What are timber policies?
Timber policies are guidelines, principles, rules, and regulations that governments, organizations, or entities put in place to manage and regulate the use, extraction, trade, and conservation of timber and forest resources.
These policies are designed to promote sustainable and responsible practices in the forestry sector, balancing economic, social, and environmental considerations. Timber policies often address a wide range of issues related to forest management and timber use in different sectors.
Guidelines for municipalities:
How to advance towards a more sustainable built environment by prioritizing wood
Wood is a renewable and carbon-positive building material which can have a meaningful contribution in changing paradigms on net-zero carbon ambitions of cities from all over the world.
Through the Build-in-Wood project, a catalogue of Timber Policies has been developed, with the purpose to provide useful evidence for policymakers and municipalities from cities and regions. It offers an overview of current best practices and new developments in the policy and regulatory environment governing the construction sector, specifically in relation to building materials and the use of wood in multi-storey buildings.
Moreover, the catalogue presents the rationale, characteristics, and impact of different policy instruments at a global level, offering insights with respect to strengths and weaknesses of different policy approaches at sub-national level and supporting cities and regions who aim to channel their efforts for creating a more sustainable built environment by prioritizing wood, either implicitly or explicitly.
Furthermore, Build-in-Wood brought together seven Early Adopter Cities across Europe to support wood to become a first-choice competitive building material for multi-storey buildings. The catalogue presents several conclusions from the analysis of their strategic and urban planning and regulatory framework, urban development preconditions, together with the local participatory processes implemented with their relevant stakeholder ecosystem from the wood construction value chain.
The catalogue identifies in the end transferable lessons learned and recommendations which can serve as guidance for other European cities that want to advance their agenda towards a sustainable construction environment.
The Build-in-Wood Policy Catalogue
This catalogue provides a comprehensive overview of current best practices and recent advancements within the policy and regulatory framework that govern the construction sector, particularly concerning building materials and the utilization of wood in multi-story buildings.
Network group for cities and municipalities
Join the network group for cities and municipalities on the Build-in-Wood Community. The group is for villages, towns, cities and municipalities building with wood, and it is open for all interested stakeholders.
Join the Community and get numerous opportunities to engage with wood enthusiasts from around the world.
