The EU’s Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition held its annual conference in Paris on 26 September. The conference highlighted the ongoing work to promote tropical timber in Europe by STTC participants and raised questions about the role of targets for procurement of “certified sustainable” products that are central to STTC activities.  Generally, the mood of the STTC conference was positive, with participants displaying considerable enthusiasm for the messages promoted by STTC and the promotional activities of likes of ATIBT and LCB. This is itself was an achievement given that the conference was held against a background of continuing ...