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UK: Debating due diligence in the current crisis

22 May 2020
The Global Resource Initiative (GRI) Taskforce’s recently published Final Recommendations Report strongly advises that the UK adopt legislation making it mandatory for companies and financiers to conduct due diligence in their supply and investment chains. Source: Timberbiz It also un
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Eco Log Gremo announces line up and livery

22 May 2020
The merger of Eco Log and Gremo was announced in April 2020, now planning and preparations for future production have begun with all machines to carry the Eco Log name and colours. Source: Timberbiz Even though the machines will be named and look like Eco Log, the company says it is v
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Swedish company promoting natural forest not clearcutting

20 May 2020
The popular image of Sweden as a forest-rich nation is no myth: 58% of the land area is productive woodland. But beyond this statistic lies another disturbing one. Nearly three-quarters of Swedish forests are less than 60 years old, and most of the woodland comprises spruce and pine p
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Forest Landowners call on US Congress for financial certainty

20 May 2020
Forest Landowners (FLA) in the US is calling for Congress to finally provide much-needed financial certainty during the COVID-19 crisis for forest farmers, ensuring rural communities that depend on a timber economy will have the financial certainty to replant their lands after the los
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West Papua petition to stop trade in rainforest kwila

20 May 2020
National network West Papua Action Aotearoa, this week launched a petition calling on “Trade Me” to stop the trade of the rainforest timber kwila/merbau on their site. Source: Timberbiz “In 2010 we negotiated an agreement that Trade Me would only allow kwila products that had two very
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Canada’s forest sector seeks support to weather the COVID-19 storm

18 May 2020
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) President and CEO appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to share with MPs how Canada’s forest sector and workers are managing through the current COVID-19 crisis. Source: Timberbiz He also presented to the commi
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Scottish tree planters self-isolate to plant 100,000 trees

18 May 2020
A group of enthusiasts has undertaken voluntary isolation in order to ensure a tree planting project in the Scottish Highlands would go ahead. Plans to plant 100,000 trees in the Glenmoriston area of the Scottish Highlands were almost scrapped in March as coronavirus lockdown restrict
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CLT360+ a new digital assistant for timber building installation

18 May 2020
In the small Norwegian town of Kolvereid, a new daycare centre was started at the beginning of 2020. It was one of wood construction company Woodcon’s many timber projects, but what looked like an ordinary building site was the testing ground for CLT360+, a digital assistant that is s
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Information – your key to navigating the future

18 May 2020
With COVID-19 front and centre of industry challenges right now and for the foreseeable future, there has never been a greater need for the latest news and information to be delivered to the forests and timber industry sectors. Ryan Media, as an independent and Australian-owned media
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JCB returns to partial production

15 May 2020
JCB has commenced a partial re-starting of production at four of its UK factories as a comprehensive package of safety measures is rolled out to protect employees in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. Source: Timberbiz British production lines fell silent on 18 March and the vast maj
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