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Sustainable forest management and trade supported by
SECO
This website provides a framework for consultation
and information on the activities supported by the State
Secretariat for Economy (SECO) as part of its programme of "economic
cooperation", specifically in promoting trade in tropical timber
and non-timber forest products from sustainable sources. This service
is the competence centre of the Swiss Federal Administration for sustainable
economic development, and the integration of less developed and transition
countries into the world economy. This website is designed and updated
by Intercooperation, SECO's
strategic partner in tropical forestry.
Let yourself be guided through the following topics
Who are the actors?
Why tropical forests?
Why incentives instead of bans?
What commitment?
Why ITTO?
Project examples:
Trade in sustainably produced tropical timber: poverty
reduction and the conservation of tropical forests. A SECO commitment.
SECO publication (English,
Français, Deutsch)
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New Article published in Fire Technology
Fire Behaviour of Tropical and European Wood and Fire
Resistance of Fire Doors Made of this Wood
This study analyses the fire resistance of tropical
and european woody species with the intention to provide a choice
of timber species from sustainable managed forests to door manufacturers.
It follows the agreement signed by Swiss Association of Door Manufacturers
(VST), Greenpeace and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and under
the lead of SECO and the facilitation of Intercooperation which
stipulates that door manufacturers
strive to procure exclusively timber from sustainable managed
forests.
This study has been funded by State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
SECO, Swiss Association of Door Manufacturers VST, and Empa.
[more information]
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Last update: 14.05.2012
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