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The Philippines Wood Producers Association (PWPA) is the national association of corporations, partnerships and individuals involved in forest management, logging, forest plantation development, manufacture of lumber, veneer and plywood, pulp and paper and other wood products as well as in trading, shipping and sales of these products.

Objectives

• To achieve unity of participants in the wood industry the government and business sectors can effectively interact with.
  
  
• To promote the sustainable management of natural and plantation forests that will increase their capacity to supply the wood requirement of, and enhance their capability to provide ecological balance for, the country.
  
  
• To advance the efficient utilization of timber into quality lumber, plywood, pulp and paper, and other wood products that are competitive in the market.
  
  
• To service and protect the market of the wood industry against unfair trade practices.
  
  
• To attain public appreciation for the role of wood industry in the social, economic, and environmental development of the country.
  

Historical Milestones of PWPA

PWPA traces its roots from early wood-industry associations that had been formed and/or merged through the years.

1934 -	The Philippines Hardwood Manufacturers Association (PHMA) was organized to promote Philippine timber under the nomenclature of Philippine Mahogany in the world market.
1939 -	The Philippine Lumber Producers Association (PLPA) was organized to address issues affecting the domestic lumber industry.
1949 -	The PHMA and PLPA were merged, with the latter as survivor association, to work with its American counterpart in establishing the market for Philippine Mahogany logs and lumber in the U.S.
1952 -	The Plywood Manufacturers' Association of the Philippines (PMAP) was organized to put order in the domestic plywood industry and the marketing of plywood in foreign market.
1960 -	The Philippines Chamber of Wood Industries (PCWI) was organized in order to group together log producers and primary wood processors.
1972 -	PLPA and PMAP were merged and took the name Philippine Lumber and Plywood Manufacturers' Association (PLPMA)
1979 -	The Philippines Wood Producers Association was organized, through the suggestion of the government, by merging PLPMA and PCWI to attain national unity among members in the wood industry.

The vision-mission of PWPA is geared toward both managing the forest and developing the wood-based industry on productively sustainable basis in order to have them serve their ecological, social and economic ends.

Mission

To act best its part, in tandem with the government and other stockholders in:

• creating a sustainable sources of quality wood from natural and plantation forests;
  improving the global competitiveness of its wood products;
  
  
• making accessible to consumers wood products at affordable prices;
  
  
• improving the welfare of affected communities and contributing to the national economy while maintaining a wholesome environment; and
  
  
• getting a just return on investments.
  

 

Vision

The wood industry always in the service of the country by providing it with its wood supply requirement from sustainable managed forests.