Into the Wood
[Photo source: Toronto Star] From November 14 to 25 in 2022, delegates from 184 countries gathered in Panama for the 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Pernambuco Update
John Bennett International Alliance of Violin and Bow Makers for Endangered Species December 14,...
CITES Approves Revision to Pernambuco Listing
Panama City, Panama – The 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to CITES (the UN Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) today approved…
The future of pernambuco is currently under discussion at the CITES convention in Panama City. Watch the statement from the International Association of Violin and Bow Makers here:
The 19th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is currently taking place in Panama City…
Global Action on Musical Instruments Begins Next Week
The League is partnering with international stakeholders to represent the music sector in policy...
“Let’s not make the musical world a scapegoat for deforestation by banning the trade in Pernambuco wood”
Nearly two hundred personalities from the musical world, including the pianist Martha Argerich,...
IPCI Actions 2001 – 2022
In 2000, bow makers from France, Germany and the United States responded to the serious depletion of Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest and pernambuco populations by forming the International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative (IPCI) to develop a plan of action.
Alliance Pernambuco Conservation Strategy Document
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Les luthiers français bientôt privés de bois pour leurs archets
https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/pernambouc-le-bois-de-la-discorde-20220929 Les luthiers français...
French luthiers soon deprived of wood for their bows – English
https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/pernambouc-le-bois-de-la-discorde-20220929 French luthiers soon...
An Important message from world-renowned cellist, Yo-Yo Ma
An Important message from world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma who shares his impassioned support for...
Pernambuco Update 9/21/22: Public Comments Processing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters
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Pernambuco Update: 9/5/22
Lynn Hannings, vice president of the International Alliance of Violin and Bow Makers for Endangered Species, explains how the organisation is acting in support of musicians
Pernambuco Update: CITES | International threat to bow making
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Shops and teachers, a poster to download for your studios
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The Scroll: The membership magazine of the Violin Society of America
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Pernambuco Update 7/27/22
IBAMA Ordinance establishes guidelines for a Working Group focused on the preservation of...
Statement to the European Commission
Statement to the European Commission Stakeholders Meeting on CITES on behalf of the...
Pernambuco Update 7/6/22
On June 23, Brazil proposed to CITES that pernambuco be moved from Appendix II to Appendix I....
International Society of Bassists
This is an article that recently appeared in the magazine of the International Society of...
European Commission Revised Ivory Guidance: Q&A Document – Musical Instruments
On 16 December 2021 the European Commission adopted a revised Guidance Document on the EU regime...
An Earth Day Message from Brianna Goldberg, New Alliance Board Member
When you look around the stage at an orchestra concert, do you ever think, “Look at all that...
Analysis April 2022: Seeing the wood for the trees
An ongoing criminal investigation in Brazil into the illegal trafficking of pernambuco has highlighted the continuing threat to a species prized by bow makers and string players around the world.
Pernambuco Update
The pernambuco investigation in Brazil continues. We have some important information about the DOF system in Brazil that is essential to understand to avoid purchasing illegally harvested wood.