Japans recent steps for tackling on illegal logging

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Japans recent stepsfor tackling on illegal
logging

• March, 2005
• Friends of the Earth Japan
• Forest Program
• Kenichi Nakazawa

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Japan is major destinationfor illegal timber
32 of Indonesias total export
17 of Russias total export
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Recent trend in Japan

• 40 for paper materials
• Other halffor building, construction,furniture,
  etc
• Imported products increasing
• paper from Asia
• wood from Europe, China

This graph does not include paper import
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2/3 of our land is.. covered by forests!!

• Potential of domestic forests
• Currently supplies only 15million m3/yr
• growth is 90million m3/yr (?total demand)
• until 30 yrs ago 40-50million m3/yr supplied
• Increasing domestic supply can contribute
• to sustainable use of domestic forests
• to prevent overuse of overseas natural forests

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Steps for green purchasing on paper
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5 ENGOs joint recommendation on paper purchasing
(Oct. 2004)

• 6 recommendations
• 1. knowing now (what you are purchasing?)
• 2. minimum legal sources
• 3. avoid HCVF sources
• 4. avoid socially harmful sources
• 5. avoid ecologically harmful sources
• 6. shift to certified products
• Our next steps
• questionnaire to one thousand companies
• facilitating working group

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Big paper distributors shifts

• Ricoh (Jun 2003)
• Canon (Oct. 2004)
• Fuji Xerox (Nov. 2004)
• developed paper purchasing policies

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Green Purchasing Networks paper guideline

• GPN Task Group started from November
• members from paper mills, distributors and
  retailers, users and ENGOs
• agreed on minimum legal
• avoid harmful sources or select sustainable
  sources are under discussion (sustainability is
  ambiguous)
• waste wood, used wood, plantation wood and
  certified wood as guideline?
• Governments Green Purchasing Law andEco-mark
  also need to be revised

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Steps for green purchasing on timber
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Timber supply in Japan
Total 50,530m3
(2002 without chippulp)

• SE Asia Russia
• plywood, panels, fixtures, fittings, flooring,
  furniture
• N. America, Europe Japan
• structural wood (pillars, beams, foundation)

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Wood industries Declaration on Illegal Logging
(Nov.2002)

• The Japan Federation of Wood-Industry
  Associations (representing timber sellers and
  wood-processing industries)
• JFW strongly opposes all illegal activities
• JFW urges its members not to handle wood that
  has clearly been illegally logged or illegally
  imported

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How is the reality?

• FoEJ conducting case studies of recent public
  constructions
• hearing fromgovernment officials, general
  contractor, wood work contractor, factory,
  broker, wholesaler, maker

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One example Rest house in Imperial Palace park
(built in 2002 by MoE)
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ceiling panel
plywood
window frame
louver
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government
General contractor
sub contractor
woodwork factory
Wood for Ceiling
Wood for Window frame
Wood for louver
plywood
sawmill
broker
broker
wholesaler
broker
auction?
broker
processor
maker
sawmill?
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importer
importer
?
?
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Nobody has checked wood originnor as legality
and sustainability.
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Campaign

• Conducted by 2 NGOs (FoEJ and Global
  Environmental Forum)
• Improve Japanese wood market to be fair
• Remove illegally or unsustainably produced wood
  products from the market
• Give fair competition for sustainably produced
  wood products
• From buyers to suppliers, provide incentives to
  improve their operation
• Make supply chain accountable
• Support sustainable forest management

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Promote certification and confirmation of origin

• Shift importers to trade credible certified wood
• Shift Japanese forests managers to get certified
• Shift big buyers (government and companies) to
  check origin and labeling (woodprocurement
  policy)

certified wood
transition wood

legal wood
toward fairwood
Procurement policy
knowing now
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Recent Progress

• Government (Forestry Agency) has setup a illegal
  logging project team in 1 February, 2005
• This team started considering Timber Procurement
  Policy and Trade measures to prevent import of
  illegal timber
• The result will be reported by end of July

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Thank you!