There should be more emphasis on the efforts taken to eradicate illegal logging in timber promotion campaigns according to FEBO, the European Timber Trade Association.
Tabling the proposition at the annual meeting of the EU Timber Councils in Valencia, FEBO said that the timber trade’s campaign to stamp out illegal logging should be better communicated to customers as it would make a very good case for the consumption of wood.
In a statement after the meeting FEBO said: “Is the trade absolutely prepared to co-operate with the timber councils? The wood promotion campaigns of the timber councils can only be effective if action against illegal logging is undertaken.
“Campaigns may be superb, huge budgets may be spent, but if an illegal log is found in a trade company, all the efforts are lost and consumers will turn their backs on timber.”
