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UK gives away 600,000 free saplings in a season

21 September 2022
Almost 9,000 schools and community groups benefited from the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity’s popular scheme in 2022 and now applications for trees to be delivered in 2023 are  open. Source: Timberbiz Woodland Trust senior project lead Vicki Baddeley hopes even more school
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Forestry and Biodiversity summit takeaways

21 September 2022
The Corporate Investments into Forestry and Biodiversity (CIFB) Summit in Amsterdam, held recently focused on information and methodologies for investing in natural climate solutions, particularly concerning forestry and biodiversity in the backdrop of corporations and businesses faci
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Hiab’s new forestry crane on show in Germany

21 September 2022
Hiab, part of Cargotec, has a next generation forestry crane, LOGLIFT 18S, with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The company will show a prototype of the PANORAMA cabin in Pavilion P35 from 20 to 25 September at IAA TRANSPORTATION in Hannover, Germany. Source: Timbe
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Worldwide inflation impacts Vietnamese wood market

19 September 2022
In contrast to the full order books at the beginning of the year Vietnamese wood and wooden furniture enterprises are currently facing many difficulties due to the cancellation of orders by customers because of inflation in countries such as the US and the EU and the sharp increase in
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Pre-engineering for new folding boxboard mill

19 September 2022
Metsa will start pre-engineering for a new folding boxboard mill in Kaskinen, Finland after it announced in May 2022 that it would explore possibilities to increase folding boxboard capacity in Finland or Sweden in order to support its customers’ growth and to strengthen its service c
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The Cup Collective to collect millions of paper cups

19 September 2022
Huhtamaki and Stora Enso have joined forces to launch a new paper cup recycling initiative, The Cup Collective. The program, which is the first of its kind in Europe, aims to recycle and capture the value of used paper cups on an industrial scale. Initially the programme will be imple
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US Sylvamo buys paper plant from Stora Enso

16 September 2022
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to sell its paper production site in Sweden, and all related assets to Sylvamo, a US-based global producer of uncoated paper. The enterprise value is EUR 150 million. Closing is expected in the beginning of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals. Sour
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Energy surcharge for pulp and paper in North America

16 September 2022
Kemira is implementing a 4% energy surcharge for all Pulp and Paper process and functional chemistries across North America for all non-contract customers, effective 1 October 2022. The surcharge announced in April for inorganic coagulants sold through the Industry & Water segment
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PEFC to develop program for ASEAN region

16 September 2022
PEFC is calling for collaborators and donors to develop the PEFC FOR-TRADE program to drive ASEAN integration and development of regional value chains in forest related industries. Source: Timberbiz The PEFC FOR-TRADE program (Forestry and Trade for Development in the ASEAN region) su
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Third in the world University of Forestry to be set up in India

14 September 2022
The University of Forestry for which an Act was declared in the Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council in India, will be the first of its kind in the whole country and the third in the world, a statement from the Forest department informed. Source: The Hindu The only other two cou
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