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Australians beware Myanmar to auction illegally harvested teak

28 May 2021
Myanmar’s ruling military’s plans to auction tonnes of illegally harvested teak logs worth tens of millions of dollars was a warning to Australian consumers that they need to be aware of where imported timber comes from, according to the Australian Forest Products Association. Source:
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Statistics show meteoric rise of timber in the UK

26 May 2021
In the UK many industries were predicting that 2020 would be the worst year on record according to the Timber Trade Federation. Companies feared financial loss or ruin while individuals were braced for widespread job losses. Source: Timberbiz In common with virtually every other indus
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US moves to double tariffs on Canadian softwood

26 May 2021
A move by the US Commerce Department to increase preliminary tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada, if finalized, will raise producer costs and cut into their profits but is unlikely to affect prices to consumers of wood products, analysts say. Source: Daily Commerical News T
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China’s hunger for timber is stripping Suriname’s forests

26 May 2021
Chinese companies own more than half of the logging concessions in Suriname, South America. Much of the illegal timber is sold online through companies which are hard to track, reported DW News Agency. Source: Yahoo!News Carl Holm in a ground report uncovered the illegal timber busine
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Fulbright scholarship winner to boost biosecurity

26 May 2021
An insect invasion expert from the University of the Sunshine Coast will soon travel to the United States on a Fulbright Future Scholarship to help boost biosecurity between the two countries. Source: Timberbiz Dr Helen Nahrung, from USC’s Forest Research Institute, is the first resea
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Ponsse extends protection for frame and cranes

24 May 2021
Ponsse has introduced a new extended protection system for forest machines called Frame and Crane care for machines that have a Ponsse Active Care service agreement. The Frame and Crane care covers main frame structures for up to 10,000 engine hours. Source: Timberbiz The Frame and Cr
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Nippon Paper wants to build batteries from trees

24 May 2021
It’s a potential leap in technology that most scientists remain sceptical about, but which a Japanese paper producer is determined to pursue: using trees to develop a successor to lithium-ion batteries for electric cars. Source: The Japan Times Nippon Paper Industries Co. is targeting
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Vietnam hardwood chip exports lift with shipments to China

24 May 2021
Following a couple of lacklustre months, Vietnam’s exports of hardwood chips lifted in March 2021, totalling 836,000 bdmt, as shipments to Mainland China doubled on those for February. Source: IndustryEdge In the March quarter, Vietnam’s hardwood chip exports totalled 1.913 million bd
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US to double or quadruple thinning to reduce wildfires

21 May 2021
The United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes dead wood from its forests to reduce the threat of wildfires that have become more frequent and severe due to climate change, the Biden administration said on Thursday. Source: Reuters The call for a mor
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China issues its first forestry carbon credit stamps

21 May 2021
China has issued its first batch of forest carbon credit stamps in Sanming City in the south eastern Fujian Province in a move to use market mechanisms to reduce carbon emissions. Source: Shine Forest carbon credits are permits for companies to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide.
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