The situation of wood preservation in Italy

This document summarizes the situation of wood preservation in Italy at the present time. Information on the Italian climate and biological hazard of wood commodities are extracted and updated from a document of Gambetta et al., 1985. Data about wood production and industry are obtained by INFC, National Inventory of Forest and Forest Carbon Sink, by ISTAT, the National Institute of Statistics and by a report of Cosmit / Federlegno Arredo. Information on the production volumes and types of preservatives treatments are obtained from Italian companies, as cited in the text.