Wood

The value of wood removals has experienced some decline in the last five years, while the value of non-timber forest products has increased. Far from being a sustainable production, able to ensure the maintenance of the productivity of forests, their biodiversity and the livelihoods of the people who live there or who depend on its resources, the current model of commercial logging is a threat to forest conservation, both for its direct impact and the fact of open wooded areas hitherto untouched to secondary uses: agriculture, hunting, etc..



 There are methods to ensure that the wood comes from managed forests consume properly, with the timber certification best known. It consists of an independent body certifying that the wood was obtained through sustainable forestry practices.Other initiatives  are related to the regulation of trade in certain species, such as the inclusion of forest species. The International Tropical Timber Organization is also promoting measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests