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Meet the Lumberjills of WW2

26 February 2019
When war was declared in 1939, Britain was almost completely dependent on imported timber but only had seven months of it stockpiled. Timber was critical to the war effort: it was needed for everything from aircraft and shipbuilding to communications and coal mining. The British timbe
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Aggressive forest thinning needed but resources thin on the ground

26 February 2019
Spurred on by the devastating wildfires of the past few years including the Carr Fire and Camp Fire, state officials in California are pursuing ambitious plans to double the amount of wildland tree and brush thinning over the next five years. But they also acknowledge it is likely to
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Komatsu to acquire TimberPro

26 February 2019
Komatsu America has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TimberPro. The acquisition is expected to close on 1 April 2019, subject to completion of the closing conditions. Source: Timberbiz Established in 2002, TimberPro is a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of purpose-built fore
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Treevia designs a SmartForest for Brazil

21 February 2019
A remote monitoring system rolled out in Brazil is taking over the exhausting and risky task of keeping an eye on commercial forests. The system allows researchers and technicians to track forest growth rates in real time, in order to estimate if they are developing properly and detec
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Biggest carbon sinks are in young forests

21 February 2019
More than half of the carbon sink in the world’s forests is in areas where the trees are relatively young – under 140 years old – rather than in tropical rainforests, research at the University of Birmingham shows. Source: Timberbiz These trees have typically ‘regrown’ on land previou
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Smart Thumper app to test wood strength

21 February 2019
Determining the stiffest piece of lumber is now easier with a new smartphone app created by scientists in Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center. Called “Smart Thumper,” the app uses soundwaves or vibrations to determine stiffness, a quality that relates to
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Logset’s new test track for forest machinery

19 February 2019
At the end of 2018, Logset built a 500-meter test drive track next to the company’s forest machine factory in Koivulahti, Finland. The conditions on the track simulate the forest conditions. Every forest machine leaving the factory is evaluated on the new track. Source: Timberbiz The
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Forest of Fabrication demonstrates modern timber construction

19 February 2019
The UK Timber Trade Federation is sponsoring a new exhibition ‘Forest of Fabrication – dRMM: pioneers of timber architecture’ hosted by the Building Centre in London from 8 February until 17 May 2019. Source: Timberbiz Forest of Fabrication demonstrates the possibilities of modern tim
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Metsä Group to showcase sustainable forest management

19 February 2019
Metsä Group is establishing a new demonstration site, called Nemus Futurum, to showcase sustainable forest and nature management in Finland in a way that provides visitors with a unique experience. The guided experience, taking place in the forests surrounding Kirkniemi Manor, combine
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Hurricane Michael a boon for loggers and sawmillers

14 February 2019
When Hurricane Michael’s winds pushed up the Florida Panhandle in late 2018, it took miles of the state’s timber industry with it. Landowner John Alter lost 50% of his trees in Jackson County. In all, 2.8 million acres of timber was damaged by the storm. Source: Fox13 “We had just pla
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