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Origin of our wood

It is a long way from the seedling in the tropics to the wooden terrace, table top or chopping boards in your home. What principles are applied in the forests? How is further processing and transportation carried out? At this point we would like to document the story behind our tropical wood.

FSC tropical wood Betterwood
FSC® C108302

Bolivia

Our Garapa wood and our Cumaru substructure come from certified forestry in the Andes.

Brazil

This is where our hardwood substructure comes from. The political situation led us to temporarily stop imports.

Indonesia

The trees for our teak decking planks grow in the ancient teak forests on the Indonesian island of Java.

Peru

This is where the trees for our Cumaru decking boards come from. A TV report shows how forestry works.

Vietnam

Our chopping boards, table tops and garden furniture come from Vietnam.

TV report about Betterwood and our forest in Peru

A television team from the Pro Sieben program “Galileo” visited us in our camp near Cologne and in one of our forests in Peru. The result is a report about our company and our special type of forest management.

ZDF report about Betterwood

The ZDF documentary series Plan B has set itself the goal of telling stories of success and presenting ideas for solutions to social problems. The report on Betterwood shows that forestry can contribute to the preservation of tropical forests. ZDF writes in a press release: “Catherine Körting (…) found a way to contribute to the preservation of the rainforest by selling tropical timber.”

Sustainability

Our woods come from the tropical forests of Asia and South America. Our forestry operations there work according to the high ecological standards of the FSC®: clear-cutting and pesticides are prohibited, biodiversity must be preserved and only as much wood may be removed from the forest as will grow back in the same period.

Fairness

The FSC® requirements also apply to working conditions. High safety standards, fair pay well above the national average and comprehensive social security and healthcare must be implemented in the forest and sawmill. This is also verified by independent FSC® inspections.

Transportation

To ensure that the positive environmental balance of production does not go up in smoke when the wood is transported from Latin America to our customers, we participate in voluntary CO2 certificate trading. The CO2 emissions from each transport are calculated and offset via a reforestation project in Indonesia, which we implement in cooperation with Fairventures.

Our decking boards

Cumaru decking boards 90mm

Cumaru decking boards 90mm

from 6,60 €

Cumaru decking boards, FSC 100%
Price from: € 70 per m2, resistance class: 1

Advantages: ✓ best durability ✓ particularly robust and scratch-resistant

Disadvantages: ✗ Partly rough surface ✗ High force development

Tip: Sand the boards after the first weathering.

Cumaru decking boards 120mm BioMaderas

Cumaru decking boards 120mm

from 9,10 €

Cumaru decking boards, FSC 100%
Price from: € 70 per m2, resistance class: 1

Advantages: ✓ best durability ✓ particularly robust and scratch-resistant

Disadvantages: ✗ Partly rough surface ✗ High force development

Tip: Sand the boards after the first weathering.

Cumaru decking boards smooth 145mm width

Cumaru decking boards 145mm

from 11,85 €

Cumaru decking boards, FSC 100%
Price from: € 70 per m2, resistance class: 1

Advantages: ✓ best durability ✓ particularly robust and scratch-resistant

Disadvantages: ✗ Partly rough surface ✗ High force development

Tip: Sand the boards after the first weathering.

Garapa decking boards 145mm FSC

Garapa decking boards 145mm

from 9,10 €

Garapa decking boards, FSC 100%
Price from: € 65 per m2, resistance class: 1-2

Advantages: ✓ smooth surface ✓ homogeneous, light color

Disadvantages: ✗ Ferrous materials lead to discoloration ✗ Tendency to warp if not screwed down

Tip: patio cleaning removes discoloration and
professional interim storage prevents warping.

Garapa decking boards finger-jointed FSC III

Garapa decking boards finger-jointed 145mm

from 9,80 €

Garapa decking boards, FSC 100%
Price from: € 65 per m2, resistance class: 1-2

Advantages: ✓ smooth surface ✓ homogeneous, light color

Disadvantages: ✗ Ferrous materials lead to discoloration ✗ Tendency to warp if not screwed down

Tip: patio cleaning removes discoloration and
professional interim storage prevents warping.