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Sustentabilidade para financiar plantações de borracha na Indonésia
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 [...]
Report on the evolution of wood flooring consumption in Brazil
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 [...]
Brazilian currency is valued and production costs might rise for exporters
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 [...]
Peru plans reforestation of 3 million hectares until 2020
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 [...]
Importers were warned about the illegality of the teak from Myanmar
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 [...]
Brazilian sculptor transforms wood into art
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 [...]