Timber Policies

The illegal commercial bushmeat trade is out of control and threatens the survival of great apes and other endangered species. Timber companies, many of them European owned, facilitate this trade by putting roads and vehicles into remote forests, providing access for commercial hunters and transport to supply urban bushmeat markets, and by allowing their workers to flout the law.

The Forest Stewardship Council independently certifies forests as being managed in an environmentally responsible way.

Vow that you will only buy hardwoods that have been stamped with a Forestry Stewardship Council certification.

Useful Links.

For a list of companies that use reclaimed timbers, visit The Salvo Directory of Reclaimed Timber Dealers.

For a general boycott list aimed at ethical consumers in the UK, visit www.ethicalconsumer.org

For more information contact: Friends of the Earth on 0207 490 1555