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?

• Valorisation of tropical forests in Colombia
  
• Assessment of ecosystem services of tropical forests in Guatemala
  
• Pulong Tau National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia
  
• Support towards the first FSC certification in the Congo Basin
  
• Voluntary agreements on the use of sustainably produced tropical timber in Swiss industry

Trade in sustainably produced tropical timber: poverty reduction and the conservation of tropical forests. A SECO commitment. SECO publication (English, Français, Deutsch)

 

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]

 

Last update: 14.05.2012