Justiniano Netto will give a conference at the International timber trade show in Nantes Wednesday 6th of June at 4pm on the theme: “Brazil, legality and sustainability of the forest industry production in the State of Para”. Mister Netto is the General Secretary of the government in the State of Para – Amazon – Brazil.
For further information, see the website www.timbershow.com
The members have the floor
The study aiming to meet the needs of the players in the African tropical timber industry is now available
As announced in the previous “On the wire”, the ATIBT has carried out a survey aiming towards a better appreciation of the members’ expectations. This process of reflection, of which the objective is to determine overall guidelines for the ATIBT over the next years, was presented before the Board of Directors on the 4th of April 2012.
Rapport Membres ATIBT (French version)
ATIBT Forum will be held in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) from October 23 to 24, 2012.
Monday, October 22, 2012 will be spent, from 17h, the Board of Directors followed by the General Assembly. 23 and October 24 will be organized around three plenary sessions and 25 October will be provided tours of plantations and industries.
This Forum will be organized in partnership with HAWA www.amchamvietnam.com/organization/1457/detail GIZ and www.giz.de /
For further information, do not hesitate to contact the General Secretary on phone 33 (0) 1 43 42 42 00 or from ralph.ridder @ atibt.org
The project identification note (PIN) of the project to include the tropical timber industry in Central and Western Africa in FLEGT and REDD+ mechanisms which was sent to the French Global Environment Facility was approved by the FGEF’s Technical Selection Committee on April 2nd this year.
Our FLEGT-REDD+ project has thus successfully passed the second phase of
project analysis. To be continued…
In the beginning of April 2012, the Board of Directors authorised the ATIBT Secretariat to take the necessary steps for the conclusion and ratification of the Convention, thus giving the ATIBT international status through the partner countries and future Member States. Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and the Central African Republic (CAR) have reconfirmed their willingness to sign the Convention.
In Ivory Coast, the General Secretary of the SPIB (Association of timber producers and industrialists) has initiated talks with the government in order for this latter to endorse the convention. Concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we await the constitution of the new government. The Convention is expected to be signed during the French Development Agency’s (AFD) conference on tropical forests in Brazzaville, May 24-25, 2012.
In February 2012, the Republic of the Congo launched its third version of the Interactive Forest Atlas. Since 2007, the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economy and the Environment collaborates with the WRI (World Resources Institute) in the elaboration of a traditional form of geodatabase gathering aggregate atlases together with an overview report and a poster. Continue reading
Strength classes required for CE marking can be obtained for 72 species by using the standard NF B 52-001. Unfortunately, 10 species are missing: Sipo, Kosipo, Moabi, Pau Rosa, Lati, Dibétou, Afrormosia, Amouk, Ebiara and Wamba. Complementary studies are needed in order to evaluate mechanical strength properties for these species. Continue reading
The European information platform on timber and legality mentioned in the February issue of our newsletter is at present online: www.eutr-platform.eu.
The French version of the site is currently being finalised and we are working on a logo in order to provide for easy and immediate identification of the platform. The first information note in French and English was sent out on March 28 this year to all those having registered on the website. All
ATIBT members not yet registered should do so as soon as possible in order to
receive information concerning the European Union Timber Regulation and the
platform’s incorporation in the implementation of the regulation info@eutr-platform.eu.
The event’s overall objective was to take stock on how the roadmap is progressing for the CBFP’s Facilitation phase 2010-2012.
Several reasons made it important for the ATIBT to attend the workshop: to collect as much information as possible regarding the sub-region’s situation in terms of projects, investments and political positions, but also to carry out networking and maintain the dialogue with partners, create opportunities for new partnerships and at last, spread information about our missions and goals, participate in debates and defend our members’ interests and those of the timber industry. Continue reading
The end of these two projects : March 2012 has been dedicated to writing technical financial and narrative reports from the two projects commissioned by the European Commission to IFIA-ATIBT. Continue reading