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Independent audit by ITS Global shows Greenpeace faked data to build phony case against APP

27 September 2010
GREENPEACE WAS caught using false and misleading information to attack the credibility of a company to advance its agenda, according to an independent peer reviewed audit released today by ITS Global. The international audit group studied the July 2010 document “How Sinar Mas is Pul
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NZ Forestry to the fore at Sydney Rugby Ball

15 September 2010
New Zealand’s forestry sector was showcased last week at the highest profile event yet to promote the 2011 Rugby World Cup – Tourism New Zealand’s giant World Cup Rugby Ball in Sydney.
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NMIT’s innovative construction gains international interest

06 September 2010
A showcase building that breaks new ground in the use of wood as a structural building material in multi-storey construction is already attracting international interest.
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China’s massive forestry fair to include Taiwan Pavilion

06 September 2010
The 2010 China Yiwu International Forest Product Fair will feature its first-ever Taiwan Pavilion and more than 300 Taiwanese businesses.
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PEFC Germany raffles a two-seater swing made of sustainable tropical timber

06 September 2010
PEFC Germany and the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), which operates the first PEFC-endorsed scheme in Southeast Asia, presented a joint stand at the gardening fair "Spoga+gafa 2010" on 5-7 September in Cologne, Germany. The joint stand raffled off a swing made of certif
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Sowing the seeds for climate change benefits

01 September 2010
The NZ Government should underwrite the growing of millions of forestry seedlings if it wants to meet its climate change planting goal. Current planting levels are far below the 30,000ha of new forest a year for 10 years needed to meet the country’s greenhouse gas emissions target. Fo
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Finland’s lumber exports rose sharply in April and May

30 August 2010
Finland’s exports of softwood lumber showed conspicuous growth in April and May 2010, after exports had plummeted by 41% in March.
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Balterio intends to invest €12m by the end of 2010

30 August 2010
Balterio intends to invest a total of around €12m in modernising laminate flooring production at the location of Vielsalm in Belgium as well as in product development and additional marketing measures.
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Free forestry conference puts GIS on the map

30 August 2010
A national and international line up of geographical information systems (GIS) experts will be punching Rotorua’s coordinates into their sat-navs in October, as they converge on the city for a unique forestry event.
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Exports of lumber and logs from New Zealand on pace to reach a record in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

26 July 2010
NEW ZEALAND’S exports of pine logs and lumber increased substantially during the first months of 2010. Unfortunately for the manufacturing sector, log exports have increased much faster than the exports of manufactured products.
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