PWPA Holds Forum to Mark 60th Year
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) held a forestry forum last August 24, 2011, at Makati Shangri-la Hotel with the theme An Outlook: The Future of Philippine Forestry to mark its 60th founding anniversary. The forum discussed the current sta

PWPA Pledges 5 Million Trees for NGP
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA), through Chairman Fernando Lu, and the Department of Natural Resources (DENR), through Assistant Secretary Marlo Mendoza representing Secretary Ramon Paje, jointly signed last August 24, 2011, at Makati Sha

Confronting Our Industry’s Biggest Challenges
I believe the wood industry faces its most monumental challenge to date. Not that our association has not done anything to try to take us out of this seeming Ondoy or Pedring scale of a situation. But we are faced with a tsunami. The odds - these monstr

“Ply-by-Night” Plywood
With the issuance of Executive Order No. 23 or the moratorium on harvesting trees in natural or residual forests, the price of wood products in the local market have increased by 25-30% due to lack of supply, while prices of wood products in the world mar

Forum Papers Excerpts
Of all the problems that have beset our industry, the promulgation of the EO 23 is the most serious and most alarming as it might even spell the demise of the legitimate operators in the industry…

2011-2012 PWPA Members of the Board of Directors
2011-2012 PWPA Members of the Board of Directors

Forum Generates Media Mileage
Reporters from TV5, Channel 13, The Philippine Star, Manila Times, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Business World, Malaya Business, Manila Standard, People’s Journal, and Philippine Daily Inquirer covered PWPA’s 60th year anniversary celebration and for

PWPA Calls On Sen. Koko Pimentel
Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. welcomed the Philippine Wood Producers Association’s briefing about the Association, the wood industry in general, and Executive Order No. 23. This was during PWPA’s courtesy call last September 5, 2011, at his Senate Office

Long Trek to Review and Evaluation
Eight months after the issuance of the Executive Order No. 23 on February 1, 2011, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has not yet officially undertaken the review and evaluation (R/E) of forest tenurial instruments, including IFMAs

PWPA Appeals to RDCs
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) appealed to the Regional Development Councils (RDCs) to request DENR to immediately review/evaluate (R/E) the IFMAs of PWPA company-members so that the logging moratorium in natural or residual forests may

PWPA Meets BOC Commissioner Biazon
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) led by President Antonio Olizon met with new Bureau of Customs (BOC) head, Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon, last October 17, 2011, at his Office in Manila for a courtesy call and briefing on the impact o

Operations in Residual Forests Temporarily Banned-President Aquino III Issues Executive Order No. 23
Last February 3, 2011, President Benigno Aquino III announced the approval and signing of Executive Order No. 23, otherwise known as Declaring a Moratorium on the Cutting and Harvesting of Timber in the Natural and Residual Forests and Creating the Anti-I

Sustainable Forest Management is the Answer-PWPA Holds Press Conference
Amidst reports that President Benigno Aquino III will soon announce a total log ban, the Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) invited the press to a conference last January 20, 2011, at Mario’s Restaurant, Tomas Morato, Quezon City.

PWPA Meets Executive Secretary Ochoa
Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) Chairman Fernando Lu and President Antonio Olizon, together with other board members, met with Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa at his office in Malacanang last January 31, 2011. The visit was to request ES Oc

PWPA Calls on DENR Secretary Paje
In keeping with its tradition of paying a courtesy call to the new secretaries of DENR, the Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) visited newly designated Department of Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje last January 24, 2011, at his offic

PWPA Talks to Industry Allies Re: EO 23
After the release of EO 23, PWPA engaged in a round of presentations to industry friends and allies as well as to relevant government units in order to disseminate and explain its position on the Total Logging Ban/ Moratorium.

PWPA Briefs Media
Since January, PWPA has already conducted one major press conference, five press briefings, has been featured in several TV interviews, and has participated in talk shows for both broadcast and internet TV. It has also provided information materials to c

PWPA Part of Technical Working Group on SFM
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) participated in several technical working group (TWG) meetings on the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Bill being discussed by the current House of Congress.

Highlights of Executive Order No. 23-Declaring a Moratorium on the Cutting and Harvesting of Timber in the Natural and Residual Forests and Creating the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force
Section 2. Moratorium on the Cutting and Harvesting of Timber in the Natural Forests

PWPA’s Official Statement on Executive Order No. 23 - Logging Moratorium in Natural & Residual Forests
We, the members of the Philippine Wood Producers Association, on behalf of the wood and allied industries, issue this official statement in response to the recently signed Executive Order No. 23 – Nationwide Logging Moratorium.

PWPA Pays Tribute to Late Chairman Emeritus AG Bernas
Last January 15, 2011, PWPA officers and board of directors trooped to Brgy. Bambang, Taguig City to plant trees as a tribute to the late Atty. Antonio Guevara Bernas, PWPA Chairman Emeritus. It would have been his 77th birthday the following day.

China Plywood Flood Local Market
The surge of alleged illegal imported plywood from China was among the recent market developments that the Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) called the attention of the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI).

PWPA Bats to Re-open 27 NCR Sawmills
PWPA met with DENR-NCR last April 8, 2011, together with other wood group representatives to discuss the possible reopening of 27 sawmills in the National Capital Region so the mills may operate until their respective permits expire.

PWPA Participates in NLBI Workshop
The Philippine Wood Producers Association joined in the two-day workshop on the Non-Legally Binding Instrument (NLBI) last May 11-12, 2011, at Cloud 9 Resort, Antipolo City.

PWPA Requests Extension of Deadline to Transport and Process
The Philippine Wood Producers Association wrote DENR Secretary Ramon Paje in his capacity as chairman of the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) to request an extension in the deadline to transport and process the logs cut from the natural/residual

PWPA Supports Earth Day 2011
PWPA once again joined in marking Earth Day last April 24, 2011, at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City. This year’s theme was “Earth Day, Every Day”, a reminder that everyone can do something daily to help preserve, conserve and save our planet Earth

PWPA Joins EU FLEGT Action Plan Seminar
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) joined the European Union (EU) Forest Land Enforcement, Government and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plane Seminar last May 11, 2011, at the Legend Villas Hotel, Mandaluyong City.

USAID Meets with PWPA
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Philippines, represented by Development Assistance Specialist Oliver Agoncillo together with a mission team from the United States Government (USG) Forest and Agriculture Services led by Climate Change

Questions to Ponder
QTP 1: Is there a legitimate logging company - or PWPA member-operating or harvesting from the forests in Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Southern Tagalog, Cebu, Bohol, and Leyte where the President saw massive floods?

PWPA STATEMENT ON LOGGING AND FLOODS IN CAGAYAN DE ORO AND ILIGAN CITIES
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) sympathizes with the people who have been severely and tragically affected by floods brought in by tropical storm Sendong in Northern Mindanao, particularly in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City.