Buying Public
This user group will provide retail buyers and end users of tropical wood products with practical tips for selecting and purchasing woodflooring, decking, wooden cabinets and furniture.
Retail buyers will also be shown how to become responsible consumers of tropical wood products and how to recognize end products manufactured using wood from certified forests.
ITTO will explore collaboration with global producer and trade groups with aligned interests to participate in the editorial panel for this user group. Expressions of interest may be sent to: Ramon Carrillo, carrillo@itto.int
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- BUYER TIPS - Recommended Moisture Content for Wood In Use - Simple and useful guide for homeowners and wood workers that explains the moisture content ideal for wood products for indoor and outdoor use in different geographic regions of the USA. Residents of other countries can select the USA Region most similar to their conditions.
This is USDA FPL-Research Note 0226, a classic 1973 publication in English offered here by courtesy of the USDA Forest Products Laboratory.
Download fplrn226.pdf (129kb)
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- CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Wood Products Terms - Learn more about the terminology of wood products in the link below.
http://woodaware.com/primer.php - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Wood Panels - Download the PDF to learn more.
http://woodaware.com/PDFs/Struc_Panels.pdf - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Wood Flooring Terminology USA - Learn more about the terminology of wood flooring in the USA.
http://woodfloors.org/types.aspx - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Wood Flooring Education - Learn more about consumer wood flooring education in the link below.
http://www.nwfa.org/education.aspx - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Kitchen Cabinets Terminology USA - Learn more about homeowner terminology below.
http://www.kcma.org/Homeowners/Industry_Definitions - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Kitchen Cabinets Standards USA - Learn more about kitchen cabinet standards in the USA through the link below.
http://www.kcma.org/Homeowners/Performance_Testing_and_Certification_Program - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Hardwood Flooring Grades - Learn more about hardwood flooring grades.
http://www.nwfa.org/nofma-grade-photos.aspx - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Hardwood Flooring Buying Guide - Read the PDF guide on buying hardwood flooring below.
http://www.armstrong.com/assets/global/resflram/literature/downloads/HardwoodFlooringGuide.pdf - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Furniture Buying Guide - Learn more about purchasing furniture through the link below.
http://www.furniturefirst.com/FurnitureFirst/bg_wood_furniture.inc - CONSUMER BUYER TIPS - Caring for Wood Floors - Learn more about caring for wood floors through the below link.
http://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Hardwood-Floors
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- NON-TIMBER PRODUCTS - ITTO Rattan Projects - Get information off of the ITTO main site about completed rattan projects.
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http://www.itto.int/project_search/?proid=&keyword=rattan&submit=&donor=&status=COMPLETED&areasofwork=&prolevel2=
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- PROTECTION OF WOOD - Painting, Staining Wood Exteriors - Practical publication in English that explains how the different types of wood surfaces are generated and how each can be best finished to protect it from the weather.
Finishing Wood Exteriors. Selection, application and maintenance. Cassens, D. USDA, AH Nr.647, May 1986, 56 pp.
Finishing-Wood-Exteriors.-Selection-application-maintenance.-Agric.-Handbook-647.-USDA-FS-Cassens-D.-May-1986-56pp.pdf
Download PDF (2 MB)
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- RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Wood Product Standards - Learn more about in the PDF below.
Download the PDF - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Value-added Products - Wood products where their design, final performance and cost competitiveness matter more than the underlying species. Examples include engineered floors, laminated beams, I-beams, veneered furniture, furniture made with substitute species finished to look like mahogany, walnut, oak, etc.
- RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Sustainable Forestry Initiative - Active in North America. Certified by PEFC. Learn more below.
http://www.spi-ind.com/document_library/SFI_Green_Building_Fact_Sheet.pdf - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - FSC-Certified Sustainably Managed Forests - Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). The main independent international body of voluntary certification for sustainably managed natural production forests in the tropics. The link explains in English how FSC works. This website promotes FSC certified forest producers that have elected to participate by locating their forests in the digital distribution map of the lesser used species they offer.
https://us.fsc.org/market.196.htm - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Responsible Buying - Learn more about consumer responsible buying.
http://www.pefc.org/forest-issues/consume-responsibly - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Productores Forestales Certificados - Productores forestales que manejan bosques certificados por FSC ó PEFC y que participan en este sitio web.
https://us.fsc.org/market.196.htm - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Furniture Standards - Learn more about furniture standards by downloading the PDF below.
Download the PDF - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - FSC - The Forest Stewardship Council is an international not for-profit, multi-stakeholder organization established in 1993 to promote responsible management of the world’s forests.
http://info.fsc.org/ - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Forest Preservation - Maintaining protected natural areas which have been little touched by humans in their natural state.
- RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Forest Conservation - Wise use of the forest and associated natural resources for this and future generations.
http://www.itto.int/ - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Certified Forestry - Learn more about ITTO certified forestry by downloading the PDF below.
- RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Certified Forest Producers - Producers certified by FSC or PEFC and that participate in this website.
http://info.fsc.org/ - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Certificación Forestal - Certificación Forestal en Bolivia.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmF3O-P1N44 - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER - Buying Responsibly - Learn more about buying wood products more responsibly through the below link.
https://us.fsc.org/market.196.htm