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Ground breaking mapping finds billions of new trees

19 October 2020
Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and international collaborators demonstrated a new method for mapping the location and size of trees growing outside of forests, discovering billions of trees in arid and semi-arid regions and laying the
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On the road with lignin binders

19 October 2020
Swedish road and infrastructure operator Svevia aims to replace part of the oil-based binder with nature’s own binder – lignin. The lignin containing asphalt is currently being tested out on Swedish roads. Source: Timberbiz Svevia is carrying out road paving work on road 224 between t
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EU launches anti-dumping procedure against Russia

16 October 2020
The European Union has launched an anti-dumping procedure for the import of birch plywood from Russia. The complaint is brought by the Woodstock Consortium acting on behalf of the Union producers of birch plywood (complainants and supporting producers) representing an overwhelming maj
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HexBox modular prefab LVL boxes for easier woodworking

16 October 2020
In many woodworking traditions around the world, wedged mortise-and-tenon joints have long been a way to join wooden components without the use of glue or metal fasteners. Basically, driving in wedge-shaped bits of wood exerts enough force to keep two or more pieces locked together. T
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Timber imports’ strong market recovery in UK

16 October 2020
A UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) report revealed total import volumes for main timber and panel products were approximately 1% below July 2019 levels, with 866,000m3 arriving in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The one percent difference in volumes between the two months (July 2020 and Jul
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Opinion: Jay Engle – how much energy is produced using wood? A forester’s perspective

16 October 2020
Parsing some of the data and language associated with the global wood pellet trade can be a daunting task. While poking around for current wood pellet industry data recently, I found some interesting information on the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) website called the “M
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Logging tops list of America’s most dangerous jobs

14 October 2020
AdvisorSmith studied the most dangerous jobs in the United States based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Studying professions with a minimum employment of 50,000 workers to find the 25 most dangerous jobs among 263 total professions
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Collaborative Partnership of Forests urges a change post COVID

14 October 2020
Forests and tree landscapes should be at the heart of building back better after the COVID-19 pandemic for a more resilient and sustainable future, members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) said. Source: Timberbiz In a joint statement released at the margins of FAO’s C
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FAO says sustainable forestry is the heart of recovery – Build Back Better

14 October 2020
A sustainable forest sector lies at the heart of COVID-19 recovery plans that seek to build back better, senior executives from the forest industry said in a statement released for the Food & Agriculture Organisation’s Committee on Forestry. Source: Timberbiz FAO’s Advisory Commit
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Finland spruiks wood to Japan with Metsa’s relocatable timber pavilion

12 October 2020
The Metsä Pavilion is Business Finland’s project with Metsä Group built ready to host events organised by Business Finland and Finnish businesses. Using Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL as the main material made the construction fast, light and green. Source: Timberbiz The official opening of t
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