Origin of wood
Wood can come from a primeval forest or a production forest. The vegetation of primeval forests consists of different tree species of various ages. This makes a primeval forest very attractive to many plants and animals. Most primary forests are found in the tropics in the form of tropical rainforests. But primeval forests can also be found in northern regions, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia (Siberia) and other former Soviet republics.
Production forests are managed by humans themselves. Wood harvested in a production forest is more environmentally friendly than wood harvested in pristine primary forests. Forest management of a production forest can be responsible and sustainable, ensuring that flora and fauna remain intact. But there are also production forests and plantations in which the trees are grown in rows, all of the same species and the same size. These trees are all planted or sown at the same time and harvested at the same time. These forests are unattractive to other plants and animals.
Sustainable forest management means selective felling, only those trees that are really useful are felled. In its place, a new tree is planted or seedlings are given the opportunity to take the place of the felled trees. When this is done correctly, the richness of the forest is maintained.
Uipkes Wood Flooring is therefore against illegally felled wood and in favor of an international, global approach to the problem and a legal import ban at European level. Preferably, timber is traded from demonstrably sustainably managed forests and mainly timber is sold from Europe.
