LIGNA on track for 2017
10 November 2016
LIGNA, a world leading trade fair for machinery, plant and tools for the woodworking and timber processing industry, is gearing up for its 2017 season. Source: Fordaq While the opening day is still about six months away, the organizers, Deutsche Messe and the German Woodworking Machin
Continue Reading →Trump may test Canada’s timber
10 November 2016
A Donald Trump administration, combined with a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives, could have reverberations that will be felt by the Canadian economy for years. Source: CTV News One of the first trade irritants that could test US-Canadian relations is softwood
Continue Reading →Wooden energy with every step
02 November 2016
The next time you’re running through an airport to catch your plane or busting a move on the dance floor, you could also be generating clean, green energy. Source: The Smithsonian At least, that’s the hope of Xudong Wang and his team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madis
Continue Reading →$205m forestry damage by Hurricane Matthew
02 November 2016
The South Carolina Forestry Commission estimates Hurricane Matthew-related damage to the state’s timber resources at US$205 million. Source: The News The agency began assessing storm damage on a widespread scale sending Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) personnel and other foreste
Continue Reading →Forest carbon finance needs commitment
02 November 2016
The inclusion of the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation program, known as REDD+, as a standalone article in the Paris Climate Agreement was widely hailed as an encouraging political signal that protecting forests and other valuable carbon sinks would hen
Continue Reading →NZ MoU with India on forestry park
02 November 2016
Zindia Limited, the largest exporter of timber products to India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adani Port and SEZ Limited to promote a Timber Industrial Park at Mudra Port in Gujarat. Source: Indian News Link Zindia Managing Director Jacob Mannothra signed the MoU wi
Continue Reading →Canadian forest products seeks partnership with government
27 October 2016
The Canadian forest products industry is asking for a formal partnership with the federal government to further the sector’s ongoing transformation and contributions to the government’s agenda, including combatting climate change and supporting middle class jobs. Source: Y
Continue Reading →Solomon Islands tightens logging by foreigners
20 October 2016
The Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Forestry and Research will not issue any more felling licenses to newly registered foreign companies intending to carry out logging activities in the country. Source: Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation A Government statement said this is to contr
Continue Reading →US Airports support aviation biofuels
20 October 2016
Alliance Bioenergy announced that the Airports Council International – North America (“ACI-NA”) has given its written support of the CTS process for the production of aviation biofuels and Alliance’s application to the Department of Energy for a bio-refinery demonstration plant, produ
Continue Reading →US timber harvest stalls
20 October 2016
According to official statistics, the US timber harvests were practically the same in 2015 as in 2011, coming in at 355 million m3. This appears to be quite low considering the log demand by the US forest industry. Source: Timberbiz Analysis by Wood Resources International based on de
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