The alternative many contemporary wooden board bow makers will be able to work from their stocks for a long period, but the stores of the world must move to another timber. The smuggling of Pernambuco undermine the efforts of the IPCI-USA to win the confidence of the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (IBAMA) and achieve a sustainable system and process of certification.
Fortunately, there are some very promising timber suitable for channels of high quality. Our committee has control of them and seeking additional opportunities around the world. To pass muster in a forest should not only possess the best characteristics of density, strength and beauty, but should also be a species that is abundant and sustainable. It should be possible to certify the sustainability of the forest, under the FSC, an international certification body of wood. Once we have solved for the best wood species, many leaders of today’s best bow strings from these woods and seek the approval of the musicians. An exhibition on the future of these arcs we will make our conclusions and to encourage the use of these other species. In addition, our goal is to develop a certificate chain of supply for the plants selected wood ready to respond to a duly selected and dimensioned wood.