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Dropped by the government, French luthiers are mobilizing

2022-10-26T18:03:18.859Z


France and the EU could publish a favorable opinion on the prohibition of Pernambuco wood, eventually leading to the disappearance of bow makers.


Thunderbolt among luthiers.

A fortnight ago, a delegation from the Chamber of Instrument Manufacturers (CSFI) was received at Elisabeth Borne's office to discuss the Pernambuco file.

At the beginning of the summer, Brazil issued a proposal to classify Pernambuco wood, aiming to ban its marketing in the long term.

A measure that could lead to the disappearance of bow makers, craftsmen whose know-how is a French specialty.

Brazil's proposal must be validated at the next Cites (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), in Panama from November 14 to 25... Convention whose general secretariat has finally published, it a few weeks ago, an opinion questioning the merits of this proposal.

In this opinion to which

LeFigaro

had access to pointing out the lack of evidence on the real threat of disappearance of Pernambuco, and a Brazilian proposal

"with the aims ...

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Source: lefigaro

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