Goho(=Legal) Wood NAVI

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)

Time	Agenda	Person
10.20	Keynote 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)
10.40	Keynote 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)
10.55	Reports from Industry Associations	Mr. Mitsuru Takafuji (Managing Director, Hokkaido Federation of Wood Industry Associations )
11.10		Mr. Susumu Kawakita （Executive Director, Japan Plywood Manufacturers Association）
11.25		Mr. Yasuhiro Ohashi（Executive Director, Japan Lumber Importers Association）
11.40	Reports from Users	Mr. Hideaki Kurihara (Karimoku Furniture Inc.) Mr. Koichi Sato, Secretary General, Ibaraki Morikaraie-Housing-Net
12.10	Closing Comments	Dr. Akihiko Araya
12.15	Closing

○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)))

Time	Agenda	Person
13.15	Opening Remarks	Dr Takeshi Toma
13.25	Panel 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
14.30	Break
14.45	Panel Discussion（Ⅱ） Possibility of Activities of Industry Associations for illegal logging issue
15.45	General Discussion	Open to the floor
	Closing Remarks	Dr Takeshi Toma
16.00	Closing