Lightwood has the capacity to be an economic driver in developing countries and also has many advantages over other materials. The sustainable development and application of lightwood in technical wood products and modern mass timber construction can contribute significantly to poverty reduction, climate change mitigation, a post-carbon economy and greater value addition to the producer countries.
Lightwood has great potential for use as a building material, for furniture, for the energy industry and in many other areas. Adding value to these products improves not only the local economy of the country, but also the entire supply chain. By using wood material to its full potential is an opportunity to multiply the impact of climate benefits: CO2 sequestration (forest carbon stock), CO2 storage (carbon in materials), substitution of materials with high emissions and recycling (end of life cycle).
The term Lightwood encompases fast-growing low-density wood species. This term includes many local tree species from the tropics with some of the highest growth rates in the world.
The main purpose of Lightwoord.org is to provide you with the following information:
By working with lightwood, your company can replace common unsustainable products with the all-rounder Lightwood. Lightwood.org connects you to other actors along the value chain, allowing you better understand the market and to develop a culture of transparency and cooperation in the sector and its environment, which will distinguish you from some of the more traditional timber supply chains.
Transparency as we achieve it with lightwood.org gives :
Lightwood.org is an information platform by Fairventures Worldwide gGmbH and provides information along the value chain of Lightwood in Indonesia and East Africa. At Fairventures, we work together with researchers, companies and government agencies to promote the use of these species and increase our knowledge and understanding of lightwood. For us it is necessary that all actors along the value-chain can benefit and develop themselves to a sustainable part of the economy and society.
To learn more about the tree species used, forest management and the timber processes and products produced, click here for more information.
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