Sentences with phrase «timber products trade»

Enacting and enforcing strong laws against illegal timber and timber products trade in the United States, and other key consumer markets, reduces illegal logging and supports governance reform in forest countries.

Not exact matches

CITES success depends on products considered, and trade in less well studied groups such as orchids, timber or corals are likely to be less well regulated by CITES.

Reforestation offers the opportunity for communities to empower themselves through the development of local economies and infrastructures — constructing homes with timber, for instance, or selling and trading food and other products that come from the land.

There are a wide range of commodities that are traded daily including oil, gasoline, timber, agricultural products like orange juice and coffee, and precious metals like gold and platinum.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

* Koch Industries * — with business in oil and gas exploration, pipelines, refining and trading, coal and other carbon product logistics, timber and consumer paper products, commodities trading and investing, chemicals, fertilizer, ethanol, cattle and game ranching, glass, fiber optics, electronics and plenty of awkward public relations.

The same goes for premium «green» products like certified timber and fair trade coffee — demand is expected to decline as consumers rein in their spending.

Consumers» ability to avoid illegally sourced timber is made possible by the U.S. Lacey Act, which was amended in 2008 to prohibit trade in illegally sourced plants and plant products.

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / CNC / Production maintenance Quedgeley # 20k - # 25k doe Our client is an expanding, successful E-commerce furniture company with multiple sites in the UK and Europe fabricating bespoke solid timber products for the retail and trade market.

Our client is an expanding, successful E-commerce furniture company with multiple sites in the UK and Europe fabricating bespoke solid timber products for the retail and trade market.