New Zealand policy to address illegal logging and associated trade
Supplier guidelines
Suppliers of timber and wood products in New Zealand can play a critical part in helping to address illegal logging. This is because they can make a commitment to supply only those timber and wood products that are from legally harvested forests. This helps to reduce the demand for illegal products and increase supply for legal and sustainable products.
Many New Zealand suppliers are already playing their part in ensuring that they are supplying legally produced and sustainable products to consumers.
One of the actions of the New Zealand policy is to work with stakeholders, including forest owners, timber trade and building associations, architects, and NGOs to develop information for consumers, importers and retailers on sustainable and legal wood products. As part of this action we will be working with stakeholders to bring you more information on how suppliers can help combat the problem.
Aspects of the following documents might be useful when thinking about developing procurement policies:
- A review of the current policies and practices employed by timber and timber product importers to determine the legality of supply. Prepared for the Australian Timber Importers Federation (ATIF) by The Timber Development Association New South Wales: June 2006.
- Keep it legal – best practices for keeping illegally harvested timber out of your supply chain. A publication for WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network by Frank Miller, Rodney Taylor and George White: July 2006.
Contact for Enquiries
Senior Policy Analyst
International Policy
MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: +64 4 894 0650
Fax: +64 4 894 0742
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