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Update on Indonesian forestry licensing

06 April 2020
On 27 February 2020, Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade (MoT) issued Regulation No 15/2020 on the export of forestry products. Subsequently, on 13 March 2020, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs issued a press release about a Non-Fiscal stimulus package intended to address
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Canadians to make electronic logging mandatory

03 April 2020
FPInnovations announced that a new federal mandate is expected to come into effect next year making electronic logging devices (ELDs) mandatory for Canadian federally regulated motor carriers and their drivers. With few exceptions, anyone who currently uses paper logs to keep track of
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Metsa to build the world’s most modern sawmill

03 April 2020
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has made the decision to build the world’s most modern sawmill in Rauma. The value of the investment is approximately EUR 200 million. Construction will begin in the spring of 2020. Production at the sawmill is set to begin during the third quarter of
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Nippon Paper employees donate to rebuild in Eden

03 April 2020
Nippon Paper employees, who still have strong ties to the Allied Natural Wood Exports (ANWE) wood chip mill in Eden, have shown their support by donating money following the recent devastating bushfires. Source: Timberbiz Before it changed hands in 2015, Japanese company Nippon Paper
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Weyehaeuser sells 630,000 acres of timberlands in Montana

01 April 2020
Weyerhaeuser Company announced the completion of the sale of its 630,000 acres of Montana timberlands to Southern Pine Plantations for approximately US$145 million in cash. Source: Timberbiz The company anticipates it will incur minimal tax liability in conjunction with the sale. R
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JCB now building ventilators not excavators

01 April 2020
JCB received a direct appeal from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to help plug the national ventilator shortage and to help save lives of Coronavirus patients. Following the approach, JCB Chairman Lord Bamford promised to help in any way the company could and immediately mobilised a rese
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Komatsu Forest, Logset, Ponsse suspend operations

01 April 2020
Due to the closure of suppliers of critical components, Komatsu Forest will temporarily shut down its production of forest machinery at its factory in Umeå. On 26 March, the company agreed with IF Metall on short-term work from 13 April through 21 June for employees in production. Sou
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TTF UK reflects on a week of COVID-19

30 March 2020
The UK Government announcement that it was time to work from home wherever possible, and to close all non-essential businesses which according to the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) started the confusion, as “hardware” stores – including timber and builders’ merchants – were exempt from
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Indonesia may go back to illegal logging practices

30 March 2020
A resurgence in illegal logging in Indonesia may be on the cards after the government declared that wood exports would no longer have to comply with a stringent legality check that took a decade to put in place. Sources: Timberbiz, Mongabay, Reuters Under the new regulation issued by
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PEFC transition period extended for revised standards

30 March 2020
To support certified entities and certification bodies during the COVID-19 challenge, Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) has extended the transition period for its three revised international standards by six months. Source: Timberbiz This extension applies t
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