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Fuelled by Concerns of Illegal Logging, Forest Trust Helps UK Firm Import First-Ever Legal Plywood from China
NANJING (11 June 2010)-The Forest Trust (TFT) announced today that a Chinese factory has for the first time produced plywood whose origins have been verified as 100 percent legal, the result of the non-profit TFT's partnership with a United Kingdom wood products company and the willing cooperation of a Chinese plywood maker, a group of Chinese poplar farmers, and a Malaysian timber producer and forest concession owner.
In English [PDF]
Non-Profit TFT to Follow Palm Oil Back to Source for Nestlé; Swiss Giant Commits to Excluding Suppliers that Destroy Forests
GENEVA (17 May 2010)-The Forest Trust (TFT) announced today that Swiss consumer goods company Nestlé has agreed to a plan that will rid its products of palm oil purchased from suppliers whose activities are destroying vulnerable tropical forests in the developing world.
In English [PDF]
In Chinese [PDF]
October 2009: Great success for 2nd International Timber Trade Federation Day in Geneva
The 2nd ITTFD "Solving Buyers' Needs in a Tough Global Market" aimed to bring together buyers and producers discuss issues in legal and sustainable timber sourcing. The event took place from 8-9 October 2009 at in Geneva and attracted this year again exceptional interest despite the economic downturn.
In English [PDF]
July 2009: ALPI achieves OLB (Origin and Legality of Timber) certification.
In June 2009, the ALPI Group was awarded the OLB certification (olb-cert-090501) for its forestry operations in Cameroon. Granted by Bureau Veritas Certification, this certification ensures the legal compliance and traceability of the wood produced and sold by the company.
In English [PDF]
In French [PDF]
June 2009: community wood cooperative in Central Java Province certified under Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) scheme
KEBUMEN, 4 June 2009: Community wood cooperative based in the Kebumen Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia, has successfully passed the sustainable forest management certification audit under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) scheme.
In Bahasa [PDF ].
In English [PDF].
June 2009: TFT convened meeting in the home of Chinese Parquet Flooring Industry
BEIJING June 2009: TFT, in cooperation with CTDA Flooring Committee, held a workshop in late May for twenty leading Chinese wooden flooring manufacturers. The workshop was held in Jiashan, which has one of the largest concentrations of parquet flooring manufacturers in China. The meeting offered a great opportunity to bring TFT's activities in China and globally to the attention of Chinese flooring industry, which faces challenges in demonstrating legality to European and US markets.
In Chinese [PDF]
April 2009: VLO certificates awarded
JAKARTA 8 April 2009: Two TFT supported forest projects and one factory have been issued certificates of Verified Legal Origin (VLO) by the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood program [PDF]
October 2008: Timber Trade Conference
GENEVA 29 October, 2008: In Major Conference on Timber Trade, Private Sector Prepares for Proposed Tight Regulations to Prevent Illegal Logging 30 October 2008 [PDF]
May 2008: Pygmees use GPS mapping in CIB
GENEVA 27 May 2008: World's Largest Contiguous Tropical Forest Certified in Congo Basin, Pygmies Use GPS Mapping Technology to Partner with Timber Company; Resulting Certification to Safeguard Massive Central African Forest Area [PDF]
Mai 2008: Les Pygmées utilisent une technologie de cartographie par GPS à CIB
Genève 27 mai 2008: Dans le Bassin du Congo, la plus grande forêt continue certifiée du monde Les Pygmées utilisent une technologie de cartographie par GPS qui leur permet de participer aux plans de gestion forestière avec les sociétés d'exploitation. Cette innovation a pour résultat la certification et la sauvegarde à grande échelle de la région forestière d'Afrique Centrale [PDF]
April 2008: Timber Trade Federation meet Chinese Producers
Geneva April 2008: Timber Trade Federation meet Chinese Producers To Promote Market for Legal and Sustainable Timber Products [PDF]
September 2007: ALPI and TFT Work Together
Modigliana, ITALY 24 September 2007: ALPI and Tropical Forest Trust Work Together to Enhance Sustainable Forest Management in Cameroon Italian Timber Company commits itself to best practice in forest management in critical forest areas bordering a globally significant National Park [PDF]
May 2007: Consumers Hold Key To Chinese Attitude Toward Illegal Timber
London 9 May 2007: New UK-Funded Report Says Consumers in US, Europe Hold Key To Transforming Chinese Attitude Toward Use of Illegal Timber [PDF]
March 2007: Effort to Fight Illegal Logging Intensifies as China's New Interest In Africa Adds Pressure to World's Tropical Forests
London 23 March 2007: Tropical Forest Trust (TFT), announced this week they have rapidly expanded the China and Africa focus of their effort, which constitutes arguably the world's strongest system for excluding illegal tropical woods from commercial supply chains. [PDF]
March 2007: Radio Station for Remote Forest Communities Deep in the Congo Basin Broadcasts New Era for Tropical Timber
London 23 MARCH 2007: This spring, construction set to begin on a radio station deep in the Congo Basin whose broadcasts will be controlled by non-literate, indigenous Pygmy communities and local farmers, the latest development in an unusual alliance that includes one of the world's largest African hardwood timber concerns and TFT, independent nonprofit charity seeking new ways to fight illegal and destructive logging. [PDF]
