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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

AFD - AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT

TTF - TIMBER TRADE FEDERATION

ITTO - INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION

FIB - FÉDÉRATION DES INDUSTRIELS DU BOIS

GILMOUR & AITKEN

FSC® INTERNATIONAL

PASQUET MENUISERIES

GREEN CONSULTECH

GFBC - CAMEROON TIMBER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

JULIE BERTILLE LANDRY

OLAM GLOBAL AGRI PTE. LTD.

WORLD FOREST ID

2001 - M. LANDROT (France)

SYLVACO GROUPE MALVAUX

2011 - M. CRETI (France)

1998 - M. Dr STOLL (Germany)

ISIDORO BLANCHI - FERIMEX

FEDERLEGNOARREDO - FEDECOMLEGNO

ETTF - EUROPEAN TIMBER TRADE FEDERATION

IMPEXO INTERNATIONAL GMBH

BENOÎT GOMMET - FRANCE TIMBER

CIB - CONGOLAISE INDUSTRIELLE DES BOIS

BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION

MIL MADEIRAS PRECIOSAS

CORÀ DOMENICO & FIGLI SPA

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

GD HOLZ - GESAMTVERBAND DEUTSCHER HOLZHANDEL E.V.

FRITZ OFFERMANN KG

WWF - WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE

GIESELMANN GMBH & CO KG

PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO FOUNDATION

OLIVIER DEVILLARD

2015 - M. HUNINK (Netherland)

OLIVIER BONNEAU - OBBOIS

2012 - M. LOYER (France)

ETS. PIERRE HENRY & FILS

CIRAD - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT

EMMANUEL GROUTEL - WALE

FIBRES INDUSTRIES BOIS SAS

UNICONGO (UNION PATRONALE ET INTERPROFESSIONNELLE DU CONGO)

LUMBER UNIPRESSOAL LDA

NICOLAS PERTHUISOT

LCB - LE COMMERCE DU BOIS

INTERHOLCO (IFO)

2006 - M. DELVINGT (Belgium)

PRECIOUS WOODS GABON - CEB

AFRICAN EQUATORIAL HARDWOODS (AEH)

PREFERRED BY NATURE

SCBT - SOCIÉTÉ DE COMMERCIALISATION DES BOIS TROPICAUX

GLOBAL FOREST ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING (GFEC)

IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

SPIB - SYNDICAT DES PRODUCTEURS INDUSTRIELS DE BOIS

REPUBLIC OF CONGO

ALAIN LEMAIGRE - ALCEBOIS

FEP - EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF PARQUET INDUSTRY

BAPTISTE MARQUANT

CIBM - SAINT-GOBAIN

LIKOUALA TIMBER

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

GABONESE REPUBLIC

FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

VANDECASTEELE HOUTIMPORT

WCS - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

SFM - SOCIÉTÉ FORESTIÈRE DU MAINE

CHRISTIAN MORASSO

MADERERA BOZOVICH S.A.C.

LACERDA PARTNERS

PIERRE-YVES LE FLECHER

THE PENROD COMPANY

MOKABI SA (GROUPE ROUGIER)

PRECIOUS WOODS HOLDING AG

2019 - M. SERRANO (Costa Rica)

WRI - WORLD RESSOURCES INSTITUTE

STOCKMANS WOOD PRODUCTS BVBA - SWP

ONF INTERNATIONAL

FRÉDÉRIC ANQUETIL - A.F BOIS

THANRY CONGO (STC)

DUURZAAM HOUT BV

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE / GEMBLOUX AGRO-BIO TECH

VINCENT PELÉ - EKWATO

ROUGIER AFRIQUE INTERNATIONAL

FORÉZIENNE MFLS

CABD - COMPAGNIE ATLANTIQUE DES BOIS ET DÉRIVÉS

UFIGA - UNION DES FORESTIERS ET INDUSTRIELS DU BOIS DU GABON

RICHARD FAYS - FAYSWOOD

RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE

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