Search Results: 'ATIBT'

A Question of tropical trust
20 January, 2015
Driving demand for sustainable tropical wood is doing the right thing for the forests, says Ralph Ridder, managing director of the Association Technique International des Bois Tropicaux (ATIBT).

Sustainability and sales are key
22 December, 2014
Ensuring sustainable wood supplies and defending and developing their market are mutually dependent imperatives for the tropical timber trade, according to speakers at the ATIBT International Forum. Mike Jeffree reports.

Central EUTR legalislation database in discussion
05 September, 2014
The prospect of a central database on supplier country legislation EU importers must comply with under the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) looks more likely following discussions between the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) and the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO).

Market transformation required
18 August, 2014
Iris Tzur, communications manager of the newly-formed Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition reports on the roots and aims of the initiative

Market transformation required
18 August, 2014
Iris Tzur, communications manager of the newly-formed Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition reports on the roots and aims of the initiative

EUTR back-up required
15 July, 2014
Timber traders want guidance from the EU, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Tropical campaign battles shrinking EU sales
10 July, 2014
The Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) targeted the Carrefour International du Bois exhibition in Nantes for its first “Business Encounters” event.

TTF in talks to improve Red List species risk assessment
20 September, 2013
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has held initial talks with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with a view to helping update its Red List on the conservation status of tree species and to enable members to use it more effectively in environmental risk assessment.

New coalition aims to stimulate demand
24 August, 2013
The EU Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition will launch in November. TTF sustainability manager Anand Punja explains

Project to boost EU tropical timber sales
29 June, 2013
A new initiative aims to boost sales of certified sustainable tropical timber in the EU by 30% in two years.

The EUTR: a long to-do list
18 February, 2012
Discussions at Chatham House underlined that getting everything in place for the introduction of the anti-illegal logging EU Timber Regulation next March is going to make it a busy year

Dubai WoodShow a strategic opportunity
11 January, 2012

Pre-emptive actions prove successful
27 September, 2008
The reduction in log production earlier in the year has helped to ease the impact of falling demand but sawmills are still lowering their output

Pre-emptive actions prove successful
27 September, 2008
The reduction in log production earlier in the year has helped to ease the impact of falling demand but sawmills are still lowering their output

Producing reaction
08 December, 2007
Liz Betser, the TTF’s environment & forest policy manager, reports on how some tropical producers are responding to Europe’s sourcing requirements

ATIBT to discuss “reality" of Brazilian forest management
22 September, 2007

Tropical timber mission to Brazil
30 May, 2007
A six-day visit to Brazil is to allow companies and individuals interested in the tropical timber industry the chance to make contact with local forest workers and better understand the country's processing sector.

ATIBT is Shanghai bound
06 May, 2005

ATIBT hosts Shanghai forum
12 March, 2005

ATIBT holds Shanghai forum
24 November, 2004