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The ATIBT (International Tropical Timber Technical Association) is building a one-stop website giving performance and other use and specification data for tropical timber species. The organisation, which has won support for the initiative as STTC Project, says the goal is to make it easier for the trade to sell tropical hardwood, and for end users […]
The Independent Market Monitoring programme (IMM) has been relaunched and expanded to track market impacts of EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreements (FLEGT VPAs) with supplier countries. The IMM is supervised by the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) and funded by the EU. Its role is to support implementation of VPAs, […]
PEFC International has announced a joint initiative with the Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC) to work on sustainable forest management in the country. “The project will run for three years and is committed to supporting the ongoing reform process in Myanmar’s forest sector with a clear focus on strengthening the national forest certification system,” said […]
NOTA DE PRENSA FSC España, la ONG que vela por la gestión forestal sostenible del planeta, acaba de lanzar una encuesta que persigue promover el uso de la madera en la construcción. Lo hace a través de su proyecto HAVE A WOOD DAY. Una iniciativa pionera en España que pretende dar valor a la madera […]
Background and Terms of Reference IDH convenes companies, CSOs, governments and others in public-private partnerships. Together we drive the joint design, co-funding and prototyping of new economically viable approaches to realize green & inclusive growth at scale in commodity sectors and sourcing Our approaches are designed to drive sustainability from niche to norm in mainstream […]
STTC participant Peter Latham has been elected chairman of PEFC International at its 21st General Assembly in Bali, Indonesia. Mr Latham, chairman of UK importer and distributor James Latham PLC, thanked his supporters in the election and said he was looking forward to his new role, but added that, for all its progress and growth, […]
Three leading EU importers see the imminent arrival of the first legally-assured-at-source FLEGT-licensed timber and wood products as a significant step forward for the European trade and its suppliers. However STTC participant James Latham of the UK, Fepco of Belgium and STTC participant Dekker Hout of the Netherlands, all among first receivers of FLEGT-licensed products, […]
The UK sales and distribution division of Dutch STTC member Wijma hopes to deliver the first greenheart to its customers from the newly FSC-certified Iwokrama forest in Guyana early in 2017. The 3,710 km2 forest, which is in the forest-rich Guiana Shield region and managed by the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, […]
