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Russia forges ahead with forest felling

26 March 2021
In a dense forest northeast of Moscow, logging machines cut down rows of trees as Russia taps foreign demand for its wood as part of efforts to reduce its dependence on oil exports. Source: Associated Free Press Nowhere is this more evident than in Vologda, a region 500 kilometres (31
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Biden administration urged to action on skyrocketing lumber costs

26 March 2021
The US National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) continues to aggressively to engage the Biden administration on lumber and to urge policymakers to take immediate action to address skyrocketing lumber prices and supply shortages that are harming home builders, home buyers, remodele
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Wood a natural filter to remove pathogens from water

26 March 2021
MIT engineers have been investigating sapwood’s natural filtering ability, and have previously fabricated simple filters from peeled cross-sections of sapwood branches, demonstrating that the low-tech design effectively filters bacteria. Now, the same team has advanced the technology
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Finding and connecting with sawmills worldwide

24 March 2021
BizVibe has expanded the number of companies that can be discovered and tracked for their sawmills and wood preservation industry group. The company helps buyers select the right supplier, as its platform is designed to help companies generate leads, shortlist suppliers, request for p
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Regrowing tropical forests is nature better than nurture

24 March 2021
The destruction of tropical forest is a major contributor to biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. In response, conservationists and scientists are debating how to best catalyse recovery of these forests. Source: The Conversation How do you take a patch of earth littered with tree
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Baltpool biomass trading platform trades recycled wood

24 March 2021
Baltpool UAB – the Lithuanian state-owned international online biomass trading platform – has started trading biomass from recycled wood. This solution opens up opportunities for construction and industrial waste management companies to participate in biomass trade auctions as well as
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Forest ownership in the ECE Region

22 March 2021
This study examines forest ownership in the ECE (Europe) region. Based on data on 35 countries, and the first to include all forest ownership categories, this study investigates the changing nature and patterns of forest ownership, the ways in which governance and social structures in
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Winners of the International Day of Forests photo contest

22 March 2021
  Photographs from the Russian federation, Belarus, and Spain have won the International Day of Forests 2021 photo contest, which celebrated the ways in which trees contribute to people’s well-being across the world. Source: Timberbiz More than 700 photos of trees that support me
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Small-scale research into heat delamination in CLT

22 March 2021
A new research paper from the US examines the strength of wood adhesive bonds at high temperatures. The goal of the research is to better understand the conditions of heat delamination in cross laminated timber (CLT) that is exposed to fire. Source: Timberbiz Heat delamination in CLT
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Greenland’s lost and found forest

19 March 2021
In a bizarre story of lost and found, scientists have unravelled Greenland’s secret – It really might have been forest green only a million years ago. Source: Cosmos An international team of scientists, led by Paul Bierman of the University of Vermont, analysed a mile deep, 54-year-ol
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