Roundtable Meeting on the Goho-wood
for the G8 Summit“Discussions with members of GLOBE International on
Future Measures for a Legal Wood Supply System”

ReportJune 27(Fri), 2008
Tokyo
Hosted by Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations(JFWIA)Council for Tackling Illegal Logging Issue

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1
Outline................................................................................................................................. 5
Program............................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction of Participants................................................................................................. 7
Roundtable Meeting on Goho-wood (Legal Wood) for the G8 Summit .......................... 13
Opening Address from the Organizer ........................................................................... 13
Guest Address 1 ............................................................................................................ 14
Guest Address 2 ............................................................................................................ 15
Guest Address 3 ............................................................................................................ 16
Opening Speech 1 ......................................................................................................... 18
Opening Speech 2 ......................................................................................................... 21
DVD show .................................................................................................................... 25“Goho-wood” Japan’s Actions Against Illegal Logging
Gogo-wood measure by company ................................................................................ 29“Sumitomo Forestry’s response to and the measures against illegal logging ”........ 29“Kokuyo Furniture’s approach to legal wood”......................................................... 39
Keynote Adress............................................................................................................. 43“Future prospects and international cooperation of Goho-wood in Japan”..... 43
Exchanging Opinions.................................................................................................... 56
Handouts ………………………………………………………………………………...74
Roundtable Meeting on Goho-wood for the G8 Summit ………………………………..97
Member of Executive CommitteeINTRODUCTION
Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations (JFWIA) held
“Roundtable Meeting on Goho-wood (Legal Wood) for the G8 Summit −Discussions with Members of GLOBE International on Future Measures for a
Legal Wood Supply System” under our Comprehensive Action Program for
Illegal Logging 2008 on 27th June p.m. at Tokyo Prince Hotel. The
roundtable meeting aims to promote the illegal logging countermeasurestaken in Japan to Diet members from Japan and abroad, also to exchange
opinions together with relevant parties from Japanese timber industries andthe members of “Comprehensive Action Program for Illegal Logging” prior tothe conference of GLOBE International; a group of Diet members in different
countries who are interested in global environmental issue, which is held inconjunction with G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit.
With more than a hundred participants, including Mr. Masatoshi
Wakabayashi - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr. Elliot
Morley - President of GLOBE International, Mr. Yoshio Yatsu- Lower House
member (Representative of GLOBE Japan), the roundtable meeting ended a
success.
In this event, Mr. Masayoshi Yoshino Lower House member made akeynote speech; “Efforts in promoting the use of Goho-wood in Japan”. Also,
Japanese two companies introduced case examples of legal wood sourcing.
Participants from abroad showed great interest and had high evaluations of
the Japanese approach. Discussion was active with a lot of feedback. I think
we had a very useful meeting by sharing the activities taken in Japan with a
lot of participants from Japan and abroad.
This report contains all of the presentation material and full statementfrom attendees. With the roundtable as a start, I hope that Goho-wood
approach will make further progress in each country as well as in Japan.
Best regards,
January, 2009

Hideo Namiki,
Chairman,Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations－1－

All the guests and participants－3－Outline
Outline of Roundtable Meeting on Goho-wood for the G8 Summit:
Discussions with members of GLOBE International on
Future Measures for a Legal Wood Supply System

1. Purpose
Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment(GLOBE) International is convening the Tokyo Legislators Forumin the latter part of June 2008 as part of its preparations to present
a proposal on the issue of illegal logging to the G8 Hokkaido Toyako
Summit. It is important that the achievements of comprehensive
measures by Japan against illegal logging (the Goho [Legal] Wood
campaign) are reflected in these preparations. Therefore, in order todisseminate information to the G8 Summit and the rest of theinternational community about these efforts, collaboration with
relevant members from GLOBE International will be sought byinviting key members to participate in the Roundtable Meeting on
the Goho-wood for the G8 Summit, a public forum for the exchangeof opinions to be held as a follow-up to the Summary Statement of
the International Seminar 2007 II in Yokohama.
2. Date and Time
Friday, June 27, 2008, from 14:00 to 17:00
3. VenueTokyo Prince Hotel, Ho-O-no-Ma (Phoenix Room)－5－

Program
time

Item

Notes

14:00 Opening remarks
14:03 Greeting by the organizer

Hideo Namiki,
Chairman, Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations

14:05 Greeting by guests(3 minutes x 3)

14:15 Managing policy
Introduction of theMasatoshi Wakabayashi,
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Elliot Morley,
President of GLOBE International
Yoshio Yatsu,
President of GLOBE Japan
Motoaki Okuma
Chairman of the Roundtable Meeting

Members
14:25 Opening address(7 minutes x 2)

14:40 DVD presentation

Slide show
Goho-wood activities ofprivate companies

15:15 Keynote report(20 minutes)

Bruno Ewusi
Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Cameroon
Barry Gardiner
Co-chair of Forest Dialogue GLBOBE international, UK
Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Forestry"Goho-wood: Japan's Activities Against Illegal Logging"

Hideki Nose
Director, Senior managing executive officer, Forestry &Environment headquarters, Sumitomo Forestry Co.,Ltd.
Toru Shimizu
Director and Senior Executive Officer, Kokuyo
Furniture Co.,Ltd.
Masayoshi Yoshino
Co-chair of Forest Dialogue GLOBE international" Japan's vision of Goho(legal)-wood and International
Cooperation"

15:35 Discussion

Comments by members
Q&A session

16:55 Summary

Chairman－6－

Introduction of Participants
Round Table Members [Japanese participants]
Category
Academics

Name

Title, Organization

MotoakiProfessor Emeritus of Tokyo

Okuma,

University / Chairman of the Council
for Tackling Illegal Logging Issue(CTILI)

AkihikoExecutive Director, Forest Economy

Araya,

Research Institute/ Chairman, Working
Group on the Activity Plan of CTILI

Shin

Professor of Tokyo University /Nagata,Chairman, Committee on Developmentof Goho-wood Verification Modality

Diet members

Masayoshi

Member of the House of

Yoshino,Representatives / Co-chair, Forestry
Dialogue of GLOBE International

Yasuhisa

Member of the House of

Ozato,

Representatives

Government

Yoshitsugu

Deputy Director General, Forestry

representatives

Minagawa

Agency－7－

NGOs

Yasuhiro

Director, Global Environment Division,

HamuraMinistry of Foreign Affairs

Satoshi

Director, Global Environment Issue

TanakaDivision, Ministry of the Environment

Tokiharu

Deputy Executive Director, FoE Japan

Okazaki

Forest officer, WWF Japan

Mutai
HashimotoCorporate

Hideki

Director, Senior managing executive

representatives

Nose

officer, Forestry & Environment
headquarters, Sumitomo Forestry
Co.,Ltd.

Kazuo

President, Tokai Mokuzai Sogo Shijo

Suzuki

Corporation/ Director General, Japan
Federation of Wood Auction Market

Toru

Director and Senior Executive Officer,

Shimizu

Kokuyo Furniture Co.,Ltd.

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Round Table Members [GLOBE International participants]
BRAZIL(3)Serys

Senator

Shlessarenko,

RenatoSenatorCasagrande

CAMEROON(3)Solenge

Parliamentary Chief Advisor

Amorelli

SenateBruno

Deputy Director General, ANAFOR,

Ewusi

Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife

Moncharon

Director of Forestry Agency

Georges

Ebia

Director of Forest

NdongoCANADA(2)

Bryon

MP

Wilfert－9－ChristianMP

QuelletDENMARK(1)

Steen

MP

Gade

INDIA(1)PrakashMP

Javadekar

INDONESIA(1)Bomer

MP, House of Representative

Pasaribu

RUSSIA(2)Elena

Chief Advisor of Foreign Affairs

Chistyakova

Committee

Mikhail

Deputy National Assembly

ZalikhanovUK(3)Elliot

MP, Chairmen, GLOBE International

Morley－10－

BarryMP, Co-chair, Forestry Dialogue of

Gardiner

GLOBE International

Eric

MP

Joyce

Round Table Members [GLOBE Japan]
YoshioChairman, GLOBE Japan Member of the

Yatsu

House of Representatives

WakakoMember of the House of Councilors

Hironaka

ShuichiMember of the House of Councilors

Kato

HiroyukiMember of the House of Councilors

Nagahama
TakeshiMember of the House of Councilors

Maeda

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SPESIAL GUESTS
Masatoshi

Minister, Ministry of Agriculture

Wakabayashi

Forestry and Fisheries

Observers Approximately 80－12－Roundtable Meeting on Goho-wood (Legal Wood)for the G8 Summit
Discussions with Members of GLOBE International
on Future Measures for a Legal Wood Supply System
Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations
June 27, 2008
Opening Address from the Organizer
Hideo Namiki, Chairman- Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations
Greetings to you all. My name is Hideo Namiki
and I am Chairman of the Japan Federation ofWood Industry Associations.
We are gathered here today for the Roundtable
Meeting on Goho-wood for the G8 Summit to
discuss with members of GLOBE International“Future Measures for a Legal Wood Supply
System.” It gives me great pleasure to welcome
Mr. Elliot Morley, President of GLOBEInternational, and the two co-chairs of forestry, one of the two co-chairs offorestry, Mr. Minister Barry Gardiner from the UK, as well as distinguishedparliamentary representatives of GLOBE International, from many nations
around the world. From Japan, meanwhile, we welcome Mr. Wakabayashi,
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Mr. Yatsu, President of
GLOBE Japan; and Mr. Yoshino, Joint Session Chair at GLOBEInternational; and many others who are active in the field. May I take thisopportunity to offer my sincerest appreciation to all of you.
Amidst mounting worldwide concern over global environmental issues, wehave been working to set up supply regimes of timber verified to be legal
and/or sustainable, in accordance with the Japanese government policy onillegal logging. The Goho-wood Provider scheme, in which timber industry
associations accredit their members as legal timber suppliers, has accredited
some 7,000 domestic firms over the last two years. The industry has also held
various activities to seek understanding of our counterparts in other parts of
the world. The industry has also held international seminars on illegal
logging over the past two years as a means of promoting the scheme outside
Japan.

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During today’s meeting we will describe these initiatives in greater depth andencourage discussion concerning potential improvements and enhancements.
It is hoped that the discussions will provide important insights for otherinternational programs.
GLOBE International will convene a meeting of the Tokyo Legislator Forumbeginning tomorrow to present proposals in advance of the G8 Hokkaido
Toyako Summit. Our deliberations today will be reflected at the Forum. With
the assistance of influential delegates from around the world, we have an
invaluable opportunity to develop a coordinated global initiative to tackle theproblem of illegal logging.
Today’s discussions will be moderated by Dr. Motoaki Okuma, Professor
Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. I trust that it will be a fruitful andproductive session and I wish you every success.
Thank you for your time.
Guest Address 1
Masatoshi Wakabayashi, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
I’m Wakabayashi serving as the Minister ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. I would liketo congratulate you all in holding in such a grandmanner this Goho-wood Roundtable Meeting for
the G8 Summit. Allow me to pay my heartfelt
respect to all of you who are here who have been
actively engaged in environmental and forestryrelated issues.
In particular, all the members of GLOBEInternational, we are delighted that you could be with us, traveling far andwide from various parts of the world, to be with us here in Japan.
As you already know, the global warming issue has become an urgent matterfor humankind. The entire government of Japan has been working very hardto tackle the issue. In addition to improving forestry management, we mustsolve illegal logging problems, which can trigger deforestation. And we alsoneed to establish sustainable forest management.
The illegal logging issue was mentioned in the 1998 Birmingham Summit
and the following G8 Summit meetings. In Japan, this summit meeting washeld at the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit in 2000. Ever since then, based on our
stance that we should not use and we do not use illegally-logged lumber,－14－

Japan has been advocating the importance of this issue, leading the world intackling the issue.
To promote the diffusion and spread of lumber and lumber products withproven legality, Japan has been implementing the government procurement
system domestically and in the international arena. By supporting various
projects in AFP and ITTO, we’ve been energetically tackling the illegal
logging issues.
This roundtable meeting has the theme of the future of legal lumber supply.
We have participation from more than ten countries. I hope that you will behaving an active and fruitful discussion on illegal logging issues, as well as
countermeasures against them. I also hope that Japan’s undertakings will be
communicated to the international arena with your kind assistance from
GLOBE International. And the respective countries of the members of
GLOBE International who are here with us today, I hope that based on theunderstanding that we do not use illegally-logged lumber, I hope that you
will be coming up with measures against them in a very proactive manner.
May I close my remarks by wishing you the success of this roundtable
meeting and to the health and prosperity of all of you. Thank you very much.
Guest Address 2
Elliot Morley, UK MP- President of GLOBE International)
Mr. Chairman, it’s a great pleasure to address
this very important conference, and I’dparticularly like to say a word of welcome to the
GLOBE delegates and also distinguished guests
who are here to discuss the whole issue ofsustainable timber and how we can make surethat we combat the problems of illegal logging.
The GLOBE process has been designed to bring
together dialogue from producing countries andalso consumer countries to talk about how we canwork together to ensure that we have proper measures in place to deal withthe problems of illegal timber. This is becoming more important as we’ve seenfrom the outcomes of the Bali Conference, that avoided forestation, which
accounts for something in the region of 20 percent of global greenhouse gas
emissions, is going to be an increasingly important factor in how we combat
climate change.

－15－Forestry products and the forestry industry can be a truly sustainableindustry. And I think that Japan is to be congratulated for the lead that it
has given through such initiatives as the goho-wood mark and also the workthat the Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations has done to ensurethat the supply chain is truly sustainable.
I think that we can all, as importing countries, make a huge difference interms of the work that we do by supporting certification, by encouraging
procurement policies that reward those companies and those producers who
work to high legal and sustainable standards, and how the forest industry
itself can not only have the important social function in terms of supporting
jobs and prosperity, but that important environmental function in terms ofthe crucial role that forests have in terms of our global environment.
I’d like to congratulate you for organizing this conference. It will be an
important contribution to the G8’s deliberations, and it is an issue that weneed to take seriously, whether we are from developing countries ordeveloped countries, whether we are from exporting countries or whether weare from consumer countries. That is something that we can do to work
together.
GLOBE has certainly been trying to do this through the work we’ve doing inour dialogue, and I very much welcome the initiative that you have put
together by organizing this conference. Thank you very much.
Guest Address 3
Yoshio Yatsu, Lower house member, Representative of GLOBE Japan
Allow me to extend a few words of greetings.
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Mr. Wakabayashi, and The Rt Hon Elliot Morley,
President of GLOBE International, distinguishedguests, ladies and gentlemen, I am YATSU
Yoshio, as was introduced, President of GLOBEJapan.
Now I would like to express my heartfelt
congratulations to the holding in such a grandmanner the Goho-wood Roundtable Meeting organized by the Japan
Federation of Wood Industry Associations with the subtitle of “Future Legal
Lumber Supply System Discussions with GLOBE International.” All themembers from GLOBE International, we are delighted you could be with us.
On behalf of GLOBE Japan, my hearty welcome to all.

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Starting tomorrow, GLOBE Japan will be hosting the GLOBE International
Tokyo meeting. Members of parliament who are enthusiastic about
environmental issues will gather here, and from the broad perspective ofglobal warming and biodiversity, various matters will be discussed.
In the beginning of July, in Hokkaido the Toyako Summit will be held. It isthat summit, as GLOBE International, we would like to come up withsignificant suggestions. Amongst various environmental issues, the illegal
logging problem has been taken up in G8 Summit meetings because of its
importance.
There are those important global environmental issues, such as global
warming and biodiversity, and the forest is engaged in various aspects, which
has drawn attention recently in the preservation of forests. And for theestablishment of sustainable forest management, we have been collaboratinginternationally to tackle illegal logging issues.
Dr. Yoshino, who is here, has been playing a pivotal role in coming up withmajor results. Here in Japan in today’s meeting I hope that you will be
sharing with us your experience, as well as sharing Japan’s experience withyou for information exchange. I hope that there will be a significant
information exchange, and I hope that this meeting will lead to international
collaboration in tackling illegal logging issues. And I also hope that we will beable to come up with a strong message for the meeting that will start
tomorrow.
In the end, I would like to wish the success of this meeting and even greater
success for all of you. Thank you very much.

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Opening Speech 1
Bruno Njombe Ewusi, the Director-General of the Ministry of Forestry andWildlife- Cameroon:
Dear Moderator, I am particularly honored totake the floor before you today on behalf of the cochair, Minister Ngolle Ngolle, who is still on hisway, Co-chair of the Forest Dialogue and head of
the Cameroon delegation to this meeting.
I first of all wish to thank the Japanese
government and people for the warm welcome
and kind attention that we have enjoyed since
our arrival. I also wish to thank the chairman of
GLOBE International, the chairman of GLOBEJapan, as well as the secretariat, for the good organization of this meeting,which I believe will remain engraved in our memories.
Honorable minister, distinguished presidents, honorable members ofparliament, ladies and gentlemen, as agreed at the launching of GLOBE, weare presently meeting to start this new consultation for the fourth and lasttime as planned with a view to brainstorming on various issues, including
climate change, biofuels, illegal logging and carbon productivity stakes.
As concerns the Forest Dialogue, we decided at the Berlin consultation
meetings to take steps to reduce deforestation, which accounts for about 20
percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This commitment taken by thecountries of the Congo Basin has consolidated the one previously taken by
the heads of states of the said region, in what is known as the Yaoundé
Declaration of March 1999, following which our partners, as well as the G8
countries, committed themselves to assist developing countries in theirvoluntary efforts to fight against forest degradation and in theimplementation of sustainable forest management under various initiatives
such as COMIFAC, Partnership on Congo Basin Forests, and the Congo
Basin Fund, support the existing process in the fight against illegal logging,including FLEGT Voluntary Partnerships as well as other legal measures,support the setting up of a forest carbon partnership in order to develop andtest reliable instruments for the reduction of gas emissions fromdeforestation in developing countries while providing livelihoods for the local
people irrespective of the ongoing discussions on climate change at theUnited Nations, to develop and implement pilot activities on the publicprivate partnership.

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Today, two years on, with the outcome of this first evaluation, we have every
reason to be optimistic, the reason being that the institutional framework forthe first two and most important joint undertakings is gradually taking
shape. However, today, more than ever before, we are also aware thatdebates on the carbon markets, biofuels and the need to shed light on all
aspects relating to land tenure will continue, will constitute a decisive
turning point in forest management and can guarantee the sustainable
management of all the forests in the world.
Consequently, these proceedings should be as comprehensive as possible,
while urging all the stakeholders to effectively play their respective roles. As
far as we are concerned, there is room for everyone in this venture. It istherefore with satisfaction that we welcome the fact that these items werediscussed in detail on the tight agenda of this meeting. This is one way not
only to tell the world that the international community is concerned with the
management of tropical forests, but also to reaffirm its role in ensuring thebiological balance of our planet.
Distinguished presidents, honorable members of parliament, ladies andgentlemen, I am proud to say that the forestry policy of Cameroon ties inwith a goal GLOBE seeks to achieve by organizing this meeting on forest
management. We have, since many years back, already undertaken several
reforms in the forestry sector, from which all the countries of the Congo Basindraw inspiration.
Today, in terms of contribution to the GDP, the forest sector comes second
behind oil. Furthermore, in order to give added value to forest products, thegovernment of Cameroon is henceforth bent on promoting forest good
governance. As far as the control of forest exploitation is concerned, we are
currently advocating an approach to scale up forest products tracking
through various documents for forest exploitation, transport and export offorest products.
With the support of our partners, we have at our disposal two independent
observers of international repute. One is responsible for ensuringtransparency in the award of forest concessions, and the other fulfilling of theapplication of the law during forest control missions by the services of the
Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife. In this way we are able to promote
objectivity within award commissions and when meting out sanctions on
defaulters. This is even the basis of the voluntary partnership agreement,
which we intent to enter into with the European Union and the negotiations
which we officially started in 2007.

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There is no gainsay to recall that the award of forest concessions is now done
following the procedure of invitations through tender and the list of valid
titles as well as the unscrupulous loggers, together with their respective
offenses, are regularly published in the press.
One of the priority actions envisaged is to strengthen the capacity ofmagistrates and forces of law and order in forest legislation. We usuallyenlist the support of these two corps in our forest and wildlife control actions.
Also, we recently resumed military training for the senior and technical staffof the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife in order to get them better-prepared
to unfortunately face illegal forest exploiters, usually armed with firearms
and who do not hesitate to shoot at our forest rangers during impromptu
control campaigns. With a bit more effort we can stamp out illegal timber andwildlife trade in Cameroon.
At the sub-regional level, the major challenge is the harmonization of forest
management policies. This is also a challenge for the international
community which seeks to promote responsible trade in wood and wildlife
products. This is also one of the main activities of COMIFAC with regard to
the Congo Basin forests.
For Cameroon once more, it is necessary to measure a comprehensive
regulatory framework which protects the resource and guarantees legal
exploitation. This is why Cameroon encourages all initiatives aimed at
stepping up control activities and strengthening the laws and regulations
governing the exploitation and trade of forest products in our countries.
I would be remiss of me as I draw to the end of this speech, with theremarkable presence of some of the best minds in the world when it comes toforest and wildlife issues, not to make mention once again of two key points
on which your multifaceted contribution could be very helpful to us following
the concerns raised by our Cameroonian colleagues on specific points relating
to sustainable management of our forests.
Namely, the first one, what fate does the government reserve for thesuspension for seven years now of forest exploitation in nine forest
management units of the ??? forests stand for conservation purposes on asurface area of about 900,000 hectares, thereby depriving the local populationof an invaluable source of subsistence. Last year we solicited the assistance of
the international community at the Chatham House, but to date we have not
had any positive feedback.

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The second point is how does the government intend to implement its
National Reafforestation Program given the warning calls by researchers as
to the complete destruction of our forest and the seriousness of the specter ofdesertification threatening our countries.
We believe that in its current functional approach, GLOBE can serve as aforum for dialogue and experience-sharing which can help our developing
countries to find appropriate solutions to such preoccupations.
Anyway, the fact that this meeting was held, and as hopeful as we are thatthese concerns will be taken into account in TICAD, are reasons for us to
optimistic that one day the sustainable management of tropical forests willcontribute significantly not only to poverty alleviation and the greater
domestic enhancement of our forest resources, but also through its services tothe equilibrium of our planet.
We count on Japan, which will have the honor to host the next G8 Summit, toshare these expectations with the other G8 countries. Long live GLOBE.
Long live international cooperation. Thank you for your attention.

Opening Speech 2
Barry Gardiner, UK MP
Distinguished parliamentarians, ministers,delegates, it has to be with a certain degree of
humility that I speak to you today because in allhonesty the speed at which you have taken on thistask of combating illegal timber has been quite
remarkable.
Since your government first spoke with industry
and asked for industry’s cooperation in this task,
it has been characterized by a sense of cooperation
between policy-makers and businessmen that, I
have to say, I only wish could be found in my own country.
So I wish to congratulate in particular the Japanese Federation of Timber
Industry Associations, because I think that the commitment they have shown
to resolving this problem, to working with the government, to ensuring that a
voluntary code, a voluntary code, can be an effective code, is really quite
remarkable.

－21－But there’s another reason why I should speak with some trepidation andhumility today, and that is because if you look at what is happening inEurope, then I can only feel humble. In Europe, we have since 2003 been
looking to create legislation at a European level that will deal with thisproblem. For years the officials within the European Union have been trying
to come up with proposals. More than two years ago they put forward
proposals, what they called the Additional Options Paper – which I’m suremany of you are familiar with – and ultimately those proposals were
supposed to be put the European Commission in May of this year. But after
all the deliberation that had gone on, after all the consultation with industry
all across Europe, this year again they failed to do so.
They now have decided that the proposals which they put out for consultation,none of them, none of them, should be put forward to the commission andthere is now a new and further proposal based upon due diligence that they
are going to have to submit.
You have achieved in a few short years what the European Union will not beable to now achieve before 2012 at the earliest. That I think puts in someperspective the way in which you have managed to tackle this problem.
But there is something more. If you look at the proposals in Europe, they areproposals about legality, proposals to combat illegal logging, but they stop at
legality, and legality is of course vitally important. Illegal timber doesn’t justundercut domestic timber markets for countries like Japan; illegal timber isquite simply theft from the countries, such as Mr. Ewusi’s in Cameroon,
because we know that 15 billion dollars per year is the value lost to thosecountries from illegal timber trade.
So illegal timber of course is important; legality is important. But only tofocus on legality would be a huge mistake. The EU Commission’s proposal
will only focus on legality. Here you have seen legality as important, but
important as a first step, as a first step to sustainability. And the processes ofcertification, which you have insisted upon under the goho-wood process,those processes of certification involve not just chain of custody, not justcertified by a third party, but certification that the harvesting itself is done inaccordance with a sustainable forest management plan. And that is why yourgoho-wood policy must be examined not just here in Japan but in Europe andthroughout the rest of the world.
I was delighted, as I’m sure many of you were earlier this year, when finallythe legislation in the United States went through, Lacey-style legislation as
we call it, as we know it, the illegal logging act that was eventually passed on
Capitol Hill. But that too, that too focuses on legality, on combating legality.

－22－And of course the challenge that faces us is much bigger than simply looking
at legality: it is to look at legality and sustainability.
I think the achievement that you have in this policy is quite remarkable. I’m
not sure, I’m not sure that other countries could replicate it even if theywanted to because I believe that there is a relationship between thegovernment in Japan and Japanese industry that is also quite unique. The
voluntary nature of this code is something which it would be very difficult toreplicate with confidence in other countries. But what we must do is we must
examine this code, take the best from it, and try and replicate it as best wecan.
Legality and sustainability then. And delegates here will know that on
Sunday, in the latter part of the GLOBE conference, the Forest Dialogue,
which Mr. Yoshino and I and Minister Ngolle Ngolle co-chair, will be looking
to enter into a new phase because we’ve made our proposals on illegal logging.
It’s taken us some time to do so. I think it was a great success that we had in
Brazil, and I pay tribute to the Brazilian senators who are here today and thework that they did in making that conference such a tremendous success.
But we now must move on from the proposals which were agreed in Brasilia
and look to the future, the future path that we must take, to take this holdthe-bait to the next stage, because there are other pressures on the world’s
forest than simply illegal logging. And that is why on Sunday we will turn
our attention to the wider issues of land-use change and ecosystem services.
Those who have spoken already have mentioned climate change, and ofcourse, it’s absolutely correct, as our president said, that a great deal of theemissions each year come from deforestation.
But change in climate in and of itself would not matter were it not for the factthat biodiversity cannot keep pace with the rate of change which is so fast.
And as that biodiversity is depleted, so ecosystem services are degraded, andit’s upon those services that all life, and, in particular, human life, on thisplanet depends.
So I believe that the first phase of our Forest Dialogue is coming to aconclusion. It is good to see that already the proposals which we agreed in
Brasilia are being put to work in this document, in this policy. I wish you
every success with it. I pay real tribute to those who have worked so hard to
produce it.
And if I may simply recall one man to whom I believe the inspiration of thispolicy should be paid. The credit I believe is due to a man who I was
privileged to count as my friend, and that is the late minister Matsuoka. The－23－

fact that he is not with us today is a great tragedy, but how proud he would
have been to have seen this document, this policy, and the way in which wewere tackling the issue that was so important to him. Thank you very much.

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DVD show“Goho-wood” Japan’s Actions Against Illegal Logging[Hereinafter DVD Narration]
As part of its actions against illegal logging, the Japanese government is
promoting the procurement of forest products whose legality andsustainability are verified. This policy applies to both imported wood, as wellas domestic wood.
The Green Products List was revised in 2006, favoring wood and wood
products that have been harvested in a legal and sustainable manner thatcan be verified.
With the implementation of the revised list, the Forest Agency establishedthe “Guideline for Verification on Legality and Sustainability of Wood andWood Products.”
The Guidelines indicates several methods of verification of legality andsustainability of wood and wood products as appropriate items for
procurement by the government and government affiliate organizations,regardless of whether they are imported or produced domestically.
The Guideline explains the three methods to verify the legality andsustainability of wood products. Verification through forest certification
schemes represents “third party verification,” while verification by companies
operating under the authority of an industrial association is “second party
verification.” And verification by companies operating with their own original
measures for verification in place is referred to as “self-verification.” All ofthese are methods of securing COC.
The timber industry in Japan has given the name goho-wood to wood whose
legality and sustainability have been verified through these methods. “Goho”
means legal, so the term actually means legal wood. The industry conducts
campaigns to improve the goho-wood market share and expand the volume ofthe supply of goho-wood.
Among the methods to verify legality and sustainability prescribed by the
Guideline, the most unique and creative method is verification by companies
operating under the authority of an industrial association.
With this method, industrial associations screen member companies based on
criteria established by their codes of conduct. The accredited companies
separate wood products whose legality can be verified from those that cannot,－25－and create a supply chain for those wood products whose legality can beverified. We will take a close look at the flow of this process.
Various associations in the forest industry create standards for voluntary
codes of conduct, reflecting their objection to illegal logging. They then screen
applications for accreditation from member companies wishing to handle
legal wood and wood products.
When results of the screening indicate a member company is qualified tohandle legal wood and wood products, the association issues it a serial
number.
As of March 2008, there are over 130 industrial associations nationwide
involved in accreditation. Member companies who have received accreditation
number almost 7,000.
Under the Forest Law, when owners of forest harvest their forest, they must
submit logging reports to municipal authorities. This is the starting point forverifying both the legality and the sustainability of forest products in Japan.
Approximately half of the logs harvested in Japan are sent to timber auction
markets. We will examine how these markets handle legal wood.
These timber auction markets are accredited by industrial associations as
suppliers of legal wood.
They are required to separate logs whose legality and sustainability areverified from those that are not.
The delivery slips the timber auction markets issue to purchasers of the logs
indicate the fact the legality of the logs has been verified, and they display
the serial number. This becomes the official verification certificate that thetimber auction market issues that purchaser.
The accrediting associations that stand between the forest owners andconsumers are obligated to prove at any time that the wood they handle islegal. To do so, they must retain a copy of the verification documents issued
at the time they purchased the legal wood, as well as a copy of theverification documents they themselves issued when they sold the wood.
The distribution and processing of legal wood is managed in accordance withwritten policies regarding segregated management of legal wood and othertypes of wood. Other organizations take a more visible approach by labeling－26－

legal wood with the FIPC or Forest-Products Identification Promotion
Conference’s “L-mark” and other symbols.
This sawmill uses its newly-acquired accreditation as an opportunity topromote the fact it handles verified lumber in order to increase its customers
and expand its market share.
The mill affixes verification documents to its products before passing them on
to architectural firms, furniture and cabinetmakers, and similar businesses.
This is public office under construction. From structural to interior materials,
it uses only wood products verified to be legal according to the Green
Purchasing Law.
In order to promote countermeasures against illegal logging, Japanestablished the Council for Tackling Illegal Logging Issues.
As part of its activities, at trade shows for do-it-yourself and eco products, it
sets up booths to educate the public about its goho-wood or legal wood
activities. It aims to promote legal wood products to consumers handlingwood and impress upon them the importance of combating illegally-harvested
lumber.
The Council uses it website to introduce legal wood products and their
suppliers. Website visitors can access the databases for the “ProductCategories” and the “List of Companies” sections to search for legal wood
products and their suppliers.
Another activity of the Council for Tackling Illegal Logging Issues is helping
overseas shippers who export forest products to Japan. It has produced fiveforeign-language versions of the Guideline for the benefit of wood exporters
overseas.
The Council holds international seminars to foster deeper mutual
understanding among Japan and wood-producing countries about illegal
logging and to discuss steps toward future action.
At the two seminars held in 2007, the Council invited ten specialists as
speakers from a total of eight large exporting countries of forest products toJapan, as well as many other people involved in exporting activities.
The seminars are forums for lively discussions, with reports on how theexporting countries are involved in sustainable management of their forestsand on the current status of measures to enable the traceability of forest－27－

products, including securing their legality. There are also reports by
Japanese companies on demand for legal wood.
In Japan, forest owners and wood producers respond to the government
principle of not using illegally-harvested timber, even if originating
domestically, making efforts to guarantee the legality of their wood and wood
products.
To promote wood products, while maintaining the multifunctional roles offorests, forest owners endeavor to acquire certification. Those who havealready acquired certification strive to improve the market value of wood,paving the way for the future of the forest industry.
In order to contribute toward sustainable forest management in woodproducing countries, as a consumer nation of wood, Japan will continue its
efforts to eliminate illegal logging and its associated trade, and promotelegality and sustainability with regard to wood and wood products.
Forests perform a variety of roles, including preventing global warming,
securing and maintaining stable water resources, maintaining biodiversity,and contributing to the local society and economy.
The multifunctional roles forests play are intrinsically intertwined with thesurvival of the human race. The systems in place to manage them must be
maintained through the efforts of a great number of people, based on a spiritof cooperation and trust. We strongly urge everybody to take part in theactivities to promote goho-wood.

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Gogo-wood measure by company“Sumitomo Forestry's response to and the measures against illegal logging ”
Hideki Nose Director, Managing Executive Officer, Forestry andEnvironment Headquarters, Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd

住友林業における
違法伐採材への取組-ACTION FOR ILLEGAL LOGGING TIMBER-

取締役専務執行役員
能勢秀樹
2008年 6月27日

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１‐ ① ．会社概要
本 社： 東京都千代田区丸の内1-8-1

設 立： 昭和23年2月20日（創業元禄4年-1691年）

事業内容： 山林事業（山林の経営）
木材・建材事業（木材･建材の流通）
住宅事業（注文住宅の建築等）
海外事業（木質建材の製造と流通、住宅の建築、販売）
不動産事業（開発、住宅分譲、流通、仲介）（連結）建材製造事業、住宅ストック事業、緑化事業、生活関連事業等

社有林： 四国･九州･北海道･和歌山 40,567ha（国土の1/1000)

売上高： 約8614億円 経常利益 約77億円 （H20.3期：連結）

ホームページアドレス：http://sfc.jp/
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ＳＵＭＩＴＯＭＯ ＦＯＲＥＳＴＲＹ◆ HEAD OFICE: 1-8-1,Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO◆ ESTABLISHMENT: 1948/ 2/ 20 （Founded : 1691）◆ BUSINESS SCOPE: Forestry Business（ forest management): Timber & Building Materials Business（purchase and sales of timber & building materials）: Housing Business(construction and sales of custom-built housing): Overseas Operation（production of plywood & fiberboard, housing construction etc）
: Real Estate Business（purchase and sales of developed housing etc）
＜GROUP COMPANIES＞ building materials factory, landscaping etc◆ OWN FOREST: Shikoku, Kyusyu, Hokkaido, Wakayama, 40,567ha◆ NET SALES◆ HOME PAGE::

86 billion
non-recurring profit 0.8 billion (Mar/08)
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http://sfc.jp/

１‐ ② ．会社概要
四国・別子での植林

1888年当時(1888)（Planting Area At Besshi)⇒

2007年(2007)

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１‐ ③ ．会社概要
国内(DOMESTIC)

山林事業 (forest)

製造事業(production)

流通事業(distribution)

住関連事業(housing)

海外(OVERSEAS)

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２.住友林業の木材調達取り組み
2003年 －
「グリーン調達ガイドライン」 策定`03 - [Green Procurement guideline]

2005年 －
「環境に配慮した木材調達基準」 策定`05 - [Timber Procurement standardｓ]
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３．木材調達理念・方針
2007年 － 住友林業グループ「木材調達理念・方針」 ６月発表
Sumitomo forestry Group[Timber Procurement Philosophy & Policy]
was established in JUNE `07

2010年3月 ⇒ 合法性１００％を目指すMAR `10 Confirming the legality of all traded timber
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４．具体的運用

木材調達審査小委員会
Timber Procurement Examination Subcommittee
取扱木材・木材製品の合法性審査、確認
Examine & Confirming legality of all traded timber①企業評価①Company

ISO・環境方針-

ISO. Environmental policies

②商品評価

合法性確認

②Imported Timber - Confirm the legality of timber 8－32－

５．合法性証明書類の例◆森林認証材（ＦＳＣ、ＰＥＦＣ、ＳＧＥＣなどの認証）であることの証明書
Certification of `Certified Timber`(FSC.PEFC.SGEC etc)

◆伐採許可証Logging Permission , Stumpage Certificate◆現地踏査レポート
Report on Trace of Imported Timber

等
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６．合法性確認における課題◆複雑な流通経路のトレサビリティ
Distribution channel is complicated◆合法性を担保する書類が存在しない
No documentation proving legal timber◆合法性確認方法の情報が少ない
Little information how to confirm
the legal compliance 10－33－

７．違法伐採への多角的取り組み◆ 合法性木材の取扱
Trade only legal timber◆ 国産材の利活用
Promote use of Japanese domestic timber◆ 植林木の利用推進、植林活動拡大
Increase the use of plantation timberand Promote planting effort

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８．国産材の利活用と目標
ヒノキの構造用集成材◆住宅 構造材での使用量
HOUSING Consumption volume「目標」
Target７０％70%

杉の構造用耐力壁◆合板工場 Plywood factory
Consumption Volume「目標」 8千ｍ３／月
Target 8000m3/M
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９．インドネシア ＫＴＩ社での植林木の取り組み
Plywood factory in INDONESIA (KTI CO,LTD)◆2000～2007年の植林実績
The planting results (`00～`07)
植栽本数：６４５万本、◆植林面積：4,954ha、
A planting area: 4,954ha、Planting number 6.45M

植栽後6ヶ月 (6month)

植栽後7年 (7years)

製品 (panel)

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１０．ＰＮＧでの植林の取り組み◆PNG オープンベイ地域の植林 Plantation At Openbay Area
植林 Plantation

苗畑 Seedling Field

地域住民 Community

植林地 １２年生林 12-Year Old Forest

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11．住友林業グループの森林認証‐①◆山林部－自社山林 約40000ｈａ ＳＧＥＣ森林認証
Forestry - 40000ha SGEC Forestry certification◆木材建材事業本部 － ＦＳＣ ＣＯＣ認証
ＳＧＥＣ 林産物取扱認証（ＣＯＣ認証）
Timber & Building Materials Business - FSC & SGEC CoC◆住宅事業本部－ＳＧＥＣ 林産物取扱認証（ＣＯＣ認証）
Housing Business - SGEC CoC◆海外工場、国内工場 － ＦＳＣ、ＳＧＥＣ ＣＯＣ認証取得
Factory (overseas, domestic) - FSC & SGEC CoC
1511．住友林業グループの森林認証‐②◆認証材を使った当社 住宅

Using Certified Timber Housing

当社 森林認証林

森林認証材

当社 住宅

Our Certified Forest

Certified Timber

Our Housing

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１２．ＣＤＭ植林、認可基準例
条件：1990年以降森林でなかった土地 Land where is no forest after 1990

（CDM適格地）QUOLIFIED（CDM非適格地）NOT QUOLIFIED

OK!
NG!
基準（１９９０年） standard(1990)

CDM開始（ＣＤＭ start)

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１３.今後の取り組み◆植林を通じて、
地域経済と社会、
地球環境へ貢献
Contribute to
Economy,Environment andSocialby Tree Planting

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THANK YOU

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“Kokuyo Furniture's approach to legal wood”「オフィス家具における合法木材の取り組み」

Toru
Director and Senior Executive Officer of Kokuyo Furniture Co.,清水 Shimizu,
亨 氏（コクヨファニチャー株式会社取締役専務執行役員）
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Keynote Address“Future prospects and international cooperation of Goho-wood in Japan”
Masayoshi Yoshino, Lower house member, GLOBE International, Co-Chair of
the Forest Dialogue

Goho (Legal) -wood Round-table
Meeting for the G8 Summit

GLOBE Illegal Logging Dialogue
Co-chair: Masayoshi Yoshino

To parliamentarians of GLOBE International and distinguished participants,
thank you for attending the conference and thank you for the kind
introduction. I am Masayoshi Yoshino. I would like to report on Japan’s
efforts in promoting the use of goho-wood.

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Japanese View of Nature
Co-existence between
nature and human-beings
Sustainable use ofnatural resources

Living safely bypreservation of Nature

Not only use the forest resources,
but also protect and nurture them

We Japanese enjoy the benefits of nature in our lives and the blessings ofnature in our lives. We are respectful and thankful to nature, and at thesame time, fearful of nature. There is a god of the mountain in the mountains,
a god of the river in the river and there is a god of the forest in forests. We
call it eight million gods. That is the culture of Japan.
There is a famous poet in Japan and novelist who is Kenji Miyazawa, and in
his book there is a story about logging in the woods. Before you fell a tree you
have to ask the god of the mountain whether it is okay to fell the wood, andonly when the god says yes can you log. And in order to till the land forfarming you also have to ask the god of the land, and before the god says yes,
you cannot. That is the story by Kenji Miyazawa. This is indeed aboutsustainability. And the god of the mountain is seeing us, whether our efforts
are sustainable, and if it becomes excessive, the god of the mountain says no.
That is the sense that has been shared by Japanese in our long tradition.
This has been a way of preserving biodiversity in Japanese culture.

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Tropical Deforestation at an Alarming Rate

Conversion tofarm land
Overharvesting

Forest Fire

Illegal Logging

Tropical Deforestation Accounts fornearly 20% of Global Emissions of Greenhouse Gas

According to the Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC, due to deforestation,
about 20 percent of CO2 emissions out of global emissions are generated, andillegal logging accounts for a large weight in deforestation. Therefore, to solve
illegal logging is extremely important.

What is Illegal Logging...
Illegal Logging is regardless harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violationof national laws in general and has complex background.

No Confirmed Definition of illegal Logging
Harvest in Violation of Law and Regulation ...
・excess of planed volume, designated species, diameter class, harvesting procedureof regulation, designated purpose of plan・without permission or property rights
・from protected areas including national parks
People Involved
・economic crime committed by firms
・captive consumption by local residents such as traditional use

Now what is illegal logging? Generally speaking, in a country, against thelaws of the country, if the logging is conducted then that is illegal logging.
But there are difficult backgrounds to this, and there is no universal
definition of illegal logging in the world. Between producer countries andconsuming countries, there has to be cooperation; otherwise, we will not be－45－able to solve this problem of illegal logging. If by simply making regulation in
producing countries more stringent, we will not be able to solve this problem.

Gleneagles Plan of Action:
Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
36．We recognise the impacts that illegal logging has on the livelihoods of many in the poorest
countries in Africa and elsewhere, on environmental degradation, biodiversity loss and deforestationand hence global sustainable development. We particularly recognise the importance of global
carbon sinks, including the Congo Basin and the Amazon.

37. We agree that working to tackle illegal logging is an important step towards the sustainable
management of forests. To tackle this issue effectively requires action from both timber producing
and timber consuming countries.

38. We endorse the outcome of the G8 Environment and Development Ministerial conference on
illegal logging. To further our objectives in this area we will take forward the conclusions endorsed atthat meeting, with each country acting where it can contribute most effectively.

（July, 2005）

In 1998, at the Birmingham Summit, illegal logging was on the agenda at theG8 Summit and it had been discussed at each G8 Summit since then. In the
Gleneagles Summit in 2005, it was agreed that tackling illegal logging is an
important step towards sustainable forest management.

G8 Environment and Development Ministerial

１．To assist producer countries in their efforts to tackle illegal logging and associatedtrade
２．To take steps to control illegal logging and associated trade through voluntarybilateral trade agreements or other arrangements, consistent with WTO rules
３．To encourage, adopt or extend public procurement policies favoring legal timber
４．To request our experts to meet in 2006, to review progress towards thecommitments, share lessons on actions to tackle illegal logging and make their findings
available

And specifically, in forest-producing countries, including capacity-building,
support should be given to producing countries. And while being observant of－46－

WTO rules, the import of legally-logged products, and sales and purchasing ofillegally-logged products, how that can be stopped must be considered in aphase-by-phase fashion. And legal wood and wood products must bepurchased by the government, thus creating a market for legal wood andwood products.
And finally, it was recommended that an expert meeting be held by G8
member countries. Those are the agreements reached at the Gleneagles
Summit.

Basic Policy of Japanin Addressing the Issue of Illegal Logging
Japan has constantly advocated the significance of the issue of Illegal Logging, based upon
the principle that “illegally harvested timber should not be used” since the G8
Kyushu-Okinawa Summit in 2000.
Based on the result of the G8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005, Japan announced a Climate
Change Initiative.
JAPAN’’S CLIMATE
JAPANJAPAN’S
CLIMATECHANGE
CHANGEINITIATIVEINITIATIVE・・Introduceagovernment
procurement
Introduce a government procurementpolicy
policyinin
accordance
accordancewith
withthethe“Law“LawononPromoting
PromotingGreen
Green
Purchasing”
Purchasing”
・・PromotePromotetotowork
workout
outaasharedsharedvoluntary
voluntary‘code‘code
ofofconduct’conduct’totohalt
haltthetheimport
importandandmarketing
marketingofof
illegally
illegallyharvested
harvestedwood
woodandandwood
woodproducts
products
・・Develop
Developaatraceability
traceabilitysystem,
system,establish
establish
monitoring
monitoringsystems
systems
・Contribute・Contributetotoadvancing
advancingdiscussion
discussionamong
amongG8G8expertsexperts

Based on this agreement, Japan developed a climate change initiative
incorporating four elements outlined on the slide. And this is the climatechange initiative which was announced by Japan domestically and abroad.

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Policies and Measures on Illegal Logging
Bilateral
Bilateral cooperationcooperation

MultilateralMultilateral cooperationcooperation

Japan-Indonesia：
Japan-Indonesia：•• Develop
Develop forest
forest monitoring
monitoring
technology
technology with
with thethe useuse ofof satellite
satellite
imagesimages•• Develop
Develop aa log
log traceability
traceability systemsystemwith
with thethe useuse ofof 2D
2D barbar code
codeInternational
International TropicalTropical Timber
TimberOrganization
Organization （ITTO）：（ITTO）：•• Support
Support ofof projects
projects forfor thethe diffusion
diffusion andandeducation
education ofof tackling
tackling legal
legal logging
logging andandverification
verification ofof thethe legality
legality ofof timber
timberRegional
Regional cooperationcooperation

Government
Government Procurement
Procurement

Asia
Asia Forest
Forest Partnership
Partnership （AFP）：（AFP）：•• Develop
Develop minimum
minimum standards
standards ofoflegalitylegality andand legality
legality verification
verification
systems
systems among
among AFP
AFP partners
partners•• Foster
Foster thethe exchange
exchange ofof information
information
among
among AFP
AFP partners
partners andand withwith other
other
initiatives
initiatives

GreenGreen Purchasing
Purchasing Policy：
Policy：•• Introduce
Introduce aa newnew systemsystem toto givegive priority
priority totogovernment
government procurement
procurement ofof woodwood andandwood
wood products
products identified
identified their
their legality
legality
andfrom April2006
April2006））
and sustainability
sustainability （（from(Issue(Issue aa guideline
guideline providing
providing verification
verification
modalities
modalities forfor legality)
legality)First, on a bilateral level, for example we have a project between Japan andIndonesia where satellite data is used. Daichi is a satellite that was launchedrecently. This is a science-purpose satellite, that is a state-of-the-art satellite,
and using the satellite we will monitor logging activities. And in Indonesia,
we are also providing support to Indonesia in the development of timbertraceability technology.
As for regional cooperation, through the Asia Forest Partnership,
development of standards for legality and development of mechanisms toconfirm legality are implemented. On a multilateral level, through ITTO, we
are conducting more than 800 projects for legal wood and certified wood. And
as for government procurement, in April 2006, under the law on promoting
green purchasing, the government procurement system where legal andsustainable wood and wood that is certified to be legal and sustainable is tobe procured by the government.

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Japan-Indonesia bilateral cooperation(development of a traceability system in producing country)

Input log-Info. to Handyterminal

Print out labels of 2Dcode

Attach labels on log andstump respectively

Scan 2D-code to gather
log-info, register log-infoPrint out the list of logs
on site based on thescanned data

Same code on a label to be safe

Label on log of lumber
yard(small taint doesn’t hamper scanning)This is the two-dimensional barcode used in Indonesia. The two-dimensional
barcode contains much more information than the one-dimensional barcode.
And this two-dimensional barcode is used for traceability purposes.

Japan’
Japan’s Government Procurement Policy （Green Purchasing Law）
Law Concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-friendly Goods
and Services by the State and Other Entities（2000）-To encourage the State, etc. in the public sector to procure eco-friendly goods, etc.
-To provide information etc. on eco-friendly goods, etc.
→ In order to encourage a shift in demand towards eco-friendly goods etc. and toestablish a society enjoying sustainable development with a lower environmental
impactBasic Policy （Cabinet Decision, 2006）- List of Eco-friendly goods, etc.

- Environmental requirements on designated procurement goods, etc.
- The way for setting procurement targets

obligatory

non-obligatory

State Ministers and Agencies etc

Local Governments and Institutions-To make and publicize a Green
Procurement Policy-To make a Green Procurement Polity（obligation to make efforts）-To announce the result of green
procurement

Businesses and Citizens- To select eco-friendly goods as far as
possible（General responsibility）

As for government procurement under the Green Purchasing Law, theGovernment of Japan in April 2006 introduced the Green Purchasing Law.
Paper lumber products, for those, legality, sustainability must be approved,
and that would be the scope of the Green Purchasing Law, so it was inaddition to the law. And to improve the legality, the Forest Agency’s
Guideline was compiled.

－49－With this Green Procurement Law, the central government when it comes toprocurement policy, first it has to be devised and then it has to be publishedand disclosed. The actual track record of procurement must also be published.
In government procurement, the Green Procurement Law was in a way
complete, but that’s not good enough. Municipalities, such as prefectural
governments, villages, towns and cities, those governments have to also be
involved. Sumitomo Forestry and Kokuyo have just shared their initiatives
with us. I admire them for their initiatives. Now in the business arena and in
the general public, the spirit of green procurement must be promoted to makesure that they understand this spirit.

Guideline for Verification on Legality and Sustainability ofWood and Wood Productsz Definition of Legality and Sustainability- Legality: timber harvester in legal manner consistent withprocedures in the forest laws of timber producing
countries and areas- Sustainability: timber harvested from the forest undersustainable managementz Methods of Verification- Forest certification system and chain of custody system- Verification method by company under the authorizationof association- Self-verification method by original measure of eachcompanyz Assessment and Review

The Forestry Agency came up with this certificate. Correction, the Guideline,
came up with the Guideline calling for legality. Legality, sustainability.
Now I would like to touch upon the definition of… As for legality, timber
harvested in a legal manner consistent with the procedures in the forest lawsof the timber-producing countries and areas; sustainability, timber harvested
from forest under sustainable management. So these two are the conditions.
As for the methods of verification, from the private sector we have just heard
the explanation about the verification method. One is the forest certification
system and COC system, chain of custody system. The second verification
method is where a company is verified according to a voluntary code of
conduct by an industry association. There is another one, such as a major
pulp and paper company which controls from the plantation forest to paper
products within one company. If it’s self-conclusive, such a major company
can come up with their independent measures of self-assessment, self-－50－

verification. Since verification and assessment is a new initiative, monitoringand evaluation is important.

Actions against illegal logging by Forest Industry Associations

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1. Declare against illegal logging
2. Make & publish authorization procedure
3. Authorize & announce their members
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Authorized Goho-wood andWood Products Providers

4. Announce implemented actions
against illegal logging by the associations

Authorized Associations : 133
Authorized Industries : 6,980

Now about the second category, certification by industry association, first
they have to come up with a code of conduct and companies that think they
are compliant with the code of conduct make an application. It has to beinspected as to whether they are fulfilling all of the requirements according
to the code of conduct. Then they are certified. The certificate can be issued inthis manner. So this is the chain that’s linked which would result in theactual procurement to the government. As seen in the Japan Federation ofWood Industry Associations’ DVD, 133 groups and 6,980 companies havebeen accredited.

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Summary of Goho-woodz Goho-wood is supplied through chain of custody

handled by Goho-wood providers authorized by any
third party organizations including industry
associations according to their own transparent
procedure.
– (Efficient system by using an industry association basedformat)z The chains are connected by Goho-woodcertifications issued and attached to the timber by
Goho-wood providers. This written certification isnecessary for both domestic and imported timber
indiscriminatingly, and the timber from either “highrisk” or “low risk” regions unexceptionally.
– (Indispensable written certification based on the policy of
non-discrimination, no-exception)

Goho-wood is supplied through chains of custody managed by goho-wood
providers, providing a chain of documented evidence. And an industry
association certifies a company to ensure transparency from a third party
view.
About this chain of custody. The chains are connected by goho-woodcertifications issued and attached to the timber by goho-wood providers. This
written certification is necessary regardless of whether the timber is domestic
or imported, irrespective of which country the lumber is from.

Challenges ahead
１．Expand green procurement policies favoring legal
wood and wood products from public to private sector
２． Create incentives to selective use of Goho (legal) wood
３．Improve the credibility and transparency of timberverification schemes
４．Establish systems for exchange of information
between and among timber-producing and consuming
countries

As for the challenges ahead, if government alone pursues green procurement
without it being widely practiced in the private sector, it will be no good.

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Sumitomo Forestry and Kokuyo have given us presentations today, but how
best could we spread this initiative in the private sector? How best can we
implant this idea of not using illegal lumber in each and every one of thegeneral public? That’s one of the major challenges ahead.
Goho-wood with a certificate, with proof, unless that’s utilized, this system
will be no good. We need to come up with incentives: tax incentives or
perhaps a revised construction standards act to give incentives. There aremany ways to incentivize, but we must encourage this behavior.
Third, credibility and transparency must be enhanced. We shouldn’t besatisfied with the current level. We have to think how best we can improvethem even further. That’s another necessity.
Now, establishing systems for exchange of information between and among
timber-producing and consuming countries is another issue.

The G8 Forest Experts’ Report on Illegal Logging （Main Point）
・Promote expansion and development of bilateral and multilateral frameworks anddialogues between timber-exporting and –importing countries, involving timberprocessing countries.
・Encourage, adopt, improve or extend public timber procurement policies thatfavor legal timber, where they can influence the private sector to use legally sourced
timber, and share experience of this with others.
・Explore with partner countries developing and using systems for tracking origins
and the flow of timber.
・Explore developing a global monitoring network for forests, deforestation, forest
degradation and illegal logging based on ongoing national and international earth
observation initiatives and forest monitoring and assessment processes.
・Reflect discussion of and lessons learnt from combating illegal logging in thediscussion on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation(REDD) as appropriate, recognizing that substantial progress on forest governance cancontribute significantly to making progress on REDD. Strengthen coordination with
relevant policies, in particular land use policies, including agriculture and bio-fuel policies.

The Gleneagles Summit agreement was made at G8 forest experts meeting.
They are having several meetings held. This year the report was published.
In May, in Kobe, the environmental ministerial meeting was held and areport was made, and at the environmental ministerial meeting it wasevaluated very highly. You can see the contents on this slide.

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Summary

1. Combating illegal logging is an important global andcollaborative action for implementation of the sustainable
forest management as well as addressing the key
environmental issues such as climate change and conservationof biological diversity.
2．It is crucial issue to encourage utilization of the verified legal
timber and eliminate illegal one from the market.
The activities of Goho-wood which provide efficientestablishment of chain-of-custody with written certificationfrom place of origin by using existing supply chain may be
accepted internationally as one of the effective measuresagainst illegal logging and its associated trade.

Now to summarize, combating illegal logging is an important global andcollaborative action for the implementation of sustainable forest management,
as well as addressing key environmental issues, such as climate change andconservation of biological diversity. The international community as a wholemust stick together to do this.
Another crucial issue is to encourage utilization of the verified legal timber,goho-wood, and eliminate illegal ones from the market. All of you who are
here, I hope that you will show us understanding and your cooperation with
us in spreading this concept of the goho-wood initiative.

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Lastly, as you have already seen in the video, Mr. Toshikatsu Matsuoka, thelate minister of agriculture, was the first to advocate the creation of a system
for not using illegal lumber and asked me to come up with such a system. If
he were here with us, I couldn’t imagine how happy he would be. I feel alump in my throat. Thank you so much.

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Exchanging Opinions
Chair: We’ve had presentations about efforts in Japan. Now, I would like toturn to the participants to see whether there are any comments or questions.
I would now like to invite comments or questions. And in particular, about
Japan, as it was discussed by several speakers, there are goho-wood activities
in Japan, and in particular on this matter, if there are questions or comments,
please.
If you wish to speak and please use the name plate and please put the nameplate upright. And if you could also give me a hand signal, I will be able tosee you. And as much as possible, I would like to have as many of you as
possible to speak. But there is a time constraint so I am very sorry that I will
have to limit you to three minutes. Please keep to this three-minute time
allocation. After three minutes, a bell will ring. So please, we would like to
ask for your cooperation. Now are there any questions or comments? I saw ahand, from Canada. Mr. Wilfert, please.
Bryon Wilfert: Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to first of all congratulate theapproach Japan has taken with regard to this very sensitive issue. The multistakeholder approach involving the consumers, the government, theproducers, the manufacturers is extremely important in ensuring the highest
standard quality.
The fact that we do not have an international standard for what is illegal
logging is obviously one which is still plaguing many of us, both in the
producing regions of the worlds and obviously from the consumer perspective.
But the Japanese, and particularly I commend the association with regard to
the booklet in five languages with regard to the issues that they haveoutlined in dealing with the export issue. And the verification issue isextremely important, particularly knowing that the verification is in fact
what it says and the goho initiative does just that. So the leadership Japan
has shown in this issue is important.
My colleague, Christian Quellet, would like to make a few comments from the
Canadian perspective, but I think that this is a very good model that Japan
has developed and one in which I’m sure we can go forward with at our
discussions, both tomorrow and into the future. Mr. Quelette?
Christian Quellet: Thank you, Bryon. Distinguished delegates, I would like tosay that in Canada right now we are going toward full certification within ina few years from now. We are expecting the government to have private
forest owners to become all certified. As you know, this costs a lot of money,
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it represents 30 percent of all the wood we cut. So this is why it is importantfor us to have everybody certified.
You know that right now we are in a large crisis in wood production in
Canada, and in a way, although this is very hard for the people who live it, it
may help to have more certification because the market is getting to be more
open for certification. So the government doesn’t have to take a standpoint on
that.
But what is not as interesting is that Canada itself does not sell very much ofits certified wood. It’s exporting its certified wood all over the different
countries. But it’s also very important to know that we do exchange a lot ofwood with the United States, where it is not always certified wood, so we cut
logging from the United States and they also share our wood. And this makes
us a problem because, like I said, there are not many certified lots in the
United States.
And like I said, there is a large crisis where we are developing different
species of wood that will grow very fast, although they won’t have the same
quality of fiber as the original wood we have. As you know, we’ve got about
the best wood fiber quality in the world right now. But the wood will work forbiomass, because even in our certified lots we don’t use enough of the biomass
which could make new products and export it to many other countries.
We are working hard right now to develop wood fiber for weaving. We arealso working on nanotechnology and also on composite material. We’re up toa stage where we could build a car with wood material. And so we’re goingvery fast on this.
But we don’t import much wood from outside, which means that we don’t
have the problem of finding only certified wood from other countries. We areimporting less and less wood from outside of course because we’ve got excess
wood in our own country. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you very much indeed. Representatives from Canada, twogentlemen, just shared with us their comments. So they commended
Japanese efforts and also they shared with us the situation in Canada. Next,
perhaps right next to you, from Denmark, Steen Gade. Please.
Steen Gade: Thank you very much and thank you for your inspiring
presentation. As mentioned before, in Europe we have similar discussions
and have had it for a long time, but it’s going very slowly, the process, as it
was mentioned before. So it’s inspiring.

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It’s crucial to focus on this issue. I joined the Biodiversity Convention
meeting in Bonn a month ago, and here the logging was on the agenda and it
was not so inspiring to follow the process in that convention. So if the G8
process could put much more focus on it, because I think it’s crucial that wewill have other items on the meetings in ??? and Copenhagen in the climate
discussion than the CO2 discussion. We have to have logging prepared also
for that process so that there can be progress on logging in that process.
And the other thing I would say here and try to have a discussion about is theneed to have other issues on the table than the CO2 emissions in relation toforests. Here, biodiversity is crucial as I see it, and to follow up what was
mentioned in the last intervention here, biodiversity and conservation andsustainable forest management, if you will not have that really on the agenda
in discussion about trying to have forests and forest protection and part of theclimate discussion, then we will perhaps come into a situation where we will
have a new risk that we are not protecting the forest in reality but weperhaps are producing much more wood. But that’s not the same. To protect
this forest and produce wood is not the same. So we have to focus very muchon the biodiversity issue also and the logging link to that. Thank you verymuch.
Chair: Thank you very much. Biodiversity, sustainability, we must link thediscussion of logging to these subjects was the comment from Mr. Steen Gade.
Yes, please. From India. I am sorry; I don’t know how to pronounce yourname.
Lagadapati Rajagopal: I am not an expert on the subject and so I would liketo ask a question. First, I want to know, it’s really wonderful what we’veheard by Japanese as a country, but what is the impact of all these efforts on
illegal logging and afforestation and depletion of forests? So the impact
analysis has been done or not? That is my question.
And my one suggestion, that all these climate change-related topics are newsensibilities, so forest protection, biodiversity, goho-wood, legal wood, legal
logging, all these are new things which must be inculcated in the minds at an
impressionable age. So unless we make all these topics part of the curriculumin the schools and colleges at an appropriate level, things won’t move as we
think it should. And so with that one suggestion, I have put up a question.
Chair: Thank you very much indeed. The goho-wood system here in Japan,
about the implementation of goho-wood, legal wood, what kind of impact has
it had; your question was related to this. Now to whom should I actually
address this question? I wonder. Dr. Yoshino, would you like to respond?

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Yoshino: As for the actual impact, in Japan, illegal logging here in ourcountry, there is almost none, almost no illegal logging. So in lumber
exporting countries, in particular in Indonesia, since the government ofIndonesia has been initiating strict measures to control illegal logging, I
think significant effects are shown.
Now as for the education of people at an impressionable age, biotope on
biodiversity, let’s teach biodiversity to students, that’s what the biotope
project is. And this is about creating a very small forest on school premises,
and we have been promoting this initiative in Japan. Thank you.
Chair: As for the Government of Japan, would you care to comment, Mr.
Minagawa, Deputy Director-General, Forestry Agency?
Yoshitsugu Minagawa: Under the Green Purchasing Law, there is amechanism to distribute legal wood. We have a relatively well-establishedmechanism which was built in the last three to four years. Including theprivate sector, we now have a good mechanism for selling and buying legal
wood in Japan. But as Mr. Yoshino presented in his keynote address, we haveto expand this program by having the involvement of local government andmore private sector companies.
Sumitomo Forestry gave us a presentation and it has an objective of having
100 percent goho-wood by 2010. And we have to learn from these leading
companies and publicize their efforts and encourage the private sector to use
goho-wood. Most of the demand is coming from the private sector and wehave to expand this program to the private sector. That may be a challenge.
That is the challenge we have yet to tackle.
Chair: As for the school curriculum, has it been introduced into the school
curriculum? I think that was one of the questions that was raised. Anybody
from the floor can add to the response to that. Yes, please.
Minagawa: In Japanese elementary school education, in about fifth grade I
believe, it's taught that agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries have thefunction of preserving nature and an explanation about the function of forestsin the curricular is given, but as for the goho-wood initiative, it’s not includedin the school curriculum. We are making an effort at the government level toinclude goho-wood in Japanese textbooks.
(Did that answer your question?) Thank you. How we are actually seeing theeffects of our initiatives, it’s a difficult issue for it to be manifested in terms ofnumbers, figures. It will probably take more time, and it’s also aninternational matter. If the matters are just self-conclusive within Japan it－59－

would be no good internationally. We have to get results. We have to see thevisible results. I think it will take more time. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you very much for your questions. Now from Indonesia. Please.
You have given us a big paper and I believe your paper is distributed toeveryone. Thank you for your paper, but please keep in mind about thisthree-minute rule.
Bomer Pasaribu: Let me join the other distinguished participants incongratulating the Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations in yourinitiative of this Goho-wood Roundtable Meeting.
The last situation of illegal logging in Indonesia, a significant decrease in theyear of 2007 in terms of the number of illegal logging cases; second, thenumber of prosecutions and number of verdicts for both illegal logging andwildlife crimes.
Mr. Chairman, lots of efforts have already been undertaken but needexternal support. Just like drugs, illegal logging is international organizedcrime, international organized crime, and it needs international cooperation.
Expected cooperation: first, control of illegal timber demand; second, controlof the financial capital for illegal logging; third, agreed timber legality
criteria; and fourth, capacity-building.
Besides that, I’d like to recommend the goho-wood campaign. Policies in
consuming countries, restrictions imposed through architectural standards.
Second, international agreement on entire illegal logging. And policies in
producing countries’ efforts on combating illegal logging, we need a nationalanti-illegal logging act in each producing country.
Of course international convention, you need an international convention for
an international agreement on anti-producing, trading, consuming andlaundering of illegal timber. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you very much. So we need international conventions or aninternational agreement. I think his paper has been already distributed toyou. I hope that you will take a look at it at your leisure.
Now I would like to solicit the next comment. Please, from Brazil.
Serys Shlessarenko: My name is Serys Slhessarenko. I am a senator. The
world’s largest forest belongs to our province and we would like to maintainthis further. In Brazil we still have a lot of forest. To maintain the forest, we－60－

are faced with many problems. One-third of Brazil’s provinces are in the
Amazon.
In Brazil, regarding forest protection, we have various laws and regulations
but they are hardly adequate. Laws alone will not suffice. I have repeatedly
made a statement: we need a paradigm shift. In particular, sustainableeconomic growth is what we are pursuing. We must reduce CO2 emissions
more and more. We understand the necessity of reducing CO2 emissions. At
the same time, the elimination of poverty must be done jointly. Together withyou it has to be solved. The Brazilian government has been making great
efforts to that end.
To protect the forest in Brazil, public policies have been implemented.
President Lula devised a certain zone where ecological preservation will be
implemented. For instance, this is one example. For ethanol production,certain plants are used, but to what extent those crops can be cultivated thedesignation has been made. For instance, 36 villages and towns that arewithout the imposition of penalties on illegal logging.
I am a senator. In the 2009 budgeting, I have been involved in the budget
process. The designation of the natural preservation zone, I have been
advocating the necessity to designate that as early as possible. In addition tothat, in laws and regulation, when there are members, company members
who are actually violating the laws regarding environmental protection,
public financing will not be made.
Also, concerning the school curriculum, I would like to share with you mycomments. Educating environmental protection at school. In Brazil already,in terms of laws and regulations, there has been a lot of improvement but weneed a paradigm shift.
First of all, for the forest to be protected, people’s minimum livelihoods mustbe guaranteed. So projects from that perspective are important for Brazil.
Currently, in the parliament of Brazil, the bill that I drafted is being
deliberated, but this is a bill concerning forest protection. As a way to protect
forest protection, electronically monitor the forest. Using a semiconductor
chip, the lumber legality and illegality can be traced completely in thisproject. Currently, several companies have introduced it on a pilot basis, sothey are developing the system to monitor this traceability of lumber so that
we can eradicate illegal logging. Thank you very much.
Chair: Thank you very much, Senator Serys. Economic development andenvironmental protection must be pursued in a well-balanced manner. That

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aspect was discussed. Are there any other comments or questions? Yes,
please.
Gardiner: Chair, if I may have a second bite at this cherry. I was particularlyinterested by the remarks from industry. And I think it was salutary thatthey were very realistic about the difficulties of the scheme, saying that there
was little information how to confirm legal compliance and the assistancethat they need with that being of fundamental importance. It’s clear thatindustry is keen to get this right and they want to be sure that the standards
that they’re applying are the right ones.
And I suspect that perhaps the scheme will show just how successful it is thefirst time it revokes an accreditation for a company or an association, because
it will be when that happens that the scheme is seen to be establishingstandards which can have teeth enough to put somebody out as well as
welcome them in. And I think that will also be a benchmark that industry isthen able to use to help facilitate its own improvement of the standards.
Chair: Thank you very much. When there is a revocation for the first time,
the system will really have meaning in the real world that it’s transparent,
that it’s right.
Yoshino: Well, Mr. Gardiner I couldn’t agree with you more. This industry
association is certifying a company according to the voluntary code of conduct,
but if there is a violation it has to be revoked. So the revocation to ensure
credibility, that revocation is one of the most important things.
We have just started the certifying process. At the moment we have no
violations reported, but if there are those violations, we have to make surethat we won’t hesitate to revoke to ensure the credibility. That’s one of themost important things, yes.
Chair: Thank you very much. Thank you for both the question and theanswer. Are there any other questions or comments? From Brazil, please.
Renato Casagrande: Good afternoon, everyone. I am Renato Casagrande, asenator from Brazil. Listening to the goho-wood presentation was very
informative and useful. Thank you very much. However, there is one concern:that is, on the part of consuming countries whether a monitoring system isdeveloped at a pace fast enough. It seems that it’s not the case. In the
GLOBE forum, to verify the origin of timber, I believe efforts need to be madeby GLOBE to establish laws, and at the same time we also have to tackle thisproblem from different angles.

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In the industrialized countries, there are issues; but developing countries,
countries that have a larger mass of forest, there needs to be a systemdeveloped in developing countries to prevent illegal logging. Earlier, Senator
Serys of Brazil mentioned this is a problem that is also of great concern toBrazilian society. Brazil has 85,000 square kilometers or more of land, of
which more than half is forest. Eight point five million square kilometers ofland. Therefore we have to protect this vast forest.
And at the same time, there are people who make their living in the forest.
We must guarantee the livelihoods of people living in forests. The Brazilian
government on the 5 June submitted a report on laws on the environment to
the United Nations. This shows that there is no intention on the part of theBrazilian government to evade any of its responsibilities.
Once again, if I may repeat, on the part of the industrialized countries, there
must be a discussion to stop the purchase of illegal logging. Not only talking,but action is necessary. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you very much indeed. Senator Renato Casagrande, thank you.
Those people who are making their living in the forest, their livelihood has tobe guaranteed. It’s a very basic matter, but how best we can make itcompatible with goho-wood, it’s very difficult. Can you address that issue,
anybody? Well, Dr. Nagata, any comments about the issue that was justraised or anything in general.
Shin Nagata: By using goho-wood, legal wood, those people who originally
had the rights should have profits in their hand as the rightful owner. I think
we are talking about creating such an institution system. Combating poverty
was just mentioned. But establishing this goho-wood utilization system, I
think this would lead to the objective of alleviating or eradicating poverty. So
first, establishing firmly this goho-wood system is very important in thatregard as well. That’s my opinion. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you for answering that question. Yes? I would like to invite acomment from India.
India: I have first-hand experience to be working in jungles, along with thetribals. And let me tell you that unless we address this basic problem ofpoverty and the subsistence of those people who are living in jungles, it is as
you said rightly: it is a difficult proposition. But it is not just about goho orillegal logging: it is about wildlife protection; it is about depletion of forests; it
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And so, unless we have a comprehensive plan to bring them out of poverty,
give them real education skills, and bring them into the mainstream of thenation, ultimately, you will have to have a timeframe of ten to 15 years when
you visualize that nobody has to live in jungles in that state of affairs andpeople are coming out of poverty, coming out of jungles, and then you protect
it. That is the ultimate reason we should go along with this program also.
Chair: Thank you very much indeed. So a comprehensive approach is needed.
I think that’s one of the things you’ve suggested. Please, Ms. Hironaka?
Wakako Hironaka: As I look at today’s roundtable meeting, we are discussing
goho-wood, and what I’m trying to share with you now may not really
actually be along the line of the purport of this roundtable discussion, butwhenever forests are being discussed, I have come up with a proposal and it
has never been really taken up or accepted. But still, I would like to presume
to share with you my comments or opinion.
The forested area in Japan, that’s 68 percent of the entire land of Japan. In
the past, we imported a lot of south-sea wood, tropical wood. And ourEuropean friends said Japan doesn’t have forests. I thought they said thatJapan was importing wood because you don’t have forests. That’s what theyused to say. But Japan actually boasts lots of area covered by forest. But
being able to buy lumber so cheaply from foreign countries, Japan has been
importing lumber. If it’s legal, that is okay. So we are now moving in that
direction, which is fine.
Now having said that, at the same time, even if that’s legal, such cheap
lumber coming into the Japanese market means that Japanese forests are
not really being adequately taken care of. After 20 years and 30 years, thetrees are still there; they have not been felled. So the good cycle of wood, trees,
has not been realized in the Japanese forest. I’m trying to find some solution
to this problem of Japanese forests.
Now as for the lumber price, if the lumber prices go up a little, for imported
lumber Japan could somehow, will have some incentive to develop Japanese
forest.
Also, those countries, producing countries selling lumber, if they can fetch
higher prices, then I’m thinking of imposing perhaps a surcharge. Then, tothe producing countries of lumber, for legal forest, they will be entitled to
impose a surcharge and they can use that for, for instance, afforestation. So I
think rebalancing is what’s being called for.

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are certain rules according to WTO and there are no exceptions or exempted
products. But in my opinion, lumber should be outside WTO rules because it
is so important to the environment in general. And because it’s so important,just like agricultural products, as an exemption and as exempted products,
perhaps imposing a certain surcharge, and that extra income from thesurcharge should be used for, for instance, the forest management ofreforestation.
Now I’m not an expert and devising detailed rules is not my forte, but I would
like to encourage you to think about these things to create a system to seek arebalance. And since this is a roundtable on goho-wood I wanted to mention
this. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you for that intervention. Now from Cameroon, Mr. Ngolle
Ngolle, please. Oh, I’m sorry. Mr. Ewusi, please.
Ewusi Bruno: Okay. Thank you very much. I have a comment concerning thepresentation from the industries, the first presentation from the industries,
where they talked about, if I’m not mistaken, afforestation programs. We arevery interested in that because in Cameroon we have a national afforestation
program that we are implementing and we think that wood from planted
forests will complement the wood from natural forests. And the legality ofwood from planted forest is not as complicated as that from natural forests,
so we think it is an integral part of any sustainable program to promote
planted afforestation initiatives.
I wanted to find out from the presenter of the first presentation on industries,
how successful these afforestation projects that they are supporting havebeen and how big is the project? Where exactly are they implementing theseprojects? Thank you.
Chair: Thank you for the question. Mr. Nose? I would now like to invite acomment from Mr. Nose.
Nose: As early as 20 years ago we recognized the importance of planted
timber. In Indonesia we have a plywood factory and Indonesia also has theillegal logging problem. And fast-growing trees were planted with farmers
and this has grown to a sizeable project.
In the beginning, tropical forest was the harvested area, but this fastergrowing tree grows in five years and we are planting these faster-growing
trees. And machines, we developed machines to produce plywood, and morethan half of the raw material is planted timber. And we provide seedlings to－65－

farmers at a very low cost, not zero cost, which is not appropriate, but at anextremely low cost like one yen, and we ask farmers to take care of the forest,
and we are given a priority to purchase the timber at a market price after
five years. And we are trying to continue this cycle. And more than one
million trees are planted in each year.
In Papua New Guinea, on 14,000 hectares, for more than 20 years we havebeen planting a tree called Kamerere, a species of Eucalyptus, and this grows
to a mature tree in about 17 years and this is also goho-wood.
In Indonesia, fiber plate or particle boards are produced and they are
pulverized into chips to recycle once again. Together with farmers and the
local community, we are focusing on their livelihoods and we are using fastergrowing trees. In the case of the Eucalyptus species, after 20 years we canharvest and we promise that we will purchase the world over.
In Indonesia already, I’ve already referred to this in my presentation, 84
million hectares in all of Indonesia and 12,000 hectares in Papua New
Guinea, and 32,000 hectares in New Zealand, we will be using these fastergrowing trees, and together with the farmers and local community we would
like to continue this afforestation project. And local community members canalso work in plywood factories where they obtain an additional source ofincome.
Chair: Thank you very much. Afforestation, the operation by your company
was just introduced to us. Thank you. Next, from Denmark, Mr. Steen Gade,please.
Gade: Thank you very much. I want to come back to what my Brazilian andIndian colleagues mentioned here about problems to stop illegal logging,
especially in relation to poverty and people living in the forests.
And it was asked that it was necessary that the buying countries should havegood regulations and be aware not to demand illegally-logged wood, and ofcourse that’s part of it. And here I think that what we are discussing today is
an inspiration, at least for us in Europe, to try to push forward to have muchstricter regulation. We have been discussing it for years, but that’s part of it.
And if we will have that, it might say on the other hand it’s also necessary tohave better distribution of the benefits in countries where they are selling thewood, because if you have not a fair distribution of the benefits, it can be in
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But also I will mention that the Biodiversity Convention meeting in Bonn amonth ago decided for the first time that the genetic resources from forests,
that the companies and the rich countries that are buying these genetic
resources have to give money to the countries that have the resources. And
that process also in the countries that will receive the money for using thesegenetic resources from the medicine industry and everything is, as I see it,
obliged to make a distribution inside the countries so that people living in theforest are having economic and development benefits for it.
So perhaps what can unite is that we have to have better regulation and bothinternational and both in our countries that buyers and also in the countries
that are selling.
Chair: Thank you very much. Stricter regulations need to be put in place andthe benefits must be fairly distributed to producing countries. We need topursue both. I believe that was the gist of the comment. Are there any
reactions? From Cameroon, please.
Cameroon: [speaks in French][Interpreter: Unfortunately, there is no French-to-English interpretation
today. There is no French-English interpretation service today.]Gardiner: We are going to try and translate sentence-by-sentence. I will try
and translate from French to English and I hope that the translators willthen be able to translate from English into the other languages. But slowly,
please.
Cameroon: [speaks in French]
Gardiner: The gentleman says, please excuse me. My English is not goodenough but I’m sorry I must speak in French. In the first place we have theconsuming and the producing countries. And we think that in regard with the
production countries…
Cameroon: [speaks in French]
Gardiner: Okay, principally, when we’re talking about those who cut down
the forest, and these are not people primarily from the country themselves,principally what we have to look at the financiers, the people who are thefinancial backers of the forest enterprises, of cutting down the forests, and weneed international regulations to govern those financial backers, thoseinvestors.

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Cameroon: [speaks in French]
Gardiner: And we need a code of conduct amongst the…
Ewusi: Let me just help him a little bit. I think the emphasis here is that heis saying that the producer countries, when we talk about the producer
countries, especially in the Congo Basin area, the real actors in the field are
not the countries themselves. The real actors in the field are the people who
finance the cutting down of timber in the field, who are not people of that
region.
So if we want to tackle illegal logging we need a code of conduct that willaddress the people who are financing the logging in the Congo Basin, because
when we just limit the discussion to producers, people can imagine that it is
the producer countries who are the main actors. In reality, they are not. The
main people, the actors, they are the people who are financing it. And weneed a code of conduct that will address those financiers. That is the main
gist of the contribution.
Chair: Thank you very much. We didn’t prepare French interpretation and I
would like to apologize for that. But if we could write down your comments on
this questionnaire sheet I would appreciate it very much.
And now we have only a limited amount of time left. Oh yes, once again,
please, Ms. Serys.
Shlessarenko: Several countries’ undertakings and projects are reallycommendable. Especially the projects from Japan, they are very
commendable.
Currently we are gathered here to address various issues. Now we knowwhat the issues are and all of us I think grasp those problems. Policy anddrafting laws and regulations and actions by the government, the necessity
for those have already been repeatedly discussed. And enhancing theawareness of society in general, and allowing the trees to grow without illegal
logging.
And at the same time, we should not leave the people, the local people living
there, in abject poverty. Enhancing social awareness. At the same time, those
local people who live in the forest, men, women, together with those, we must
protect forests and we must make efforts to that end. All the participants
here, I am not aware of the situation of each country, but in the case of Brazil,
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As for the issues and problems, I think they have been clarified by yourcomments and contributions. So together we have to translate those into
more specific actions, with Japan and other countries. You have implemented
various actions and we have to improve them and together we have to makeefforts. The joint solutions to reduce illegal logging or to minimize illegal
logging, I would like to have more specific discussions to minimize illegal
logging. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you, Senator Serys. Now from Japan, we have an NGO
representative. Okazaki-san, please.
Tokiharu Okazaki: I am from Friends of the Earth Japan. My name is
Okazaki. We have heard from members of parliament, but I am given pleased
for this opportunity to give the first statement from civil society. Thank you.
We heard from the senator from Brazil and a congressman from India. The
community forestry was the issue, as well as the people who are living in thecommunity forests. The question of how to sustain the livelihood of people
who lives in forests was pointed out. Friends of the Earth, which I belong to,collect the opinions from residents of local communities and NGOs throughan international network and have these viewpoints reflected in the current
Japanese illegal logging countermeasures.
We, Friends of the Earth Japan, thanks to the efforts by GLOBE on illegal
logging in Japan, we were able to participate in this endeavor from the very
beginning. And on a personal note, I came to be involved in the illegal logging
problem thanks to members of parliament, in GLOBE Japan, when I
encountered the words illegal logging for the first time, when the earlier
speaker, Ms. Hironaka, spoke at the conference in the United Nations
University. When she gave described illegal logging, that was the beginningof my involvement in illegal logging.
And in 2002, in Johannesburg, WSSD was held. The Asia-Forest Partnership,
after the Congo Basin Partnership, was launched. And through GLOBEJapan and the president, Mr. Yatsu, the minister of agriculture at the time,
Japanese NGOs and Japanese civil societies were included as partners, andthat was the beginning of our involvement in illegal logging countermeasureefforts.
And the late Mr. Matsuoka, he was a member of parliament in 2002, and inevery meeting, on over 20 occasions, he invited, without fail, civil society
representatives. And as a consumer country, Japan should focus on green
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I’m sorry I’m a bit lengthy but what I want to emphasize today is that
tomorrow and the day-after-tomorrow there will be a GLOBE meeting, but inthe two-day session, there may not be comments from civil society. And forthe two-day session that begins tomorrow, civil society put together amessage from Japanese NGOs for the environment ministers meeting at G8.
And we have distributed that message, a one-page message, to all of you.
There is both a Japanese version and an English version. The title is, “Civil
Society Declaration to the G8 Environment Ministers Regarding Biofuels.”That is one message. And on the backside of that, regarding deforestation.
And on the first page, about biofuels, now illegal logging has become not only
a forestry problem; it has become an energy problem. What we see as aparticular problem is oil palm plantations in Indonesia and other Southeast
Asian countries. There is competition with food crops and conversion of
farmland. And our position regarding the biofuels issue is summarized on thefirst page.
And on the backside of the page, about deforestation, since there have been
many comments about community forestry, the prevention of deforestation isabout to be included in the climate change policy, and we hope that
community forestry will not be left behind. Climate change experts may not
be aware of or may not be experts on forestry problems, and carbon trading,carbon emission trading schemes may be included. Then community forestry,people who live in the forests, may be left behind, and that is the reason forthis message. And we hope you will read the message at your leisure. Thankyou.
Chair: Thank you very much. We are almost running out of time. I think it
will be perhaps last. From WWF Japan, Mr. Hashimoto, please. Please be
concise. Mr. Hashimoto?
Mutai Hashimoto: I am from WWF Japan. I am Hashimoto. I would like tothank you very much for giving me this opportunity to address you.
First of all, what Mr. Gardiner said, not just limited to illegal; making it
sustainable is a real challenge and I could not agree with you more, andthat’s one of the things that we would like to share our common
understanding. And there are also comments on biodiversity. And thecommunity forest was also mentioned, the local people who are dependent on
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procurement show. Legality and sustainability, those are the two separate
categories, and of course sustainability is preferable, but legality, checking
the legality must be done, and the Japanese government has been looking at
those issues from those perspectives.
Now obviously we have to make sure that the lumber is legal. But weshouldn’t just stay at that stage as Dr. Yoshino said. And also, as aconsuming country we have to check legality, and then, as a second step,sustainability has to be checked.
As an NGO we would like to provide information and among other things it
will help the Japanese government to that direction. Thank you.
Summary
Chair: Thank you very much. Time flies. I’m sure there are more comments
and questions, but it is now time to close the meeting, and allow me to makean attempt at summarizing today’s discussion.
Thank you very much for your very active engagement in the discussion.
Although time was limited, we had many contributions. And I believe thatyour efforts made this meeting very productive.
Overall, illegal logging measures will lead to many benefits, including
benefits of equal system services and maintenance of biodiversity, and this isimportant for mankind. This is an issue that is highlighted by the G8 as well.
Secondly, producer countries and consuming countries must jointly work to
tackle illegal logging. The importance thereof was raised.
Thirdly, now on the part of producing countries, capacity-building, financing
and there are various other issues, they must be overcome. I believe there
were opinions roughly in these categories.
As for Japan’s approach, Mr. Yoshino gave a keynote presentation in which
there was mention of the proof of legality, and through a chain of custodysystem, confirmed legal wood is being supplied. And industry association orsome other third party certification, that is transparent certification, isconducted. And thirdly, there is a chain of verification which is done throughcertificates issued by each entity at every level. And this applies to domestic
lumber, timber, and imported timber in low-risk and high-risk countries
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And about this approach of Japan’s, I believe we have received muchendorsement. Goho-wood may not be applicable as it is in other countries, but
as a first step of sustainability, illegal logging countermeasures are
implemented and the concept and direction can be appreciated. Thank you for
those comments.
As for future challenges, to ensure reliability of legality verification. And
under the Green Purchasing Law, the government is procuring legal woods.
This must be expanded to private sector procurement. There has to beconsideration of incentives for the use of legal wood. And revocation ofaccreditation and strict measures, the need for stricter measures was also
pointed out.
From the private sector we heard from Sumitomo Forestry and Kokuyo
Furniture, and these are examples of very active engagement by private
sector participants.
And overall, we have received many comments. To share with you some of theexamples, some of the comments, once again, by way of summary, poverty
reduction in producing countries and financial, technical support needs indeveloping countries, and an assessment of the impact of illegal logging
countermeasures, and bilateral agreements. There are other agreement
efforts about forest preservation and illegal logging, domestic laws andinternational agreements. International standards must be built. A
certification system must also be established.
Regarding legal wood, goho-wood, international dissemination of informationis necessary. And verification of legality, traceability, these are important, on
the other hand, difficult to implement. To include illegal logging in the school
curriculum.
Number nine, timber is important for the environment. In environment
conservation, timber is important and trade rules must be reviewed in thislight.
And number ten is providing incentives for use of goho-wood and fair
distribution of incentives.
There were many more comments, but as the chair I have used myprerogative as a chair to summarize in this fashion. In order to tackle illegal
logging in the future, in each respective position, we would like to utilize
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It has been two years since illegal logging measures have been implemented
in Japan and we have made steady progress, but to improve the reliability oftimber products further, the government, industry and civil society must
work together in Japan so that we can make very good use of the very
precious contributions made today.
For more than three hours you have stayed with us. Thank you very much foryour very enthusiastic participation. Illegal logging we hope will gain
impetus thanks to this meeting. We must evaluate the function of forests
properly and this blessing of nature must be fairly distributed to all parties.
In what way can this be done? Global warming, biodiversity are other aspects
we must not forget and to include in our discussion. This is indeed a verylarge challenge and issue.
Thank you for your cooperation in today’s discussion and my apologies for mypoor moderatorship. I was not able to allocate sufficient time for yourcontributions due to my poor moderatorship. I would like to ask Mr. Morley
to give us final words.
Morley: Just very briefly, I’d like to thank you, Dr. Okuma, for yourmoderation and to thank you on behalf of all the GLOBE legislators for what
has been a very wide-ranging, a very detailed discussion, and I’m quite surethat’s a very valuable input to our own deliberations in our GLOBE meeting
which we will have over the next two days in terms of finalizing our paper onillegal logging which we will be presenting to the prime minister of Japan aschair of the G8. So thank you very much. It’s been a most interesting andinformative meeting. Thank you.
Chair: Thank you very much indeed. With lack of time, there are those of you
who perhaps who couldn’t make your statements heard. If you would like to
say anything, you might remember that we have distributed a questionnaire
sheet. Please write down your comments and when you leave this room turnit in to our staff members.
Now with this, I would like to conclude this roundtable meeting. Thank youvery much indeed. Thank you very much for you cooperation.

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当日配布資料

東海木材相互市場における合法木材の供給の取組
合法木材の流通促進の鍵を握る木材市場の事例
東海木材相互市場代表取締役社長
鈴木和雄＜日本の木材流通と木材市場の役割＞
１ わが国の森林所有や木材の生産・流通・加工は小規模・分散的である。これまで木材市場は原木や製材品を仕分けして分別管理し、需要に応じて安定的に供給する上で重要な役割を果たしている。
２ こうした木材市場の機能を活用して合法性の証明された木材の供給に役割を果たすことが重要である。 特 に原木市場は原木の零細な生産者と需要者を結びつける結節点の役割を果たしている。

＜（株）東海木材相互市場の取り組み＞
１ 木材の主産地として知られる、名古屋地区で、日本に於けるトップクラスの規模の原木と製材の市場を経営する我が社（株）東海木材
相互市場でも、加盟する全日本木材市場連盟認定を受けて合法木材の供給を行っている。
２ 我が社に木材を出荷する主要な出荷者も合法
木材供給事業者の認定受けており合法木材の証明書を付した合法木材の出荷を要請している。合法証
明書が添付された木材（合法木材）と合法証明書が添付されていない木材が混ざらないように配列する。
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３ 合法証明書が添付された木材の伝票、請求書には①「認定市場番号」を記載し、②合法木材であることを明記することにより「合法木材」であることを証明する。
４ この合法証明書は５年間保管する。

＜株式会社

東海木材相互市場の概要＞
代表取締役社長：鈴木和雄
設
立：昭和３０年７月
本社：名古屋市熱田区
市場：西 部 市 場、大口市
場
年 間 取 扱 量：２４万ｍ3＜全市連の合法木材事業者認定の仕組み ＞
各地の大規模の木材市場で組織する（社）全日本木材市場連盟（会長鈴木和雄）は、
合法木材の流通を促進するため、「違法伐採対策に関す
る自主的行動規範」を定め、「全市連合法木材事業者認定委員会」を設置した（2006
年 5 月）。

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Civil Society Declaration to the G8 Environment Ministers’ Meeting (2008)“Can Biofuels Prevent Climate Change?”
On 21 May 2008, FoE Japan, Global Environmental Forum, and the Biomass Industry Society Network held aninternational citizens’ forum in Tokyo prior to the G8 Environment Ministers’ Meeting to be held in Kobe a few days later.
The title of the forum was “Can Biofuels Prevent Climate Change?” .
Forum participants from Japan and overseas expressed the following concerns:
・ The current boom in biofuels could cause a dramatic increase in demand for crops that serve as feedstock for biofuels.
The result could be a rapid increase in demand for agricultural land, which in turn could cause over-exploitation ofland, ecosystem destruction, conflicts between biofuels and traditional land uses, and competition for water andagricultural land. Some of these impacts are already evident.
・ The boom in biofuels, combined with the impacts of speculative funds, are boosting food prices, with serious impacts
on vulnerable groups, including the poor in developing countries.
・ Not only might the use of certain biofuels be ineffective against climate change, the destruction of forests and peat
lands for biofuel can trigger the release of large amounts of greenhouse gases contained therein.
・ Simply switching to alternatives like biofuels will not provide fundamental solutions to climate change and otherglobal threats. Comprehensive urban transport policies and other demand-side approaches to reduce fuel consumption
are also necessary.
Based on the points stated above, we wish to convey the following messages to G8 Environmental Ministers.
・ We call for a moratorium on targets and incentives for the introduction of biofuels until the above-stated concerns areproperly addressed. .
・ We urge the Environmental Ministers to request leaders at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit to discuss a frameworkfor developing international standards for the environmentally- and socially-sustainable production and use of
biofuels.
・ The development of international standards should be conducted through transparent processes that involve the fairand proper participation of civil society in each country. Discussions should incorporate a wide range of perspectives,
including food security, land-use issues, energy efficiency, biodiversity, transportation policy, and cost-effectiveness.
・ Governments should devote resources immediately into research for the development of proper standards, and into
assessments of the societal and environmental impacts of biofuels. They should also review the excessive subsidies
now being used to promote biofuels despite many uncertainties regarding their impacts on food security and doubts
about their actual effectiveness in addressing global warming
21 May 2008, at the JICA Global Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Organizers

Friends of the Earth Japan

Biomass Industry Society Network

Global Environmental Forum

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Civil Society Declaration to the G8 Environment Ministers’ Meeting (2008):“Carbon Emissions and Climate Change Caused by Forest Loss”
On 22 May 2008, citizens gathered in Tokyo for an international forum prior to the G8 Environment Ministers’Meeting to be held in Kobe a few days later. The title of the forum was “Carbon Emissions and Climate Change
Caused by Forest Loss.”
Forum participants from Japan and overseas expressed the following concerns:
・ The world’s forests are in peril. About 1.3 million hectares of the remaining forests are disappearing every
year, and carbon emissions caused by forest loss are responsible for about 20% of global greenhouse gas
emissions, with serious consequences for the global climate system.
・ Major causes of the conversion of natural forests include industrial tree plantations for paper production,
plantations for commercial crops such as palm oil, rubber, soy bean, and coffee, and infrastructure such as
dam construction. These developments are driven by rising global demand.

Ultimate causes areresource-intensive economies in G8 countries for pulp and paper, agrofuels, and other commercial crops. In
recent years, demand for these resources has increased due to the growth of emerging economies and due topoorly-thought-out policies in G8 countries aiming to replace fossil fuels with biofuels.
・ Communities where these forest-related developments occur often experience serious social disruptions,
including land-use-related confrontations between developers and indigenous peoples and communities, theproliferation of illegal logging, difficulties in maintaining a certain level of food self-sufficiency, a widening
gap between the haves and have-nots, and divided communities.
・ In many cases, these problems are related to the inequitable allocation of forests and land uses in producer
countries that place an overemphasis on economic value and have unfair policies towards indigenous peoples.
At a deeper level, these issues are often rooted in inadequate governance structures and in corruption
affecting forest and land-use decisions. Any efforts to prevent the loss of forests, therefore, should take thesefactors into account in policies and in individual development projects.
・ Corruption and the lack of good governance have been exacerbated in part by official development assistancefrom G8 and other developed countries to corrupt governments, by private investments (often given withpublic backing), and by related structural adjustment policies.
・ Forest policies and tree-planting projects that only aim to increase forest cover may actually change what
may have previously been a stable relationship between local communities and forests, and may have theundesirable effect of destroying forests and disrupting local livelihoods. Forest policies and projects will not
be sustainable unless they are compatible with the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local communities.
・ There are concerns associated with international trading of carbon in an attempt to reduce forest loss. Amongthese are the risk of overemphasizing carbon storage while forgetting all the other valuable functions of1－77－

forests, the focus on corporate profits at the expense of local communities, and the creation of loopholes
allowing developed countries to avoid taking the necessary actions to reduce their energy consumption.
Based on the points stated above, we call upon G8 countries to take greater responsibility to address the loss offorests, and urge them to take the following urgent actions:・ Recognize that the lack of good governance, violations of local peoples’ rights, and the huge demand for andtrade of forest and agricultural products are all factors contributing to the serious loss of forests.
・ Take the lead in reducing the over-consumption of forest products and commercial crops in G8 and otherdeveloped countries, and put a moratorium on policies that promote biofuels as these policies are further
boosting demand for resources.
・ Establish and apply standards to ensure environmental and social sustainability, in the context of investments
and international trade that affect the production of forest products and commercial crops.
・ When considering an international agreement that addresses forest loss in the context of climate change, it isessential to take into account not only the carbon-related functions but all of the multiple functions of forests.
Therefore, such an agreement should not be based only on a carbon market, and should not facilitate thetrading of emissions from forest loss in developing countries for emissions from developed countries.
・ Processes to formulate the above-mentioned standards and forest-climate agreement should not be driven
solely by developed countries and donors, but should be transparent and include the fair and adequate
participation of civil society, including the local communities and indigenous peoples who are important
forest stakeholders in producer countries.
22 May 2008, at the JICA Global Plaza, Tokyo, Japan

Organizers

Friends of the Earth Japan

Biomass Industry Society Network

Global Environmental Forum

Other participating organizations individuals

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Roundtable Meeting on the Goho-wood for the G8 Summit
MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
June, 2008
Mame

Title

Akihiko Araya

Forest Economy Research Institute, Executive Director

Motoaki Okuma

University of Tokyo, Professor Emeritus

Yasuhiro Ohashi

Japan Lumber Importers’Association, Executive Director

Tokiharu Okazaki

Friends of the Earth Japan, Vice Executive Director

Haruo Ozono
Hiroaki Kakizawa

Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations, Vice
Chairman
Hokkaido University, Professor
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hokkaido

Satoshi Tachibana

Research Center, Head of Northern Forest Management
Group

Takeshi Toma
Shin Nagata

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Head ofPartnership Promotion Office
University of Tokyo, Professor

Professional Member
Name
Yasuto Hori

Title
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Head of
Forestry Socio-Economics Laboratory

Forestry Agency
Name
Kazuyuki Morita

Title
Intelligence Analysis for International Forest Resources,
Counselor

Toshiyuki Akagi

Wood Products Trade Office, Director

Tomoharu Inoue

Wood Utilization Division, Assistant Director

Secretariat: Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations (JFWIA)
Takashi Fujiwara, Takuoki Hisada, Takashi Uesugi, Masahiko Kato

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