Forest Industries Intelligence Limited is a UK-based consultancy serving a range of clients in the international forest products sector. Areas of particular expertise include:

• Forest industry market intelligence;
• Marketing and promotion;
• Environmental issues;
• Forest Policy and sustainability;
• International trade issues.

Recent consultancy work undertaken by Forest Industries Intelligence Limited includes:

• Acting as an independent technical advisor to the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) and American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) on environmental and other market access issues in the EU since 1998.
• Hardwood and softwood market development work for AF&PA and AHEC in Eastern Europe, India, the Middle East, and Asia.
• Preparation of a regular market news report for the Timber Industry Development Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission.
• The development of a comparative database and matrix of forest certification schemes on behalf of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), and follow up reports comparing forest certification schemes. Full details can be viewed at www.forestrycertification.info.
• Development of criteria and indicators of credible forest certification schemes for the International Forest Industry Roundtable, which have provided the basis for the development of a Legitimacy Threshold Model by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
• Preparation of regular 6 monthly reports on Price Premiums for Verified Legal and Sustainable Timber Products in the United Kingdom for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Timber Trade Federation (TTF).
• Preparation of UNECE Timber Committee Annual Market reports on Sawn Hardwoods and on Forest Certification.
• Regular reports on forest certification and other environmental issues for the UK Timber Trades Journal and Timber Building magazine.
• Contract with TTF/DFID to prepare a set of reports on African timber supplying countries and European hardwood markets as background material for a series of industry roadshows held in Africa during summer 2005.
• Preparation of an environmental brochure and detailed review of international hardwood markets for planning purposes for a major international wood products company.
• Advising the Office of Public Works in the Republic of Ireland on environmental timber procurement policies and procedures.
• Preparation of trade articles on the environmental credentials of timber in construction for a major Spanish client.