The price of timber continues to rise as supplies dwindle.

This is mainly due to the ever increasing demand and the difficult weather conditions in the Baltic region plus house building in the main producing areas is increasing significantly, subsequently these regions are not exporting their products in the quantities needed to keep the market supplied. This coupled with a larger demand worldwide for timber and timber products means an inevitable rise in the price of timber.

Illegal Logging

New measures to help timber-producing countries prevent illegal logging and protect threatened forests have been agreed by European governments.

EU agriculture ministers have agreed new Forest Law Enforcement, deal which will see the EU sign agreements with poor countries where enforcement is weak to help them guarantee that timber exports to the EU are legal and licensed.

The EU will ban imports of illegally logged timber from those countries.

Illegal logging destroys fragile forests, rare plants and animals, disrupts traditional ways of life.

Margaret Beckett, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said:

"This is an important step forward and I am delighted that we have agreed these measures during the UK's Presidency.
"Illegal logging is a problem shared by timber producing and consuming countries. FLEGT helps developing countries manage their forests better and makes sure the EU only consumes legal timber from those countries.
"This is a win-win for the environment and some of the world's poorest people - sustainable development in practice."

Hilary Benn, UK Secretary of State for International Development said:

"This is an excellent first step to tackling the problem of illegal logging and we have already seen world timber markets change in anticipation. FLEGT will help the poorest countries to manage their forests better, improve people's livelihoods and protect their natural resources. We know that several countries, including Ghana and Malaysia, have been waiting for this and we are pleased that we can now start to put these measures in place on the ground."

For the full report click here to go to the DEFA website

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A. - This rise in timber prices will make everything made from it rise in price.
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