Brazilian Timber Seminar

Seminar on Legal and Sustainable Timber from Brazil

Theme:

Legal and Sustainable Timber from Brazil

Organizer:

Center for Timber Producing and Exporting Industries of the State of Mato Grosso (CIPEM)

Background

The state of Mato Grosso, in the Amazon region, stands out in the international scenario as an important supplier of diversified and traceable forest products of legal origin. The state leads the Brazilian production of roundwood from legal sources, with an annual volume of 4.4 million cubic meters (m3), according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Local production through Sustainable Forest Management Plans (SFM) includes approximately 50 registered native timber species.

Mato Grosso state's sustainably managed forests total 4.7 million hectares. This entire forest area is protected from any kind of deforestation. This protection is guaranteed by the chain of custody for native timber species, a system used by the state's forest sector to control and certify the wood origin, from the forest to the end consumer, in line with the new traceability tools, which are the Forest Products Commercialization and Transportation System (SISFLORA 2.0) and the Forest Origin Document (DOF+ Traceability), respectively state and federal system. The mandatory permits are tools for issuing, managing and monitoring the transport and storage of forest products of timber species native to Brazil and which enable the forest sector to achieve higher levels of environmental responsibility, an increasingly relevant aspect in the global scenario.

In order to continue and move forward ethically and transparently in forest business and to ensure the competitiveness and stability of companies of Mato Grosso, the Center for Timber Producing and Exporting Industries of the State of Mato Grosso (CIPEM) - an association that brings together eight forest-based unions in the state - is working with the state and federal governments to improve sustainable forest management in Mato Grosso so that the systems are continually strengthened and improved.

It also plays an important role in monitoring both the management processes and the forestry industries in Mato Grosso, strengthening the importance of following the new tools for traceability and quality in the chain of custody system for native timber species, promoting carbon sequestration.

This approach aims to ensure that Mato Grosso state continues to be recognized as a model in the production of traceable and sustainable native timber species in the world, emphasizing the importance of responsible management of natural resources and strict compliance with environmental laws. In this manner, Mato Grosso state accomplishes its role in conserving and preserving the forest and the environment for future generations.