Translation of "ouvrier au transfert de bois " (French → English) :

68. Takes the view that training programmes should be developed, particularly for new entrants and young foresters as well as for existing employees in the construction industry, in order to increase their awareness of the opportunities created by the use of wood, so that the transfer of knowledge regarding sustainable forest management and its downstream industries is ensured;

68. Takes the view that training programmes should be developed, particularly for new entrants and young foresters as well as for existing employees in the construction industry, in order to increase their awareness of the opportunities created by the use of wood, so that the transfer of knowledge regarding sustainable forest management and its downstream industries is ensured;

The transfer of know-how and sharing experience and good practice in the forests' governance area will promote sustainable use of timber resources and will help to eradicate illegal timber trade.

the transfer of Ramin (tropical hardwood) from CITES Appendix III to Appendix II;

The most important gaps in knowledge concern : 1) transfer and degradation processes (a better understanding and quantification of the fundamental transfer processes by which dioxins and PCBs move between the different environmental media and of the degradation processes occurring within these media is needed); 2) bio-accumulation and bio-magnification processes; 3) domestic incineration of wood (there is an information deficit concerning the amount and the composition of wooden fuels used for room heating and cooking purposes); 4) reservoir sources (the contribution to human exposure, the behaviour and degradation processes and decon ...[+++]tamination methods require examination); 5) open uses of PCBs; 6) carry-over rates and transfer factors for dioxins and PCBs from soil and feed to animal tissues and products (milk, eggs).

For my part, I would like to speak up on behalf of forestry workers, who receive no mention at all, even though it is their efforts which are keeping the timber sector going.