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Dubai to host major timber conference in 2017

DUBAI, April 7, 2016

The Dubai WoodShow organising committee along with the International Technical Tropical Timber Association (ATIBT) have announced that they will host the first Middle East ATIBT Conference in Dubai, UAE, next year.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in this respect on the third and final day of the Dubai WoodShow 2016, a leading trade fair for wood products in the Middle East, said a statement from the company.

The next ATIBT event will be held in conjunction with the next Dubai WoodShow in April 2017, it added.

Additionally, as per the MoU, ATIBT will set up a major base in Dubai, UAE, it said.

Under this agreement, ATIBT will establish its offices in Dubai to assess the preparations for the event until 2017 and discuss ways of cooperation with the relevant authorities and institutions.

Walid Farghal, director general, strategic marketing and exhibitions, organisers of Dubai WoodShow, said: “We were delighted with the exceptional footfall to the event this year. The show also witnessed the display of series of new products and innovative technologies in the timber industry.”

“We are glad to join hands with the ATIBT to organise the next conference in Dubai, which will be a milestone for the wood industry in the region,” he said.

“We anticipate that this inaugural edition of the conference in the Middle East will witness participation of the most prominent countries and decision makers in the wood industry from around the world,” Farghal added.

“Tentatively, it has been decided that the conference in Dubai will discuss the potential of forests, use of natural forests as barriers in the face of climate change, share new technologies and renewable products, display of sustainability solutions in the timber industry, and call on governments, civil society, and the private sector to promote investment in forests as an step in the sustainable development,” he concluded.

ATIBT was founded in 1951 at the request of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with the objective to contribute to improving tropical forestry and the rationalisation of tropical timber trade.

Today, ATIBT has become a partner of choice for various tropical timber stakeholders, European governmental institutions as well as African governments, playing a leading role in the implementation of international programmes related to the sustainable management of tropical forests and the responsible development of the timber industry.
 
Farghal said: “We have a wide network of relationships with international organisations and institutions in the wood industry, and get their support annually.”

“The exhibition’s edition in 2017 will see visits of global delegations, decision-makers, and manufacturers from across the world,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service




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