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Barking mad bakeries in Finland

10 August 2020
Each morning at the Ämmän Leipä bakery in Kainuu, eastern Finland, bakers bustle around preparing the bread for the day. Flour is sifted and dough is kneaded to make customer favourites like maalaisleipä (sourdough) and rieska (Finnish flatbread). But for one product there’s an unlike
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Katerra emerges as a leader in American CLT manufacture

10 August 2020
Katerra in North American has a CLT manufacturing facility with capacity to produce 185,000 cubic metres annually, the largest in North American timber. Katerra also offers mass timber design, engineering, and construction services, in addition to material production and distribution.
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Harvard study shows accelerated rates for forest carbon capture

10 August 2020
Climate change has increased the productivity of forests, according to a new study that synthesizes hundreds of thousands of carbon observations collected over the last quarter century at the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site, one of the most intensively studied forest
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Greening Sydney with free trees

10 August 2020
Planet Ark is joining with NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. As part of a three-year sponsorship of Planet Ark’s National Tree Day and the Premier’s Priority for Greening our City, the partnership aims t
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PwC NZ report says forestry presents larger economic value than farming

10 August 2020
Claims that forestry destroys local communities and jobs are refuted in a PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) report. The report also indicates forestry has on average a larger economic value per hectare than pastoral farming. The report, titled The Economic Impact of Forestry in New Zealand,
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Projections of traded wood products report from ABARES

10 August 2020
A framework for developing medium term projections of traded wood products is a recent report released by ABARES that presents a proof of concept modelling exercise, reporting medium-term projections of the volume and value of trade in wood products based on a set of nested, historica
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Time to reply – ForestFit survey ends this week

10 August 2020
ForestFit wants to know more about forestry contractor businesses nationally and the profile of business operations. ForestFit, a forest contractor training and certification pilot, is being designed specifically for forest contractors and will be rolled out nationally. Source: Timber
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Wellbeing is material to architectural design

10 August 2020
Research has found that the built environment has a significant effect on overall wellbeing as the industry has seen a steady increase in the use of decorative timber in commercial spaces, such as offices, libraries, hospitality venues and retail stores. Source: Building Connection Th
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Sheep Creek Dam to store Kangaroo Island pine logs

10 August 2020
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has surveyed the Sheep Creek Dam at its Macgill property to ascertain its suitability to store pine logs once harvesting of the bushfire-damaged pine plantations can begin. Source: Timberbiz John Linsell and Michael Pohl, of Steed surveyors, were con
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VicForests TRP and TUP changes open for stakeholder comments

10 August 2020
VicForests is seeking stakeholder and community comment on its proposed Timber Release Plan (TRP) and Timber Utilisation Plan (TUP) changes. The TRP and TUP identify potential timber harvesting areas for the coming years and are being prepared as part of VicForests’ regular planning p
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