ANS Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing Legal Timber

ANS LTDD 1.0 - 2013
The position of the known source forest on a map
The harvesting/logging permit and authorization of forest
owner or concession licensee
4.4.5.2 Legal Compliance of Harvest - The Coordinator shall collect/
conduct the following:
Approved management plan or equivalent consulting
forester best management plan
Specification of applicable harvesting restrictions
Evidence (map/records) showing harvesting from the
designated harvest area (audit by paper or on-the-ground
as necessary based on risk per Section 4.5.2)
Records showing yield figures, volumes and species for
evidence of harvesting rate compliance such as Bills-of-
Lading (audit by paper or on-the-ground as necessary
based on risk per Section 4.5.2)
Professional harvest certificate
Sales and purchase contracts
Evidence of fee payment for harvesting
Evidence of compliance with harvesting permit/contract
Current list of species harvested (to compare with CITES
list)
Bill of Lading or trip tickets to show compliance with timber
transport regulations
Records and photos to show compliance in harvesting
with, for example:
o water protection zones
o skid trails
o stream crossings
• Conduct audits (see Section 4.5.2)
Any evidence of a dispute over the right to harvest shall be
investigated and purchases put on hold until the dispute is
satisfactorily resolved. Determinations shall be documented in
every case.
The Coordinator shall be competent to identify evidence of fraud
and other falsehoods in the documents (see examples in
Appendix A8)
4.5 Establishment of Control Procedures - Establishment of control procedures
including document retention and renewal, audits, and improvement programs
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