Search Results: 'WWF'

New Year must bring new resolve
28 December, 2013
We must shake off our complacency and overcome obstacles to put global forests on a different, sustainable trajectory, says Julia Young, WWF Global Forest & Trade Network UK manager

Good, but can still do better
28 December, 2013
Our guest column this week from Julia Young of the WWF Global Forest Trade Network reminded me of an old school report, albeit less abrupt and minus the cruel but fair comment that my total lack of ball skills and co-ordination meant I was being dropped from cricket and football to focus on rugby (England cricket selectors perhaps take note).

New Year must bring new resolve
28 December, 2013
We must shake off our complacency and overcome obstacles to put global forests on a different, sustainable trajectory, says Julia Young, WWF Global Forest & Trade Network UK manager

Hot tropical topics
24 August, 2013
TTJ asked suppliers, major buyers and an NGO for their views on tropical timber and wood product procurement and use and found they were topics under scrutiny as never before.

Making the sapele switch
24 August, 2013
Increasing demand and environmental pressures are combining to force the market to look to an ever wider range of tropical species. Mike Jeffree reports

Help is at hand
13 July, 2013
Woodmark provides guidance and support, so that its certificate holders can get on with the business of trading timber products responsibly. Woodmark project manager Beck Woodrow reports

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.

Public pressure leads to new timber footbridge design
29 April, 2013
Public pressure has resulted in plans for a concrete footbridge in Woking being remodelled to include timber in the design.

WWF highlights illegal Russian hardwood
17 April, 2013
The WWF is calling on European importers to consider avoiding hardwood flooring or furniture containing Russian Far East hardwoods due to the “high risks” of illegal wood use.

Green groups focus on EUTR compliance
09 March, 2013
Green NGOs have welcomed implementation of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) and congratulated the timber industry for backing it, but also now say they are focused on ensuring companies and country’s comply with it.

WWF gridshell project progresses
04 February, 2013
Work is progressing on WWF-UK’s new £13m headquarters, which is to feature a striking curved timber gridshell roof.

Guidance gives good start
26 January, 2013
The WWF and BSI have jointly developed PAS 2021 due diligence guidance to help timber companies comply with the EUTR, writes WWF Global Forest & Trade Network UK manager Julia Young

EUTR without tears
26 January, 2013
Companies needn’t tackle the EU Timber Regulation alone. Mike Jeffree spoke to a range of consultancies offering to hand-hold them through the process

Ready to benefit from the EUTR
26 January, 2013
As the ticking clock on the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) website makes clear, we’re in the final countdown to the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).

WWF publishes West African timber legality sourcing guide
11 January, 2013
WWF has published a timber legality sourcing guide for timbers from Ghana, Liberia and the Ivory Coast.