Since its 2013 launch, the STTC and its participants have undertaken numerous projects and activities to support its cause and communicate key messages. These range from LCA-studies and trade fair participation, through distribution of promotional literature, workshops for architects and trials and promotion of lesser-known tropical timber species.
So far the following projects received support from STTC:
| STTC Partner | What | More information |
| ATIBT | Development of MyTropicalTimber.org | >>>>> |
| FSC International | The contribution of Sustainable/ Certified Tropical Timber to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s): A marketing toolkit and campaign for the STTC by FSC. | >>>>> |
| Le Commerce du Bois | Promotion of tropical certified timber to French specifiers | >>>>> |
| FSC Spain | Have a wood Day: developing a Technical Manual and an Educational Guide for Building with Timber. Translating www.lesserknowntimberspecies.com to Spanish. | >>>>> |
| PEFC International | Increasing certified forest product trade flows from Asia to Europe | >>>>> |
| ICLEI | Promotion of sustainable tropical timber at the EcoProcura conference | |
| ETTF, Probos & Tropenbos | Market introduction of Surinamese lesser known timber species in Europe | >>>>> |
| ETTF, Probos & ESS | Trade mission to Suriname | >>>>> |
| ETTF | Creation of web-based interactive profile of the wood based industry, trade and forestry sectors to support tropical timber market diversification | >>>>> |
| VVNH & FSC NL | LCA of selected tropical timber species for pile planking | >>>>> |
| VVNH & Nederlandse Bond Timmerfabrikanten | LCA of selected tropical timber species for wooden window frames | |
| Spanish Timber Trade Federation | Promotion of responsible tropical timber at Sustainable Construction Fair | |
| ATIBT & LCB | Promotion of responsible tropical timber at Carrefour International du Bois | |
| ATIBT | Forum – event in Amsterdam for various stakeholders on responsible and legal tropical timber | |
| Probos | Lesser known timber species in the wooddatabase – updating technical data on various LKTS in the database. | >>>>> |
| LCB with FSC France, PEFC France & ETTF | Video to promote responsible tropical timber to specifiers and architects | >>>>> |
| FSC Spain | Workshop for architects and engineers | >>>>> |
| FSC Belgium | Manual, brochures and website for architects to raise awareness about the importance of certifying tropical timber | >>>>> |
| FSC Belgium | Promotion of certified tropical timber at Prowood Fair | |
| FSC Germany | Promotion of certified tropical timber at Spoga, Interzum and Die Bau trade fairs | |
| Copade with the City of Madrid, FSC & PEFC Spain | Session on how to incorporate sustainable tropical timber in building | |
| FSC NL | Animation film on the use of FSC, increasing awareness on the importance of using certified tropical timber | |
| Innovita B.V. | Promotion of innovative and natural materials (tropical timber) for facades and cladding | |
| FSC NL | Tropical Timber Consortium with several private companies which promotes and researches LKTS for various applications. |
Contact
Willem Klaassens
Director Markets & SourceUp
+31 (0)6 38 155 160
klaassens@idhtrade.org