Tagged with "Tropical Timber"

Press Release: What next for tropical forest products?

If Europe sourced 100% verified sustainable tropical timber products, it would have positively impacted over 16 million hectares of semi and natural tropical forests and reduced CO2 emissions significantly in…

Report: Europe’s sourcing of verified tropical timber and its impact on forests: What Next?

Exploring the EU27 & UK’s share of verified legal and sustainable tropical timber product imports © Weekamp Deuren Commissioned by the European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition…

Why forest-based carbon trading is poised to go mainstream

Ten years after it dropped off the sustainability radar, voluntary forest-based carbon trading is finally poised to get off the ground for real. We believe it can have a key role in safeguarding the future of our planet.

Understanding sustainable tropical wood products through data

With COVID-19 crippling economies and trade across the globe, it has never been more important to halt illegal deforestation and fuel the growth of sustainable tropical timber. This is a…

Understanding sustainable secondary tropical wood products through data

IDH’s latest data report on sustainable tropical timber explores Europe’s impact on tropical forests as a result of secondary tropical wood imports (doors, moldings, other joinery, and windows). It builds…

SDM Case Report: Miro Forestry, Ghana

Miro Forestry manages plantations in Ghana and Sierra Leone and uses the timber from these plantations as input to their veneer processing operations. In order to expand the sourcing base…

Investing in Africa

Major companies say it is time for a new chapter in sustainable trade for Africa. In a letter published today in Het Financieele Dagblad (Dutch newspaper,…

Carbon footprint of tropical timber

Webinar Slides: COVID19 On-Site Measures for Agriculture and Forestry companies

Find the slides of the webinar “COVID19 On-Site Measures for Agriculture and Forestry companies”. To watch the webinar click here.   Download publication…

SDM Case Study: New Forests Company (NFC), Uganda

The New Forests Company Group (NFC) is a sustainable forestry and value-added timber products business. While focused mainly on self-managed plantations, NFC has distributed over 10 million seedlings over the…