Architects can help fight climate change by specifying tropical timber, according to Timber Trade Federation CEO David Hopkins.
Speaking in a live Dezeen talk, Hopkins said that the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) wants to challenge negative associations surrounding tropical wood and promote it as "valuable feedstocks for the design world".
By specifying responsibly-sourced tropical timber, architects and designers can help prevent unsustainable forest clearing. "That whole world [of tropical timber] has a very negative connotation with a lot of people," Hopkins said.
"There's a lot of work going on within tropical forestry and tropical timber production that is incredibly positive," he explained. "We want to see these as very valuable materials and very valuable feedstocks for the design world."
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