ANS Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing Legal Timber
ANS Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing Legal Timber
ANS Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing Legal Timber
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<strong>ANS</strong> LTDD 1.0 - 2013<br />
The position of the known source <strong>for</strong>est on a map<br />
The harvest<strong>in</strong>g/logg<strong>in</strong>g permit and authorization of <strong>for</strong>est<br />
owner or concession licensee<br />
4.4.5.2 <strong>Legal</strong> Compliance of Harvest - The Coord<strong>in</strong>ator shall collect/<br />
conduct the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
Approved management plan or equivalent consult<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>for</strong>ester best management plan<br />
Specification of applicable harvest<strong>in</strong>g restrictions<br />
Evidence (map/records) show<strong>in</strong>g harvest<strong>in</strong>g from the<br />
designated harvest area (audit by paper or on-the-ground<br />
as necessary based on risk per Section 4.5.2)<br />
Records show<strong>in</strong>g yield figures, volumes and species <strong>for</strong><br />
evidence of harvest<strong>in</strong>g rate compliance such as Bills-of-<br />
Lad<strong>in</strong>g (audit by paper or on-the-ground as necessary<br />
based on risk per Section 4.5.2)<br />
Professional harvest certificate<br />
Sales and purchase contracts<br />
Evidence of fee payment <strong>for</strong> harvest<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Evidence of compliance with harvest<strong>in</strong>g permit/contract<br />
Current list of species harvested (to compare with CITES<br />
list)<br />
Bill of Lad<strong>in</strong>g or trip tickets to show compliance with timber<br />
transport regulations<br />
Records and photos to show compliance <strong>in</strong> harvest<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with, <strong>for</strong> example:<br />
o water protection zones<br />
o skid trails<br />
o stream cross<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
• Conduct audits (see Section 4.5.2)<br />
Any evidence of a dispute over the right to harvest shall be<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestigated and purchases put on hold until the dispute is<br />
satisfactorily resolved. Determ<strong>in</strong>ations shall be documented <strong>in</strong><br />
every case.<br />
The Coord<strong>in</strong>ator shall be competent to identify evidence of fraud<br />
and other falsehoods <strong>in</strong> the documents (see examples <strong>in</strong><br />
Appendix A8)<br />
4.5 Establishment of Control Procedures - Establishment of control procedures<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g document retention and renewal, audits, and improvement programs<br />
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