Search Results: 'EUTR'

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.

A pause for thought
21 December, 2015
As I write this comment at the start of December, Christmas is literally just around the corner.

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.

A pause for thought
21 December, 2015
As I write this comment at the start of December, Christmas is literally just around the corner.

Arbor Forest Products joins with WWF to tackle forest destruction
03 December, 2015
Arbor Forest Products has joined other British businesses from the timber, construction, publishing, DIY and grocery industries in committing to responsible forest trade through a WWF campaign.

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

Panel industry converges on London for events
22 November, 2015
Around 300 people attended the annual dinner of the Timber Trade Federation's National Panel Products Division (NPPD) in London.

Mills hold price solidarity
20 November, 2015
West and Central African hardwood producers have held their price solidarity in spite of several negative market factors

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Changing Times
20 July, 2015
The first two months of 2015 brought a change in markets for West & Central African timbers, ending the 2014 general upwards trend in both price and demand.

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.

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