Log from public land (Sor Por Gor) to sawmill with plantation registration.

Thailand has been a systematic control of the timber supply chain since 1941. The legality of timber for trade in Thailand is considering a legality base on a land type, which not from a forest due to no forest’ concession since 1989. This column is mentioning to the Sor Por Gor land type; public land that allows people to use. To comply with the legality on harvesting by using plantation registration under the Plantation Act 1992, the timber owner needs to process as follow to affirm the legalities.

1. Source and species – affirm with Sor Por 13; the harvesting certified letter from the authority after received a request (Sor Por 12).
2. Transportation – affirm with Sor Por 15, and timber record by timber owner for transportation. The origin of document is with timber, and a photocopy submits to authority for their reference.
3. Coherence and management – A sawmill requires to check an information consistency of the documents before record to a timber’ logbook for further managing of their source and product.