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Germany’s hot summers place forests in danger

27 April 2020
In Germany the last two exceptionally hot and dry summers have weakened millions of trees, undermining their defences against the bark beetle, which can be fatal to ancient woodlands. Source: TRT World Germany’s forests, covering a third of its territory and as much a part of it
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Amazon gives $10m to support forestry in US

27 April 2020
Amazon announced a US$10 million grant to conserve, restore, and support sustainable forestry, wildlife and nature-based solutions across the Appalachian Mountains, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy. This funding will initially support projects in Pennsylvania and Vermont t
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Ponsse Parts Online added to Ponsse Manager

24 April 2020
The addition of Ponsse Parts Online to Ponsse Manager makes the daily activities of forest machine operators easier. Customers can order spare parts, browse spare parts manuals and instruction manuals, and monitor machine-specific notes with one single user ID. Source: Timberbiz Spare
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Euro Commission approves €50m to support Italian ag, forestry and fishery

24 April 2020
The European Commission has approved a €50 million Italian scheme to support the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework adopted by the Co
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North American softwood lumber prices steady

24 April 2020
In contrast to the sharp plummets of recent weeks, most North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices either remained steady or dropped by smaller increments last week as distributors had decent demand from end-users. Sources: Lesprom, Madison Lumber Reporter Su
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Opinion: William Strauss FutureMetrics – COVID-19 impact on wood pellets

24 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a global economic depression. Many sectors are being and will continue to be strongly negatively affected. Many people will suffer both from the disease and from the economic fallout. The magnitude and reach of this crisis is huge and far reach
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Euro survey results on the effects of COVID-19 on the timber sector

22 April 2020
CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries that represents 21 European and national organisations from 15 countries is the body backing the interests of the industrial European wood sector. The organisation recently opened a questionnaire on the impacts to the indu
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Eco Log and Gremo to merge

22 April 2020
Eco Log and Gremo are planning for a common future in the forest machine business. A first step has been taken as an Intent of Merger has been signed to move the production of Gremo machines to the Eco Log Factory in Söderhamn – a move that is planned for later in 2020. Source:
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Koppers partners to help local community during COVID-19

22 April 2020
Koppers Holdings, a Pittsburgh-based global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, has partnered with the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh (ULGP) to launch a community-wide fund to obtain and distribute essential household products to under
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Swedish stats on sold seedlings

20 April 2020
The usage of pesticides on coniferous seedlings in Sweden declined by 4% in 2019 compared with 2018, instead mechanical treatment was used. This was shown by annual statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency on sold seedlings. The amount sold is about the same as the previous year. Sou
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