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An ATIBT webinar on building and designing with tropical timber

07.11.2025 - LKTS, Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation, Tropical timber species

An ATIBT webinar on building and designing with tropical timber

The performance guide for African tropical timber structures is now available in English

17.10.2025 - Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

The performance guide for African tropical timber structures is now available in English

Webinar – Building and designing with tropical wood: concrete feedback from professionals

10.10.2025 - CIRAD, Timber material & Normalisation, Training, Tropical timber species, Webinar

Webinar – Building and designing with tropical wood: concrete feedback from professionals

Solid wood products, reconstituted by gluing

19.09.2025 - LKTS, Timber material & Normalisation, Wood technique

Solid wood products, reconstituted by gluing

The product approach applied to LKTS gluing.

28.07.2025 - CITES, LKTS, Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation, Wood technique

The product approach applied to LKTS gluing.

Technical data sheet n°17: Summary of continental African mahogany trees

27.06.2025 - CITES, Timber material & Normalisation, Tropical timber species

Technical data sheet n°17: Summary of continental African mahogany trees

The Wood Materials and Standardization Committee met on March 24, 2025

16.05.2025 - Breaking News, Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

The Wood Materials and Standardization Committee met on March 24, 2025

In the Jeanne Chauvin University Library in Paris, padouk takes centre stage

02.05.2025 - Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

In the Jeanne Chauvin University Library in Paris, padouk takes centre stage

CIRAD's Tropix sheets

28.03.2025 - Timber material & Normalisation

CIRAD's Tropix sheets

ATIBT’s Guides

17.03.2025 - Breaking News, Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

ATIBT’s Guides

A new reference document for tropical timber works

03.03.2025 - Breaking News, Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

A new reference document for tropical timber works

CIRAD publication on the shear strength of 12 hardwood species from the Congo Basin

08.11.2024 - Timber material & Normalisation

CIRAD publication on the shear strength of 12 hardwood species from the Congo Basin

Technical data sheet n°17: Summary of continental African mahogany trees

12.07.2024 - CITES, Timber material & Normalisation, Tropical timber species

Technical data sheet n°17: Summary of continental African mahogany trees

The ATIBT Timber Material & Normalization Committee met on the 21st of May 2024

21.06.2024 - Timber material & Normalisation

The ATIBT Timber Material & Normalization Committee met on the 21st of May 2024

A new guide to the use of Central African timber for producer countries

26.04.2024 - Breaking News, Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

A new guide to the use of Central African timber for producer countries

Updated guidelines and recommendations on contracts and practices for the international trade in tropical timber.

16.02.2024 - Breaking News, Timber material & Normalisation

Updated guidelines and recommendations on contracts and practices for the international trade in tropical timber.

The ATIBT Wood & Standardization Commission met on January 18.

02.02.2024 - ATIBT Commissions, Breaking News, Timber material & Normalisation

The ATIBT Wood & Standardization Commission met on January 18.

Sharing knowledge: Shrinkage wood

01.12.2023 - Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

Sharing knowledge: Shrinkage wood

Support for project managers and contracting authorities in drawing up special technical specifications: call for feedback

17.11.2023 - Breaking News, Technical documents, Timber material & Normalisation

Support for project managers and contracting authorities in drawing up special technical specifications: call for feedback

Sharing knowledge: Shrinkage wood

17.11.2023 - Timber material & Normalisation

Sharing knowledge: Shrinkage wood

Atibt Members

NICOLAS PERTHUISOT

ERAIFT - ÉCOLE REGIONALE POSTUNIVERSITAIRE D’AMÉNAGEMENT ET DE GESTION INTÉGRÉS DES FORÊTS

FORÉZIENNE MFLS

THANRY CONGO (STC)

1998 - M. Dr STOLL (Germany)

ROUGIER AFRIQUE INTERNATIONAL

AFRICAN EQUATORIAL HARDWOODS (AEH)

2019 - M. SERRANO (Costa Rica)

WCS - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

SPIB - SYNDICAT DES PRODUCTEURS INDUSTRIELS DE BOIS

BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION

CIB - CONGOLAISE INDUSTRIELLE DES BOIS

CIBM - SAINT-GOBAIN

LCB - LE COMMERCE DU BOIS

ETTF - EUROPEAN TIMBER TRADE FEDERATION

LUMBER UNIPRESSOAL LDA

FSC® INTERNATIONAL

MADERERA BOZOVICH S.A.C.

FRITZ OFFERMANN KG

STOCKMANS WOOD PRODUCTS BVBA - SWP

ITTO - INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION

INTERHOLCO (IFO)

FIBRES INDUSTRIES BOIS SAS

CHRISTIAN MORASSO

ETS. PIERRE HENRY & FILS

WORLD FOREST ID

SCBT - SOCIÉTÉ DE COMMERCIALISATION DES BOIS TROPICAUX

IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

CIRAD - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT

FIB - FÉDÉRATION DES INDUSTRIELS DU BOIS

SFM - SOCIÉTÉ FORESTIÈRE DU MAINE

RICHARD FAYS - FAYSWOOD

THE PENROD COMPANY

PREFERRED BY NATURE

FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE

2001 - M. LANDROT (France)

GIESELMANN GMBH & CO KG

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

AFD - AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT

LIKOUALA TIMBER

FEP - EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF PARQUET INDUSTRY

2006 - M. DELVINGT (Belgium)

UNICONGO (UNION PATRONALE ET INTERPROFESSIONNELLE DU CONGO)

BENOÎT GOMMET - FRANCE TIMBER

VINCENT PELÉ - EKWATO

PASQUET MENUISERIES

OLAM GLOBAL AGRI PTE. LTD.

TTF - TIMBER TRADE FEDERATION

DUURZAAM HOUT BV

WWF - WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE

LACERDA PARTNERS

2011 - M. CRETI (France)

PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO FOUNDATION

ONF INTERNATIONAL

GABONESE REPUBLIC

SYLVACO GROUPE MALVAUX

FRÉDÉRIC ANQUETIL - A.F BOIS

2012 - M. LOYER (France)

JULIE BERTILLE LANDRY

GLOBAL FOREST ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING (GFEC)

GILMOUR & AITKEN

CABD - COMPAGNIE ATLANTIQUE DES BOIS ET DÉRIVÉS

GREEN CONSULTECH

WRI - WORLD RESSOURCES INSTITUTE

2015 - M. HUNINK (Netherland)

MIL MADEIRAS PRECIOSAS

UFIGA - UNION DES FORESTIERS ET INDUSTRIELS DU BOIS DU GABON

ISIDORO BLANCHI - FERIMEX

BAPTISTE MARQUANT

PRECIOUS WOODS GABON - CEB

FEDERLEGNOARREDO - FEDECOMLEGNO

PRECIOUS WOODS HOLDING AG

ALAIN LEMAIGRE - ALCEBOIS

REPUBLIC OF CONGO

OLIVIER BONNEAU - OBBOIS

MOKABI SA (GROUPE ROUGIER)

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE / GEMBLOUX AGRO-BIO TECH

VANDECASTEELE HOUTIMPORT

PIERRE-YVES LE FLECHER

IMPEXO INTERNATIONAL GMBH

OLIVIER DEVILLARD

GFBC - CAMEROON TIMBER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

GD HOLZ - GESAMTVERBAND DEUTSCHER HOLZHANDEL E.V.

CORÀ DOMENICO & FIGLI SPA

EMMANUEL GROUTEL - WALE

RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

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