Despite certifications of legality, Grant Rosoman, forest solutions team Leader at Greenpeace says there is still a big problem with the logging of kwila.
Michael Pescott, programme manager at the Forest Trust TFT — an organisation that advices companies how to produce more responsible products — also sees some major issues concerning the logging of kwila. Last year the Indonesian government applied a new law called the timber legality verification system SVLK , which includes requirements that will help sustainability, such as the need to conduct an inventory of standing wood volume.
This is a step in the right direction, Pescott says, although he is still concerned with the future of kwila. Become a Supporter Professionals - 'At work' users of Scoop need to have a ScoopPro licence, this keeps Scoop open and licensed users enjoy pro news tools. More about ScoopPro.
Scoop on Facebook. Note: Tannin is also the component that protects Merbau timber from saltwater and rainwater and is also the one that helps in controlling shrinkage. The maintenance procedures that Kwila undertakes will usually depend on the conditions it will be exposed to. The fact is that merbau hardwood, in light of its inherent qualities requires minimum maintenance.
In fact, some may even consider it as maintenance-free. Merbau or Kwila is the perfect product for the biggest of your home improvement projects including timber decking and flooring. Do you want to get Merbau or Kwila hardwood from one of the top timber suppliers in Brisbane? Call 07 At the same time, we are told that we need to be keeping trees in the ground to help suck rising CO2 out of the atmosphere.
So should we be using timber at all, or is it doing more harm than good? And if we're going to use timber, are there particular things we should look for to make sure we're making the most sustainable choices? About 50 per cent of timber's dry weight — that is, the weight of timber after it's dried — is carbon. Lighter timbers such as pine store less carbon, but grow much faster than harder, heavier timbers like ironbark.
What that means in practice is if you've got a wooden table that weighs say, 30 kilograms, 15 kilograms of that is carbon that has been sucked from the atmosphere and stored or "sequestered" in the timber. The longer you keep that table, the longer it is before that carbon enters the atmosphere.
New South Wales Timber estimates that the average timber house frame in that state sequesters about 7. That's compared to an equivalent steel frame that has a carbon cost of around 2. Cement has an even bigger carbon footprint.
About 5 per cent of global CO2 emissions come from the cement industry. The idea is that by holding carbon in timber, we're effectively buying time for global efforts to, hopefully, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to David Ellsworth from Western Sydney Uni.
Technologies will advance, treaties will go forward and those will all help with mitigating climate change. So now we know timber has a smaller carbon footprint than steel or concrete, but is the point moot if it's made from an orangutan or koala's habitat? Kwila is popular for decking and outdoor furniture, which Mr Rosoman said accounted for most of the imported tropical hardwood.
It is often imported via China, where it is processed. To carry the Forest Stewardship Council FSC mark, timber must be from a well-managed forestry operation that benefits the community.
Mr Rosoman said FSC certification was the "gold standard" for environmentally friendly timber, though it was too soon to say whether FSC forests were truly sustainable.
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