Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to stop uncontrolled export of unprocessed timber following a meeting on the development and decriminalization of the timber industry. Source: TASS (Russian News Agency) “I ask the government to prepare a legislative and
Most major housing markets won’t keep up with consumer price inflation in 2021 and are faced with multiple downside risks despite rising strongly this year amid the coronavirus pandemic and rock-bottom interest rates, Reuters polls showed. Source: Reuters Over 1 million people h
There’s increasing recognition of how nature can help tackle the climate crisis. From protecting standing forests to planting new trees, forests offer significant climate mitigation benefits. Now, new research shows that letting forests regrow on their own could be a secret weapon to
“The world is ablaze. Or so it seems, and the scenario is repeating itself every year now,” according to Dr François-Nicolas Robinne, of the University of Alberta’s Department of Renewable Resources, and Coordinator of IUFRO’s Fires: Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire Act
Employees of Resolute Forest Products’ Atikokan sawmill proudly presented a $10,000 cheque to Community Living Atikokan for the Aspen Court Senior Living fundraising campaign at a ceremony held at the facility. Sawmill employees earned the prize money through Resolute’s Board of Direc
Sawmiller GP Wood imported 100 truckloads of timber from Europe this week to combat a looming shortage in the Irish Republic. The Oireachtas has just passed new laws aimed at ending a planning log jam that has tied up enough timber to build 50,000 new homes, according to some estimate
All timber production ceased after an explosive second wave of Covid-19 infections has shocked Myanmar. Cases have now topped 10,000 with 226 confirmed deaths. The Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) imposed strict ‘stay-at-home’ restrictions for Yangon from 24 September. Source: Tro
The season for active spruce bark beetles has now come to an end. A preliminary assessment shows that the spruce bark beetle killed almost seven million cubic metres of forest in 2020. According to Mellanskog the extent in Sweden is alarming with approximately 4.5 million cubic metres
Deere’s new H424 harvester head replaces the previous H414. The new one has a redesigned look and changes based on customer feedback to improve productivity, ease of service, durability, uptime, measuring accuracy and to reduce daily operating costs. Source: Timberbiz The new model in
Yves Laflamme, Resolute’s president and chief executive officer, was recently recognized for his contributions to sustainability. The 2020 International Business Awards (IBA) honoured Mr Laflamme with a silver Stevie award in the Executive of the Year – Manufacturing category. Source: