The Global Forest & Trade Network in Vietnam (GFTN-Vietnam) has admitted a new member, Adis Pte Ltd., a retailer in wooden furniture headquartered in Singapore and operating in Ho Chi Minh City.
This expands the GFTN-Vietnam membership to 11--10 processors-exporters and one forest owner--earning some 250 million USD in annual export revenues.
GFTN is operating in 34 nations, including Vietnam-a regional leader in the wood processing industry.
The GFTN was established under an initiative by the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to control illegal logging and trafficking as well as to protect forests of economic and ecological value around the world from the threat of destruction.
To be eligible, potential members must commit to a five-year action plan with concrete steps and timetables to gradually reduce and finally eliminate material resources of unknown origin while gradually increasing the rates of legal materials of definite origins with certificates issued by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)./.
This expands the GFTN-Vietnam membership to 11--10 processors-exporters and one forest owner--earning some 250 million USD in annual export revenues.
GFTN is operating in 34 nations, including Vietnam-a regional leader in the wood processing industry.
The GFTN was established under an initiative by the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to control illegal logging and trafficking as well as to protect forests of economic and ecological value around the world from the threat of destruction.
To be eligible, potential members must commit to a five-year action plan with concrete steps and timetables to gradually reduce and finally eliminate material resources of unknown origin while gradually increasing the rates of legal materials of definite origins with certificates issued by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)./.
