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PEFC survey – your views on forest certification

06 July 2020
PEFC is committed to supporting and improving service delivery for members, certificate holders and stakeholders. Accordingly, they are conducting a short survey to get a deeper understanding of what is relevant and important when it comes to forest certification. Source: Timberbiz Th
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FSC International flow-on financial effects of COVID-19

06 July 2020
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, FSC International has expressed concern regarding the financial risks posed by continuing extended shutdowns across the 90 plus countries using FSC for certification. Source: Timberbiz The financial risks to FSC stem from: The global nature of the
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Forest products sector remains strong internationally

03 July 2020
The Coronavirus Epidemic has negatively impacted the supply chains for numerous industry sectors worldwide the past few months. Many commodity products saw reduced trade during March and April, a result of reduced demand, closures of manufacturing facilities to protect workers, constr
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TerraMatch the Tinder for tree growing

03 July 2020
Tree planting was at the top of the international agenda in early 2020 when the World Economic Forum announced the Trillion Trees initiative, an effort to protect and plant enough trees to fight climate change and transform rural economies. Source: Timberbiz Many other companies and f
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Opinion: David Elstone – Canada faces demands to end old growth logging

03 July 2020
It’s outrageous to demand an end to old-growth logging without acknowledging the impact to people and communities. For decades, even more so over the past year, there have been many catastrophic headlines trumpeting the rhetoric from environmentalists who state that British Colu
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International Softwood Conference goes digital in 2020

01 July 2020
The European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) have announced that the 68th International Softwood Conference (ISC), which was originally planned in Helsinki from 6-9 October 2020, will now take place digitally in a compact form
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Robotics experts get jobs at Caterpillar

01 July 2020
Caterpillar has acquired select assets and hired employees from San Francisco, California-based robot and autonomy technology solutions company Marble Robot. The acquisition is part of Caterpillar’s automation and autonomy strategy and demonstrates its commitment to the next generatio
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Keith is poised to stand among the tallest

01 July 2020
Recent approval by the City of Vancouver, Canada for the construction of wood for commercial and residential projects of up to 12-storeys is great news for the architecture, engineering and construction community. Source: Panels & Furniture Following the Tallwood House at Brock Co
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WoodWorks Wood Design Awards

29 June 2020
Wood building design is dynamic and evolving across the US as more developers and design teams seek carbon-friendly structural solutions that are also beautiful and cost effective. WoodWorks will recognize the best of these projects at its 14th annual Wood Design Awards. Source: Timbe
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DoubleHelix offers Chain of Custody certification in Asia Pacific

29 June 2020
Environmentally conscious companies have a new choice when it comes to certification of forest products. Singapore-based Double Helix Tracking Technologies (DoubleHelix) now offers PEFC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification to companies there, and also across the Asia-Pacific region. S
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