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Conversations about Climate Change design competition and exhibition from the
Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has launched online with the Building Centre to showcase innovative, playful, and thought-provoking designs using responsibly sourced tropical timber.
Over 100 entries were received from around the world. The entries were anonymised and chosen based on their response to the climate change conversation brief, celebration of the properties of tropical wood, the quality of their design, and their collective impact as an exhibition.
Six winners were eventually selected by a panel of expert judges including architects and designers Adam Brinkworth of Brinkworth, Julia Barfield of Marks Barfield and Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects, London-based artist Yinka Ilori of Yinka Ilori Studio, and the British Retail Consortium’s sustainability policy advisor Leah Riley Brown.
Dezeen promotion: the UK Timber Trade Federation is showcasing the winning entries of its Conversations about Climate Change design competition via a virtual exhibition and event series.
The competition, which received more than 100 responses from around the world, called on entrants to create an installation that would provoke discussions about global warming while showcasing the environmental benefits of responsibly sourced, tropical hardwoods.
Top image: Joseph Pipal s Carbon Print is one of the winning projects. Above: The Extraction pillar is by Julia and Julian Kashdan-Brown Responsibly forested timber is an essential part of the climate change solution; however, tropical forests have too often been undervalued and their forest land cleared for other uses, said David Hopkins, CEO of the Timber Trade Federation (TTF).
EU and Honduras sign agreement to reduce illegal timber logging
Today, the EU and Republic of Honduras signed in Brussels a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU. The agreement will ensure that all Honduran timber and timber products imported in the EU are legally sourced and licensed.
Honduras is the first Latin American country (and the eighth overall) to sign a voluntary partnership agreement with the EU under the Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). The agreement sets up a timber legality assurance system in Honduras which assesses timber logging with requirements similar to the ones set in the EU Timber Regulation; it will enable the country to issue FLEGT licences. This licensing will also support Honduras efforts (as well as other countries who have signed similar VPAs) to meet equivalent legal requirements of markets beyond the EU. This process enhances the EU s su
EU and Honduras sign agreement to reduce illegal timber logging consilium.europa.eu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from consilium.europa.eu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.