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International Symposium on Legality Verified Wood 2010
Activities in Japan to tackle illegal logging issues
Report

"International Symposium on Legality Verified Wood 2010-Activities in Japan to tackle illegal logging issues" was held on Dec. 10 and 11 at TFT Hall (Koto-ku Tokyo)
Followings are the outline of the Symposium.

1.Background and purpose

The Japanese Government included wood and wood products verified as being legally and sustainably produced (hereinafter referred to as Gohowood) in its Law on Promoting Green Purchasing in 2006. Since then the wood industries in Japan have endeavored to provide Gohowood in accordance with the "Guideline for verifying the legality and sustainability of wood and wood products," announced by the Forestry Agency. Gohowood is now recognized in the Japanese market as a base index for green procurement of construction companies, and local and national government.

In Indonesia, wood traceability system developing program under the action plan for the cooperation in combating illegal logging and the trade in illegally logged timber and wood products between the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia started in 2004 brings fruitful outputs. In other producer countries or areas, some types of legality secure traceability systems installed to wood and wood products markets.

Those activities have introduced a credible and distributable system for verifying Goho (=legal) wood and wood products in international symposiums¹ .

Activities to combat illegal logging are spreading not only in timber producing countries, but also consuming countries including the EU and the US. It is important to share Japan's experiences including those concerning Gohowood.

In this context, the International Symposium on Legally Verified Wood 2010 -Activities in Japan to tackle illegal logging issues- will be held to introduce activities in Japan and to clarify the meaning of Gohowood in the context of global activities.

¹International Seminar in Tokyo for Tackling Illegal Logging,2007- Response of the world to the Procurement Policies of Japan - 26(Mon) - 27(Tue) February, 2007 (http://www.goho-wood.jp/world/event/event1-1.html)
International seminar for tackling illegal logging, 2007 II in Yokohama "A credible and distributable system for verifying Goho(=legal) wood and wood products" December 3 & 4, 2007 (http://www.goho-wood.jp/world/event/event5-report.html)
The Roundtable Meeting on Gohowood targeting the G8 Summit was held on 27 June, in Tokyo(http://www.goho-wood.jp/world/event/conference1.html)

2.Outline of the Symposium

(1)Title:	International Symposium on Legality Verified Wood 2010 -Activities in Japan to tackle illegal logging issues-
(2)Date:	December 10(Fri.)-11(Sat.), 2010
(3)Venue:	Tokyo Fashion Town Hall 500 (Neighborhood of Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo)
(4)Sponsors:	Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations Japan Lumber Inspection & Research Association

3.Agenda

December 10
9:30-10:00	Registration
10:00	Opening
	Opening Remarks Mr. Hideo NAMIKI, President of Japan Federation of Wood Industry Association(JFWIA) & Executive Director of Japan Lumber Inspection		pdf
	Mr. Yoshitsugu MINAGAWA (Director General, the Forest Agency of Japan)		pdf
10:30	Part 1 "Development and Operating of Wood Traceability System for Legality Verification of Wood and Wood Products, and Relational Policies "
10:30-10:40	Opening Remarks by Mr. Ryuich GOTO, President, JLIRA
10:40-11:00	"Development and Operating of Wood Traceability System" Mr. Ryo SASAKI, General Manager, JLIRA		presentation data
11:10-12:05	"Indonesian Timber Legality Assurance System Development and Legality Verification" Ministry of Forestry, the Republic of Indonesia		presentation data
12:05-12:15	Q&A
12:15-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:20	"Indonesian Timber Traceability Operation in Indonesia" The Indonesia Ecolabelling Institute (LEI)		presentation data
14:20-14:30	Q&A
14:30-15:00	Coffee Break
15:00-16:20	"Legality Verification of Logs in Sarawak" Datu Haji Len Talif Salleh, Depty Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Resource Management, Director of Forests of Forest Department Sarawak and the Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of the Sarawak Forestry Corporation		presentation data
16:20-16:30	Q&A
16:30-17:30	Discussion
17:30	Part 1 Closing
December 11
9:00-10:00	Registration
10:00-10:10	Opening Remarks for Part 2 & Part 3 by Dr. Motoaki OHKUMA, Chairman, Council for Tackling Illegal Logging and promotion of Goho-wood		pdf
10:10	Part 2 "Japanese Activities of Wood Legality Verification and Tackling Illegal Logging Issue"
10:10-10:40	"Japanese Activities for legality Verified Wood Products and Purchases" Mr. Makoto OZAWA, Director, Wood Trade Office, the Forest Agency of Japan		presentation data
10:40-10:50	Brake
10:50-12:30	1) Wood Suppliers' Activities in Japan (10:50-11:35)
	A) Mr. Yoshikazu MATAHIRA, Executive Director, Federation of Shizuoka Wood Cooperative Society		summary
	B) Mr. Yasuhiro O-hashi, Executive Director, Japan Lumber Importers'Association		summary presentation data
	C) North Japan Log Distribution Cooperative Society		summary
11:35	2) Wood Buyers' / Consumers' Activities in Japan
	A) Mr. Tokiharu OKAZAKI, Vice President, FoE Japan		summary presentation data
	B) Mr. Shinichi NAKATA, Material and Trade Director, Japan Wooden House Industry Association		summary presentation data
	C) Ms. Minako Ohishi, Vice Chairwoman, Environment Committee, Japan Consumer's Life advisor Consultant Association		summary presentation data
12:20-12:30	Q&A
12:30-14:00	Lunch
14:00	Part 3 "Japanese Activities of Legality Verification, Development of Tackling Illegal Logging Issue and Forecasts."
14:00-15:15
	Indonesia; Ms. Listya Kusumawardhani, Director, Forest Revenue and Forest Products Trade		presentation data
	Malaysia; Mr. Semilan Ripot, Revenue Manager, Sastainable Forestry and Compliance Division, Sarawak Forestry Corporation		summary presentation data
	China; Mr. Zhu Guangqian, Director, Senior Engineer, China Timber Distribution Association		summary presentation data
	E.U.; Mr. Vincent van den Berk, Programme Coordinator, European Forest Institute		summary presentation data
	U.S.A.; Dr. David J. Brooks, Director for Natural Resources and Environmental Reviews, Office of Environment and Natural Resources, U.S. T.R.		summary presentation data
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-16:50	Discussion
16:50-17:00	Closing

4.Poster and Imported material information Exhibition

AHEC(American Hardwood Export Council)

Gohowood Imported material information

COFI(Council of Forest Industries / Canada Wood)

Gohowood Imported material information
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MTCS(Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme)

Gohowood Imported material information
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QWEB(Quebec Wood Export Bureau / Canada Wood)

Gohowood Imported material information
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Sarawak(Sarawak , Malaysia)

Gohowood Imported material information
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Tianjin(Tianjin Jiacheng Timber Industries Co.,Ltd. / China)

Gohowood Imported material information
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WeyerhaeuserHardwoods(Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods / USA)

Gohowood Imported material information
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WFP(Western Forest Products Inc. / Canada)

Gohowood Imported material information
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