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Tree of anti-illegal timber knowledge
21 December, 2015
Enforcement agencies and others engaged with anti-illegal timber regulation worldwide now convene regularly in an exchange workshop to discuss and swap best practice for strengthening implementation. Its acronym is TREE and its roots are spreading. Facilitator Jade Saunders reports.

Hardwood with heart
24 November, 2015
The timber trade inspires heartfelt commitment and strongly held views, and none more so than in the case of CP Timber founder Chris Powell, as Mike Jeffree discovered talking to him about life and work

Building bridges, making waves
20 November, 2015
The UK’s EU Timber Regulation enforcer sees close, collaborative relations with the trade as key in implementing and policing it. Mike Jeffree reports

Pallet industry converges on Cork
20 November, 2015
The international timber pallet and packaging industry converged on Cork, Ireland, for the 66th FEFPEB Congress on October 28-30. Stephen Powney was there to bring this report

Hard Road to High Ambition
20 October, 2015
The global hardwood market is not back to pre-recession peak and faces challenges getting there. But developing markets and innovative applications open up new horizons. Mike Jeffree reports from the International Hardwood Conference in Copenhagen.

Demonstrate legality, or lose your markets
21 September, 2015
Proving timber is not illegally sourced is a demanding process. But European markets for tropical timber will continue to shrink and become more specialised if legality measures are not broadly adopted, says Robert Simpson, programme manager at the UN FAO for the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Initiative.

Plywood demand remains on even keel
21 September, 2015
The plywood sector is expected to remain on a stable course for the remainder of the year but there are still some issues causing concern. Keren Fallwell reports.

TTF signs up to WWF Forest Campaign
24 August, 2015
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has officially signed up to support WWF UK’s Forest Campaign

Timber now has the training tools
20 August, 2015
Proskills has been working with UK timber for nearly a decade, the result, a new raft of dedicated industry qualifications and training framework. Here apprenticeship and qualifications development manager Lisa Williamson highlights what’s been achieved, but also urges the sector to make the most of its new training tools.

Timber Can Pass the Test
20 August, 2015
The Passive House movement is growing in the UK and here George Watson of Coillte Panel Products looks at the panels available to help meet these stringent targets

Not quite so Great Expectations
20 August, 2015
The hardwood trade may have lost some momentum this year, but the outlook remains positive. And it’s unfazed by talk of an EUTR enforcement focus on the sector. Mike Jeffree reports.

Worldview at Global Timber Forum
20 August, 2015
Delegates from around the world gathered to discuss key international wood industry issuesat the second Global Timber Forum summit in China. Mike Jeffree reports

EUTR talk
20 July, 2015
I don’t think it’s an understatement to say that the EU Timber Regulation is probably one of the most important things to happen in the European timber trade.

NMRO unlikely to prosecute under EUTR
15 July, 2015
The UK’s EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) enforcement agency has told hardwood traders that it is unlikely that it will seek to prosecute companies when enforcing the legislation.

BM TRADA highlights plywood testing findings
25 June, 2015
Some UK plywood suppliers and retailers are risking falling foul of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), according to new testing figures from BM TRADA.

Big Brands back EU Battle against Illegal Timber
20 June, 2015
Some of Europe’s biggest consumer brands in timber products not only back the EU Timber Regulation and wider anti-illegal timber measures, they want them to be tougher and wider ranging. Mike Jeffree reports.

Not perfect, but progress
20 June, 2015
There’s still no date set for the arrival of the first EU FLEGT-licensed timber in Europe, but the EU timber sector should still be proud of its significant advances in legality assurance, says T Brewer & Co director Keith Fryer