New Zealand policy to address illegal logging and associated trade
Illegal logging resources
Media releases
- Government Press Release: Illegally logged timber to get the chop 31 October 2008
The New Zealand Government is taking a stand against illegal logging by introducing a new requirement for retailers to clearly display whether they have information about the legality of their kwila/merbau timber and timber products. - Government Press Release: Government to take action on illegal logging 27 May 2008
The Labour-Progressive Government is to adopt a comprehensive package of measures to address the issue of illegally-logged wood products, Forestry Minister Jim Anderton announced today. - Anderton outlines steps to combat illegal logging, Sunday 10 December, 2006
Minister of Forestry, Jim Anderton today announced the Labour-Progressive government's policy on illegal logging and associated trade. He said that illegal logging was a complex problem that was not going to be ended overnight but that the New Zealand government had set clear and reasonable goals and was now working to implement them… - MAF applauds sentences for illegal logging, Wednesday 21 December 2005
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) applauds the sentencing handed down today in the Christchurch District Court to two men and a sawmilling company for milling indigenous (rimu) timber without a consent. investigation initiated on Friday 4 June... - MAF seizes rimu logs near Patea, Thursday 24 August 2006
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has seized approximately 100 cubic metres of rimu logs from a sawmill site near Patea in South Taranaki. MAF officers believe that the logs, which had been harvested from a property in the Waitotara valley near Wanganui, were being milled illegally… - MAF pleased with outcome of over-logging court case, 19 September 2005
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is delighted with the recent sentencing handed down in the Tauranga District Court to a man convicted of logging almost 100 cubic metres more rimu than permitted…
Publications and research
- Research into Wood Legality Verification Schemes [PDF 417KB] (May 2008)
- Research into Labelling of Legal Timber Products and Policy Options to Improve the Legality of Timber Products in New Zealand [PDF 671KB] (27 May 2008)
- Implications for the New Zealand Wood Products Sector of Trade Distortions due to Illegal Logging
- The Proposed New Zealand Approach Towards Addressing Illegal Logging and Associated Trade Activities (MAF Discussion Paper No: 2006/01, February 2006)
Cabinet papers
- Cabinet Paper: Illegal Logging and Associated Trade: International and Domestic Action [PDF 101KB] (27 May 2008)
- Cabinet Paper Illegal Logging and Associated Trade: Evaluation of Regulatory Action (August 2007)
- New Zealand Policy to Address Illegal Logging and Associated Trade
- Cabinet Paper November 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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