Discription of the products

Name of utilizing system
Related Area
General overview ofverification

Scheme to check for legality at
the time of logging

Scheme to check forsustainability

Scheme of separative custody
management

Region/Country
British Columbia, Canada
Name of the products
BC Coast Softwood Lumber
Name of Exporter
Western Forest Products Inc.
510-700 West Georgia Street, TD Tower, Vancouver, Canada
Outline of Exportation (Volume of importation/ End use etc)
Western Forest (WFP) manages mostly public forest and small amount of private forest
in BC coast, harvests logs and manufacturing logs to lumber and market logs and lumber.
Annual Allowable Cut volume on public land is about 7 million m3. Annual lumber
production capacity is about 3.5 million m3. Annual sales is about 600 Canadian dollars.7
sawmills and 3 processing plants. Annually about 500,000m3 of Canada Tsuga, Douglas
Fir, Yellow Cedar and Sitka Spruce KD and Green lumber export to Japan.
Forest Certification: CoC, CSA (PEFC Appendix 4)
British Columbia, Canada
Party responsible for issuing verification
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) which
are internationally recognized under the Program for Endorsement of Forest
Certification (PEFC). Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Outline of issuing process
See Attached certificate
The system shall verify both legality and sustainability.
Definition of legality
In Canada illegal logging is defined as: (A) Theft of timber or logs, (B) deliberate
harvesting without express or implied authority to do so, or in unauthorized areas orwhere authority has been revoked for deficient harvesting practices, or after government
approvals are obtained by corrupt practices; (C) Where there is a deliberate failure topay stumpage and/or royalties to forest owners
Relevant laws
Many laws exist at the national, provincial, regional and municipal levels
At the Provincial level for public lands: for example, B.C. Forest Practices Code, Park
Act, Wildlife Act, Land Act
Details of presumed illegal activities
In British Columbia, the Ministry of Forests and Range conducts 15,000 forest site auditsannually across the province. Between 2003 and 2009 Ministry audits have revealed acompliance ratio of 99.9994% as a percentage of annual allowable cut (AAC).
Procedures for retaining and verifying the evidence
Retain verification documentation in compliance with PEFC / FSC certification schemes
as well as related national and provincial laws.
Scheme implemented by the third party and so on to ensure reliability
Retain verification documentation in compliance with PEFC / FSC certification schemes
as well as related national and provincial laws.
Definition of sustainability
Sustainable forest management integrates economic, social and environmental aspectsof management into an appropriate balance that meets the needs of todayʼs society
without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Procedures for retaining and verifying the evidence
Retain verification documentation in compliance with PEFC / FSC certification schemes
as well as related national and provincial laws.
Scheme implemented by the third party and so on to ensure reliability
Retain verification documentation in compliance with PEFC / FSC certification schemes
as well as related national and provincial laws.
Real picture of the dealings, from logging to export
Procedure for ensuring separative custody management
Scheme implemented by the third party and so on to ensure reliability

Future Task and Perspectives

Criticisms against the system and recognition of problems
Remediation procedure

ReferenceAuthor

Future perspectives
Promotion of correct understanding by customer for forest certification and CoC.
www.westernforest.com
www.MBKK.jp
Shuichi Shigyo, MacMillan Bloedel K.K.(Subsidiary of WFP) Vice President
sshigyo@westernforest.com