Europe leads the way with tall timber
29 June 2017
France, Austria and Norway are to become home to the world’s tallest wooden buildings according to a new report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which has found Europe to be leading the timber construction movement. Source: Dezeen The CTBUH conducted t
Continue Reading →US wants quick deal with Canada, but not likely
22 June 2017
Canada’s envoy to Washington says President Donald Trump’s administration is interested in a quick deal to end a softwood lumber dispute although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government sees no imminent agreement. Source: Bloomberg Ambassador David MacNaughton said US Commerce Secr
Continue Reading →Pumping the forest with CO2
22 June 2017
Researchers at a British University have embarked on a decade-long experiment that will pump a forest full of carbon dioxide to measure how it copes with rising levels of the gas – a key driver of climate change. Source: Reuters The Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) expe
Continue Reading →Forestry convention in Cuba
14 June 2017
Experts from 19 countries are holding an International Agricultural and Forestry Convention in Cuba, focused on the problems of agricultural yields and the functioning of the sector’s productive chains. Source: Prensa Latina Entrepreneurs, small farmers, academicians and univers
Continue Reading →PNG deports missionary due to logging legal fight
14 June 2017
The Papua New Guinea Government has deported a Catholic missionary after he tried to help villagers who were taking legal action against a giant Malaysian logging company. Source: ABC News Lawyer Doug Tennent had been working as the administrator of the Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul,
Continue Reading →Canadians going 19 storey hybrid timber
08 June 2017
Canadian developer PortLiving is set to build a 19-storey mixed-use residential project that will be Vancouver’s tallest hybrid timber tower. Source: The Fifth Estate The Terrace House project has been designed by Shigeru Ban Architects, the first Canadian project for the Pritzker Pri
Continue Reading →SFI first US CLT company to gain certification
31 May 2017
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) says SmartLam is the first US manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the SFI 2015-2019 Chain-of-Custody Standard. Source: Woodworking Network SmartLam is also the first manufacturer to produce CLT in the US, Smart
Continue Reading →Swedish Royal family plants for CIFOR in Indonesia
25 May 2017
Indonesia, Sweden and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) share the vision of a more sustainable world, in which forestry research and innovation play a critical role. Source: Timberbiz Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden visited CIFOR’s global headquarters
Continue Reading →New forests found by scientists
25 May 2017
A team of scientists has found new areas of forest equivalent to 60% of the size of Australia. Source: ECU Daily According to the latest statistics from the World Bank, there was an estimated forest area worldwide of just under 40 million km2, increasing the estimated forest cover glo
Continue Reading →Komatsu to launch new products at Elmia
25 May 2017
Komatsu Forest is planning to present several new products at Elmia Wood. Exactly which ones will only be revealed at the fair. Source: Timberbiz “We’re coming with a new machine, harvester head innovations and some new technical solutions,” Annelie Persson, communications manager at
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