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Tentative Program of International Seminar on Goho-Wood 2012  ver.1022
Initiatives by Industry Associations in Japan to Combat Illegal Logging and
to Promote Legality Verification of Wood and Wood Products

○Opening Session

Remarks from Forestry Agency, etc.

○Part I  Reports from Participants

Efforts to tackle Illegal logging and associated trade in Japan (Goho-Wood):
Timber legality verification system by Japanese Industry Associations’’

Moderator: Dr Akihiko Araya (Chairman of Forest Economic Research Institute)

TimeAgendaPerson
10.20Keynote Speech (1)
Efforts to tackle Illegal logging and associated trade in Japan (Goho-Wood) , Outline and Global Contribution
Mr. Osamu Hahiramato (Director, International Trade Office, Forestry Agency)
10.40Keynote Speech (2)
Lessons from legality verification by timber associations for the Japanese domestic market and its potential to become an international standard
Dr. Takashi Fujiwara (Managing Director, Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations)
10.55Reports from Industry AssociationsMr. Mitsuru Takafuji (Managing Director, Hokkaido Federation of Wood Industry Associations )
11.10Mr. Susumu Kawakita (Executive Director, Japan Plywood Manufacturers Association)
11.25Mr. Yasuhiro Ohashi(Executive Director, Japan Lumber Importers Association)
11.40Reports from UsersMr. Hideaki Kurihara (Karimoku Furniture Inc.)
Mr. Koichi Sato, Secretary General, Ibaraki Morikaraie-Housing-Net
12.10Closing CommentsDr. Akihiko Araya
12.15Closing 

○Part II: Panel Discussion(1315-1600:TBA)

The significance and challenges of the Japanese timber legality verification system from an international perspective

Moderator: Dr Takeshi Toma (Head, Partnership Promotion Office, Bureau of International Partnership, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)))

TimeAgendaPerson
13.15Opening RemarksDr Takeshi Toma
13.25Panel Discussion(Ⅰ)
Brief presentations by foreign guest commentators
Related persons from Exporting Countries
Ms. Luo Xinjian, Associate research fellow, Research Institute of Policy and Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Dr. Agus Sarsito, Director for Forestry Development Control, Regional I, Ministry of Forestry、Indonesia
Ms. Annie Ting, Sinor Manager, Sarawak Timber Association
Mr. Andre de Boer, Secretary General , the European Timber Trade Federation
Mr. Jameson French, Chairman, US Hardwood Federation
14.30Break
14.45Panel Discussion(Ⅱ)
Possibility of Activities of Industry Associations for illegal logging issue
15.45General DiscussionOpen to the floor
Closing RemarksDr Takeshi Toma
16.00Closing