New Zealand will:

1. participate actively in international multilateral environmental and trade fora to work towards finding practical solutions to illegal logging and associated trade. Such fora may include:

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
• Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
• International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• Forest Law Enforcement and Governance processes (FLEGs).

New Zealand could achieve this by:

1. advocating at international level for:

• enhanced information sharing
• ways for countries to work together to agree on methods to identify and stop illegal wood trade
• streamlined international approaches to make the best use of many countries� limited resources to service international fora
• greater action at UNFF level to address illegal logging
• harmonisation between regional approaches;

2. providing links to other government illegal logging initiatives on the MAF illegal logging webpage and invite key international policy makers and researchers for commentary on illegal logging issues.

What are some ways countries can work together to identify legally harvested or traded wood products?
What about a multilateral agreement on illegal logging?
Why do we want greater streamlining of processes, aren�t more better?

New Zealand will:

1. be active in and encourage coordinated regional-based approaches that offer practical-based activities to address illegal logging;
2. encourage Pacific involvement in regional fora that seek to address illegal logging;
3. encourage greater sharing of information between countries in the Asian and Pacific region;
4. explore opportunities for regional enforcement of legal trade in wood products;
5. ensure that relationships with existing regional organisations are strengthened, avoid duplication of work already carried out and use existing communication systems where helpful.

New Zealand could achieve this by:

1. advocating at regional fora for:

• enhanced information sharing
• discussion towards regional enforcement provisions or arrangements to ensure legal trade in wood products in the region
• streamlined regional approaches to make the best use of many countries� limited resources to service regional fora;

2. listing all SFM fora operating in Pacific and Asia and assessing the degree to which each forum addresses illegal logging;
3. exploring ways of supporting regional organisations with SFM mandates to better assist PICs and SE Asian developing countries with management of forest resources;
4. working with FAO and ITTO to support practical-based outcomes/projects to address illegal logging.

How can we work to achieve greater sharing of information in the region?
What is FLEG?

New Zealand will:

1. ensure that NZAID policy dialogue with partner governments and agencies canvasses SFM and associated rural livelihoods issues, and that any initiatives proposed by partners to NZAID or other New Zealand agencies are considered for their potential to both meet local development needs and reduce illegal logging;
2. seek ways to work with Australian and Pacific Island counterparts;
3. consider bilateral arrangements with interested countries in the Pacific and Asia;
4. explore opportunities for partnerships on monitoring and trade through free trade agreements.

New Zealand could achieve this by:

1. listing and providing outlines of relevant project contributions through ITTO or FAO funded projects, and illustrate positive outcomes to encourage and enhance future work;
2. discussing possible areas of commonality with Australia and working together on joint efforts to address illegal logging;
3. favourably considering requests by PICs and other development partners for SFM assistance where these requests fall within agreed programme strategies and demonstrate sound development planning;
4. considering potential bilateral arrangements with interested countries;
5. exploring options to work with NZ biosecurity monitoring controls to identify legal imported timber;
6. exploring ways of improving New Zealand capacity to assist in developing SFM and addressing illegal logging with developing country partners.

What projects have we funded through ITTO?
What types of bilateral arrangements exist to help combat illegal logging and associated trade?
What can we do within future free trade agreement negotiations to address concerns about illegal logging and associated trade?

New Zealand will:

1. ensure effective implementation of a New Zealand Government Timber Procurement Policy;
2. foster increased knowledge and understanding about illegal logging and associated trade issues and its impacts on New Zealand across government departments and agencies.

New Zealand could achieve this by:

1. actively promoting the New Zealand Timber Procurement Policy and ensuring awareness across departments and other public sector agencies of its objectives and requirements;
2. inviting expert speakers and interested stakeholders to talk on SFM and illegal logging issues to inform and educate government officials on different perspectives surrounding illegal logging issues;
3. providing information updates on progress on illegal logging and relevant information through the MAF website

Can New Zealand really make a difference?
What is the New Zealand Government Timber Procurement Policy?

New Zealand will:

1. encourage private sector efforts to address illegal logging and related trade;
2. increase the understanding amongst New Zealanders of the effects of illegal logging on New Zealand�s economic, environmental and social future;
3. increase the extent to which consumers are selecting legally logged wood products.

New Zealand could achieve this by:

1. working with the private sector to develop information for consumers and importers and retailers on sustainable and legal wood products;
2. publicising the government policy on illegal logging by:

• developing a comprehensive website on illegal logging and associated trade issues
• distributing hard copies of illegal logging policy to New Zealand libraries;

3. undertaking research into the effects of illegal logging on:

• New Zealand trade in wood products to China
• the effects of illegal logging on the New Zealand wood product producers;

4. working with schools to provide useful educational material on illegal logging and raise awareness of the problem.

Does illegal logging and associated trade occur in New Zealand?
What can consumers do to help combat illegal logging and associated trade?