mission OI RENOI de suivi des mesures aux ports de Kinkole et communiqué de presse

The project

The Open Timber Portal is an online platform hosted and maintained by WRI that supports the application of demand side measures against illegal logging such as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), and EU Timber Regulation. It does this by addressing a fundamental need - information. EUDR/EUTR authorities cannot seize illegal timber if they lack the information needed to assess legality. The OTP combines information from Independent Monitors, logging companies, WRI Forest Atlases and Global Forest Watch into a one-stop-shop for reliable data on the logging sector. It also presents information according to specific user needs.

Why the OTP?

Demand side measures to fight illegal logging require reliable, concise and clear information on illegal forest exploitation in order to be effective. Independent Forest Monitors (IFM) provide such information in their reports, however EUTR actors rarely use these reports to their full potential for several reasons, such as difficulty in: accessing information published in different formats on different websites; gathering information on a specific company; and, perhaps most important, interpreting the severity of observations. There are also issues concerning the quality of information provided by IFMs, especially allegations of illegal activity.

The database provides a single point of entry for any stakeholder wishing to obtain explicit information on a specific logging company or timber producing country (forest governance). Links to complete and detailed investigation reports are accessible from this database to enable deeper investigations.

OTP inception training with partners

Workshop training documents (REM, WRI, FLAG) 
Summary of the workshop