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World Rainforest Day tomorrow

21 June 2021
World Rainforest Day on 22 June is a collaborative effort to raise awareness and encourage action to protect the world’s rainforests. Rainforests cover less than 3% of the Earth’s area but are essential to life on Earth and more than 25% of the medicines we use originate from ra
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Sweden has money to develop aviation fuel from forestry residues

21 June 2021
The Swedish Energy Agency announced it will grant funds to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Södra, Växjö Energi, SkyNRG, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and 2030-sekretariatet to continue research on the development of production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in the Växjö region in S
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Looping wooden sculpture for Hong Kong

18 June 2021
Marking its 50th anniversary this year, the Sino Group Hong Kong commemorated five decades of community-building with the unveiling of a permanent site-specific wooden art piece, Time Loop. Source: Timberbiz Sino partnered with the internationally acclaimed British designer Paul Cocks
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EU considers tightening biomass rules

18 June 2021
The European Union is considering tightening rules on whether wood-burning energy can be classed as renewable and count towards green goals, according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Source: Reuters The aim is to protect delicate ecosystems like old growth forests an
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Vortex training simulators take the stress out of learning

18 June 2021
CM Lab Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, has released a case study about one of Quebec Canada’s leading forestry training institutions. Mont-Laurier offers comprehensive instruction on skills such as tree-felling to operation and maintenance of harvest, loading, tr
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Katerra files for bankruptcy in US

16 June 2021
Katerra, a high tech international construction company, announced that certain of its US and Cayman Island entities have voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, as the company ta
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Wooden boxes replace freight containers in Turkey

16 June 2021
Global logistic issues have prompted Turkish exporters to pack and send their goods in wooden boxes, instead of traditional freight containers due to a global squeeze. Trade’s rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is being blunted by the ongoing shortage of shipping containers, as wel
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Outsight brings real-time LiDAR to forestry

16 June 2021
Outsight is bringing the power of real-time LiDAR technology to the forestry industry with instantaneous forest mapping. Source: Timberbiz The company is offering: An automated 3D solution that produces a 360° forest mapping in real time, and collects data on individual trees which op
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Volume of imported timber for UK highest in a decade

11 June 2021
The volume of timber and panel products imported into the UK in Q1 2021 was at its highest in more than a decade, since Q1 2007, according to the latest Timber Trade Federation (TTF) statistics. Source: Timberbiz Q1 2021 solid timber and panel product import volumes were 23% higher th
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Busy planting 48 million seedlings in northern Europe

11 June 2021
It is the busiest time of the year in the northern hemisphere especially in the Nordic forest where this year Stora Enso will plant a total of more than 48 million tree seedlings in Finland, Sweden, Russia and Estonia. Source: Timberbiz In northern forests, the planting season is typi
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