“ABOVE BOARD”TRADING LEGAL TIMBER

DVD PROJECT

Aim of the DVDcommunication project

• To present the business case to timber company managers to increase trade in legal timber and curb illegal trade.

• To influence business2business practice particularly in the far East and USA.

Aim of the DVDcommunication project

• To illustrate the changing market trend toward legal timber procurement as a result of environmental NGO pressure, Consumer country government legislation changes, and consumer demand.

• To visualise the legal trading message.

FORMAT

• Not a documentary but rather a pithy 14 minute series of messages for meetings & communications between timber industry companies.

PRODUCTION

• UK Production translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Japanese

• A special version for Far East Russia for producers exporting to China

• Specially targeted in-country production for China

DISTRIBUTION

Available free (in coming months) for users particularly:

• Timber companies and industry supply chains • Timber trade federations • Environmental and Educational Institutions• NGOs

Contact cidt@wlv.ac.uk for copies.

POSSIBLE FUTURE OPTIONS

• Television adverts (<1 minute) for legal timber

• Television documentary (60 minutes) to examine in more depth the issues around illegal logging