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These timber species are the best option. Good Wood timber species are:
These timber species should only be used after checking the source carefully.
Amber wood includes sources that are in transition to Good Wood or from a non-controversial or neutral source. Question your supplier. If they can prove the wood product comes from one of the following sources, it is okay to buy. Please persist – it's your right to know. Amber status wood is:
These timber species should not be used. All known supplies are from illegal and/or destructive logging.
Good Wood comes from ethical and ecologically sustainable sources. When you choose Good Wood, you support a solution to deforestation and related climate change, you protect unique biodiversity and you help local forest communities find alternatives to poverty and loss of livelihood.
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Need more information about Good Wood and the issues behind your consumer choices? Learn why forests are so important for the health of our planet, watch films from around the world, read the latest reports and download handy factsheets to take along to your timber retailers.