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PEFC Certified Wood gives a hit at Expo 2015

 Monday, November 16, 2015

expomilan2From the Slow Food Area designed by the prestigious Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, to the pavilions of China, France, Thailand and Save the Children, PEFC-certified wood from sustainably managed forests is at the heart of all of them. In fact, more than 27,000 cubic meters of PEFC-certified wood can be found in the pavilions and facilities of the 2015 Universal Exhibition in Milan.

 

“Sustainable forest management and forest certification both help us to preserve the environment, slow climate change and prevent deforestation,” highlighted Ana Belén Noriega, Secretary General of PEFC Spain, as she spoke at the workshop. “PEFC is driving consumption of local wood from sustainable sources, as well as marketing certified wood from developing countries, including those in Southeast Asia and the Congo Basin.” She concluded. “In the area of forest certification, PEFC supports countries as they develop national forest certification systems that defend the sustainable management of forests, the welfare of local populations and to achieve economic, social and environmental balance,” she added further, as well as highlighting the important role played by architects and designers as prescribers of certified sustainable wood.

 

As part of the Expo celebrations, PEFC International Stakeholder member ATIBT (International Technical Association of Tropical Forests) and ALA Assoarchitetti organized a special tropical timber workshop last month, in collaboration with PEFC. Aimed at architects, designers and engineers, the workshop, held at the Polytechnic University of Milan, focused on tropical timber as a sustainable and renewable solution within green construction.

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