Forest Partner Program News Today

The materials cities use and the ways they choose to build will impact the degree to which sustainability targets are met. Responsible wood harvesting practices can support rapidly expanding urban building. Ecologically sound wood harvesting can help protect the world's most important primary forests while meeting the needs of growing urban infrastructure.

Picture a coffee truck, a converted gray ‘66 Citroen retrofitted with a wood awning and countertop, parked at the Glasgow City Council’s Sustainable Landing Hub during COP26. From this quaint shelter, attendees were served shade-grown coffee from Ecuador’s Intag Valley and pastries baked with Amazon (aka Brazil) nuts from Madre de Dios, Peru.