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Born in Paris out of an awareness among artistic bow makers of the fragility of access to pernambuco (Paubrasilia echinata) resources, the International Initiative for the Conservation of Pernambuco, created in 2000, works in partnership with NGOs and Brazilian authorities on the replanting, conservation, scientific study, and traceability of existing wood stocks.
IPCI France-Europe is currently the IPCI entity with the largest number of artistic bow makers among its members.

In collaboration with IPCI-USA and IPCI-Germany, IPCI France-Europe is a key player at COP meetings and major events with CITES. Find out more

NEWS - Updates June 30, 2025

Brazil requests the transfer of pernambuco to Appendix I

The news we feared came on Friday, June 27: Brazil has asked CITES to move pernambuco from Appendix II to Appendix I at the next COP, to be held in Samarkand from November 24 to December 5 this year. Proposal 46 was published on July 1 on the CITES website. Learn more about Brazil's proposal 46

Survey: Knowledge of bow making worldwide

In order to help us obtain reliable and up-to-date data to defend the interests of the entire sector, musicians, luthiers, retailers, bow makers, we invite bow makers and luthiers who are involved in the purchase/sale, maintenance, rehairing, occasional manufacture or rental of bows, as well as dealers, merchants and intermediaries of bows for new and old bows, to respond to this anonymous survey. Participate in the survey

Brazil calls on stakeholders and countries

In notification F-Notif-2025-076 published by the CITES Secretariat, Brazil makes several requests to CITES Parties and relevant stakeholders, in particular bow manufacturers. The main requests are as follows: Find out more