novels, what is this nonsense? i wonder why suddenly the doctor to indicate it's time to to and then when generation nash, which now dw documentary the supply chains are crucial for the global economy. and here it's growing, dependency on them. good in times of crisis presented with a critical problem by model books. if you saw how dependent we are on india in china and you know, and where the goods actually come from is not always clear to me and just make sure that every single tree fell. there's actually been sustainably managed to rochester, but some companies are already developing new, sustainable production practices and supply chains with greater transparency

kind of encourage them as a business woman and a conservationist or company better would imports tropical temper to germany in order to ensure that the resulting decking, boards and garden furniture are genuinely fair trade. she makes regular visits to the places where the wood is sourced. validation in the always wanted to do something that we could be committed to the worst thing. okay. this is something that makes sense and is worth working for. so i and the idea is to protect the rain forest by selling tropical woods products with met then co from protecting the rain forests. with tropical timber might initially sound counter intuitive. but upon closer inspection, it actually makes a lot of sense from the original tree to the final polished boards. better would,

is careful to ensure eco friendly sourcing. for a company has a longstanding partnership with timber supply or my directly formerly a teacher a not the punch. jacob is now a forestry worker because he cares about the future of the rain forest contract encouraging gets to see exactly what his work looks like on the ground. the state of moderate ideas in southeastern peru, both the unique ecosystem and it's here that columbia and born cooking sources are high quality tropical timber. the practically the entire region is untouched, reinforced with enormous 5 diversity. one single hector is home to hundreds of trees. species as well as countless different plants and animals, the of the iron side. on the one hand, you have this wealth of biodiversity viewed. you guys have teeth 2 thirds of the

floor and found to live in the rain forest found on florida. steak. these places are important for water cycles and service. carbon sinks on so suppliers by china on to and then, and on the other hand, you have the people who live by the rain forest and see it as an area that's easy to cut down and use this farm land and reflection. dave, which provides them with an income tied to a person their own deadlines. well, that's also important to take into consideration for deans, the alpha. wonderful thing. i've crushed in the as they progress deeper into the jungle. cotton industry nanda repeatedly come across signs of the legal deforestation the, the doing this to raise cattle, the gonna edu se, got an idea and just cattle, i'm nothing else which would change the course rather leeside, as well as these are laws. yes, absolutely. by the clearing, all of this land would normally mean hiring machinery for 3 or 4 days quite to the

market. so yeah, but given the high cost, just thought it would be easier to just destroy your last. i've seen that seen the you're going you to burn it down and spent a lot at the way and hour later. well, you have this here. so the situation is a familiar one around the planet, christine and precious nature, illegally raised to the ground with ancient giants. of the forest destroyed forever . between 19902020, the world lost a staggering 420000000 hector's of woodland, in area greater than the entire european union. a situation that the you intends to tackle with a new and pioneering law companies have to ensure that reinforce products such as timber, palm, oil and coffee have not contributed to deforestation or the destruction of nature. that means having to prove the precise origin of their goods, the cost of incurred to begin implementing those now

mandatory practices many years ago, she often checks or peruvian suppliers operations in person, and that they comply with very specific requirements. the entrance to this protected area is guarded round the clock after fees, and from here onwards, all you have is jungle by 3 men and a healthy ego system. is that somebody else cuz we don't allow hunting, for example, or anything being removed from the forest without prior approval, negative sign, a claim, throwing that stuff, or keep them if the and the aim is to minimize human intervention in collateral damage, check it out. and shading has what kinds, kinds of them caught doesn't include things. would supplier model docketed managers, the areas of woodland that can be used with specific working 5 minutes. that means only a tiny proportion of trees in this vast expanse are felt each year. it takes 6 hours

for contact and to navigate her way through the rain forest to see the harvesting firsthand. thing at the bottom of the 2 bed. all the trees here are digitally registered, enabling the forestry workers to know the exact location of a tree designated for filling a management plan covering the entire area determines which trees can be cut down without disturbing the sensitive eco system. yes and no later, the seal is still this number of 18. 488 is the trans registration code and going on. and then what was inside of me. it's a black guy, venus, it is a tag that serves as a kind of birth certificate for the tree supply chain. i was told you that this giant of the jungle has been cleared for removal. but right now the budget go has, has reservations. the name on the account with us that we're worried that the tree

might have a hole in it. does this make this on these little dfcs? here are normally a sign of termites using chrome and not my data was bought on nothing by the lateral less. okay. no, no, let's 1st and we'll do a whole test to avoid selling a tree that isn't really usable for the same kind of friendly for that. that if you've got a know already, sometimes it involves making a vertical cut. to reduce the damage to the tree, we're going to keep it strong enough to withstand the wind. anything that i put on there. so it will be and before we can i find this odd jeff and does it hollow? yes. okay. it was just a now hollow tree is worth a little on the market. on the boat will remain a valuable member of the jungle ecosystem. the team continued tracking down a suitable tree for cut defense, wood products company they

got a pretty good here in australia, a medicine of vital importance to humanity is produced. it's mixed in these huge steel. that's like dealt with a bakery and little by little, the 150000000 leaders of liquid are turned into a white powder. penicillin, thousands of tons are produced here every year. the market town of going to has a history of penicillin production going back to 1946 should some crisis arise. it could be pivotal for europe's entire supply event to buy optics. chemist stephanie, eat not heads. active ingredient production at medicine, manufacturer, sandals, and is aware of how important her work is as long as, as soon as it's rewarding to be producing vital life saving medicines for europe in

the whole world of age. and this one says it's an important job which gives me motivation to come back here every day one. so yeah, i'm working together with my colleagues to supply europe with penicillin or from experience needs to focus on the plan. turns out up to $200000.00 tons of fermentation process per year. half of all the packs of penicillin sold in europe now come directly or indirectly from clinton, either as medication or inactive ingredient. it's the last remaining penicillin factory in the whole of europe. the antibiotic is a generic drug, which means it sold at considerably lower prices. then you have a 1000 voice america generics or drugs where the basic patent has expired and the prices are very low. and penicillin is now cheaper than a pack of chewing down who called me the resulting economic pressure for pharmaceutical companies is prompting many of them to stop producing generic drugs . the, at the turn of the millennium, around 2 thirds of their active ingredients were still produced in europe with the

remaining 3rd coming from asia. today, that ratio has been reversed with 2 thirds of manufacturing. now being in countries such as china and india. pharmaceuticals production there costs a fraction of what it does in europe don't from a situation that increases europe's outside dependency and poses a potential threat to it. supplies in 2023. germany's federal institute for drugs and medical services, registered shortages affecting around 500 medicines, including for penicillin. also one of the time to build capacities back up again, you know, so we're making very good progress bone on isn't off, i'm them, it will take a while. however, until we're able to reach the production levels currently required by the market cycle. we were at around a $100000000.00 pack circle. and now demand is a $240000000.00 on it some more than 2 and a half times the amount during co vivian and oversight to cope with future

requirements. the company behind the facility has built an additional plan to, according to subsidized by the austrian government. the c o honda structure knows how important the facility is for antibiotics production . the vehicle most things have been shown in getting the subsidies wasn't easy for, for me, but we got great support from the austrian government solution from this politics. coleman, who was off sergeant koval. cobit helped us to steer the debates in that particular direction to the city, because you could see how much and how quickly we had become dependent on india and china, pinging his phone, phone, im dental tina volunteer, and also with cobit related supply issues. and this being the last production site in europe. so these are key factors and ultimately getting the go ahead on. so i noticed august the tool, so i get to pick some going to is already being called

a last bastion for guaranteeing your supply event by onyx. around 240000000 impacts of medicine. leave the plant every year to sing the plant has been making preparations to supply the whole of europe is to unload it for provide. so if that what it'd be supply stoppages in india or china, you may be able to supply patients in europe to hit the button, protected in level for so and when it comes to you support for such production facilities, the company boss is cautiously optimistic. for this august the to use we have a foot in the door with discussions moving in the right direction. we have a sound working relationship with the restored use and the austrian government assisting politics. the example of going to shows how europe can become more independent and the struggle against the supply bottlenecks. meeting greater

security and times of disasters, and other crises the over into route. this protected area of rain forest supplies the wood for the decking boards made by cousin coatings company in germany. she makes sure that the tree removals fulfill also stain ability standards fit seems to be a suitable specimen. the selling the tree means there will be no further removals in this hector of jungle for 20 years, which will give the 4th sufficient time to recover the of the to the he's back. yes,

it is taking something from nature and you shouldn't down play that out. then mindful looking at the bigger picture with everything else happening on the ground and with the climate. yeah, this kind of management is important and actually makes a lot of sense for protecting the rain for assignment, but that's happening and took the risk based on the status on them clean by so substitute. once several suitable trees have been removed, they're sent to a nearby sawmill, the living right next to the nature reserve or a number of indigenous communities who also profit from sustainable woods sourcing . today kind of encouraging is meeting by lydia lopez, chief of the united people. nice to meet you, valeria harlow. are part of the what exactly do you do here? if we trade in, would we have the certification for working with sustainable timber f a c f s a say

yes. oh, okay. the units are among the suppliers for cut of and coatings partner motor acting like cooperative venture. that not only has financial benefits pick them up as young as how does motor increase support you were doing my acting on my that access. we have an agreement where they help us with our craft work and with social issues like health and education. do they because seo, by the area, lopez shows her visitor around the tribal forest reserves. protecting their back yard is of course a priority for the eating for them treating the trees with care and respect is nothing new. it's an ancient tradition. the there's nothing coming up. allison, do you selectively not in terms of collaborative thing, making sure beforehand that entries features on the right condition because but uh that are. so i look back on the bottom of the fantasy. yes, each tree has to be of

a certain size and we leave the other ones standing for future harvest. mm hm. by the sustainable management approach protects the primeval forest and the nice home land, while also guaranteeing them a decent and secure livelihood. then that is the move in date, if there's a way of getting people in income, the working and protecting the rain forest and by foot, but in a sustainable way than i'm off. now i think some people are going to do that on a bad mentioned as of to what harvesting conservation and community support work go hand in hand here. the timber provided by the unit is likewise processed at the nearby solomon run by captain coatings timber supplier the data sonya guy is the operations manager at the sawmill and has been working with

timber for 15 years. now. the mill also belongs to marketing and delivers tropical timber for customers in germany and other countries. it's high ecological standards and social commitment. make it a rarity and for all the would here is process sustainable. right? that, but i certainly of that there's a, we can track every step by step from standing treaty with the final destination and model. they get one though you get this the no, but get that. but i, so when the would arrive and sort of, you know, when and where it was cut down. and when it was dispatched one, they'll say we know the entire supply chain we allow, they gave us a new seal meeting or seattle boys that got a know that the name on slips. supply chains include everything that is required to manufacture a particular product. the planning stage is followed by raw materials extraction processing, then the manufacturer of the finished product before delivery to customers.

monitoring the entire supply chain is complicated and time consuming. as cuts of encouraging isn't able to constantly fly to south america. she has to rely on verification by 3rd parties. if could find housing for items, we have an audit done by an independent non profit organization. and is that the on as what the adversity engraving on that does, is that a facility we simply go into the forest to check that every tree failed has actually been manage sustainably. that blacklist had a nascar dish move out to florida on the roof as you know, can we check suppliers via various sources? it's nice. most of them independent ireland, one that helps us to ensure that the would really does come from sustainable sources home. while she does her best to monitor things herself, in many cases, industrial customers can't have their own eyes everywhere. and with ecological standards varying from country to country, not even n g o is like the f i. c, the forest stewardship council managed to ensure full transparency everywhere.

which is why the f c labels are not without their critics. at the same time, the world wide fund for nature auto saturday and other environmental organizations recommend looking for the f. c. label when buying wood products, saying that it does provide an important indicator that as a say for us f s c is the best certification currently available to as well as me, it takes into account the highest ecological standards as well as social factors on all kinds of data aspect of a hope, safety from the sawmill on the edge of the rain forest. the next stop for a lot of encouraging is wood, is one of the biggest ports in south america. after arriving and leaving it's, it's loaded onto a ship headed for germany. so from this point on, it would be extremely difficult to smuggle any legal temper along with the shipment,

[000:00:00;00] the, the tune, an institute of what research as an authority on the precise identification of temper from all over the planet. here's a new sample, kimball hines and guess i'd cost received inquiries from authorities, timber dealers, consumers and industry associations on a daily basis. charles, decking board some use to get to hear these from before that's will be a but which tropical trees species is involved. perhaps also because more of them are being placed under protection. what that's what stands out in the fight against the legal temper trade, the you require suppliers to prove the provenance of each timber email heights. could this team provide that legally water tank proof? in many cases,

the experts from the tune and institute need to literally just look through a magnifying glass to determine the species in question. so to be able to take a cut anyway, they also examined the wood structure under a microscope to ensure their assessments are legally admissible. the tuning institute has an enormous archive to draw upon to identify the exact type of tree see comprises around 11300 botanic li, documented species from hard to heavy, to soft to light. it enables them to compare every sample that comes in. you'll have some long listing institutes for all of your institutes. what collection is one of the largest in the world hates and includes around $35000.00 samples the video and one of the kinds of honda. so when we receive an unknown, a red type of wood, and we can compared with our samples and see whether it's one of the botanic, we documented species and the collection on the need to how i saw this thing here.

you know, it's on the la while the species of a tree can be identified with a microscope and magnifying glass, its precise origin cannot. that's where forest geneticist, celine bill and julie via comes in with a dna assessment. she takes a piece of wood and compares it with a genetic code or other types of treat that's the enough. these are dna fragments from the wood sample that apparently comes from the loretta region of northern peru and we'll have to take you own on here hung video, the high end us here. we have 3 different reference samples from peru on the vin via default. and if we look at the color of the peak here, this is the red one. and as also seen in the reference sample from the north of loretta ida to samples from the southern area, all have a black peak and design, which means that the northern loretto declaration matches um to pick a hospital no,

no, no head to so this sample of tropical timber does have the correct origin, but that's not always the case. yeah, it's cosigned for 2023. we have a total of 13 percent. with an incorrect declaration, we have phone input on either the wrong b c's, wrong origin or both of us. and then best plastic now have a false declaration, of course means the greater likelihood of it being a legal guards. 9 from the amount of orders for which species testing has grown continuously since the research institute was found. it yes, everything is supposed to be. and i talked about some last, and i want us to help curb illegal logging in and in the process maintain the biodiversity of the tropical rain forest offices. and at the same time, of course, and it helped to counteract the climate change in cmo at least slow it down, working lines and things along. some that detective work plays a key role in making tempers supply chains. both more secure and more transparent.

the several weeks after it was shipped out from for route to the encouraging, finally received her delivery of what the company warehouse outside cologne is docked solely with certified tropical timbers better wood is a family run enterprise. how many do we have pays 5 more and then that's it. together with her brother and father, she prepares the delivery of planks that will be sent out today for a patio in portland. tropical timbers are extremely hard and robust, making them ideal for outdoor use. funding so like people always think that regional is good. i'm funny. there's

a tropical what is simply a fantastic product. was awesome. in comparison, the native would speak these are by nature not as resistant. sent for not to out when this big and so they have to be subjected to complicated. often energy intensive process is to increase that resistance hack a mocked bad despite the link the supply routes. tropical timber can be an alternative to german varieties of what provided it sustainably harvested. comfortable encouraging is convinced that making tropical wood products will help to protect the reinforced strength of mind to talk to i want my daughter to get to know the rain forest. when she grows up to a, to does man for more people to learn that tropical temper does not in itself destroy the rain forest, on the phone, on us as how to sustainable management, in fact, protects the forest. so that's what got invited to ship one desk, and that's particularly important to me coming as i do from colombia. so for me, the rain for is just kind of a reminder of home. i am

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