O Programa do Meio Ambiente da ONU anunciou uma parceria com o World Agroforestry Center, ADM Capital e o BNP Paribas para a emissão de US $ 95 milhões de Sustentabilidade Bond para ajudar a financiar plantações de borracha sustentável em terras fortemente degradadas em duas províncias da Indonésia. Fora de uma área de [...]
Since 2014, Ibá (Brazilian Tree Industry) produces an annual report where the evolution of the consumption of wood flooring coating by the Brazilian public is shown, based on data collected by associations and partner companies that produces the products. These partners and associations that has collaborated with Ibá to the formulation of the report [...]
Brazilian currency has been increasingly valued over the last twelve months, what might become a reason to worry the wood products exporters. According to ABIMCI (Brazilian Association of the Mechanically Processed Wood Industry), Brazilian currency, which had dropped almost 23% compared to the American Dollar in February 2016, but since then has been getting [...]
Peru’s Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, José Manuel Hernández, has announced that by 2020 the National Forestry and Wildlife Service, with the support of other bodies in the Ministry such as Agrorural and INIA (National Institute of Agricultural Innovation, in free translation) aims to reforest 3,2 million hectares of degraded land. The Minister said [...]
First Sweden, then Denmark and now the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) have warned buyers that they are breaking laws by importing teak from Myanmar. TTF were even tougher and demanded a response from European Union. According to NEPCon, a Danish non-profit organization, has asked seven Danish companies to adopt diligence systems if they [...]
Using reuse woods, Henrique Paim creates unique art pieces using only his talent and intuition. If you can understand Portuguese, check out the video below made by “Jornal do Almoço”, where the sculptor explains about his creation process: As seen in the video above, he was selected to a sculpting competition in [...]
A Citroën 2CV made out of wood is in its final touches and it's about to be approved to finally traffic the streets. It was made by Michel Robillard, a retired woodworker that spent the last six years constructing the car in his studio in Loches, France. More than just a replica of one [...]
In this video from “Terra da Gente”, from EPTV, some parts of the life of the people that live by the forest was registered. Get to know a little bit more about the life of those people and their direct relation to the woods.
Today Spring begins. Flowers are sprouting… Snow is giving place to the possibility of life. And that’s why we celebrate the International Day of Forests today. This celebration has as its main objective to make people aware of the importance of preservation of the environment through sustainability. Thus organization all around the world uses [...]
There are countless actions that can be taken to minimize the damages cause by the scratches left in your floor by your pets. Place doormats in every door. This way you can minimize the amount of earth they bring inside your house, especially if your pet likes to play in the dirt. Cats tend [...]