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Importer fined for breaching illegal logging laws

17 January 2019
A Queensland-based importer has been fined $12,600 for ongoing non-compliance with Australia’s illegal logging laws, becoming the first company to be penalised under the legislation. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Richard Colbeck said the penalty was a timely r
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Forest2Market report for US fibre market

15 January 2019
As global consumer trends and demands continue to shift at an escalating pace, a new Forest2Market report shows that both structural and temporal market shifts in recent decades have impacted the markets for wood fibre residuals. The report, Changes in the Residual Wood Fiber Market 2
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Global softwood lumber markets

15 January 2019
Global trade of softwood lumber from January through September 2018 was down 2.5% as compared with the same period last year. China, Japan, the United Kingdom and the MENA region reduced their imports, while the US and continental Europe have imported more lumber this year than in 201
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A green bullet for Scotland’s carbon store

15 January 2019
Thousands of trees planted near Loch Ness could help grow a new income stream for Scotland’s forestry industry while removing thousands of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. The trees comprise a large-scale test site investigation by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-fund
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Forestry popular alternative investment in Asia

10 January 2019
Forestry assets are an increasingly popular alternative to bricks-and-mortar, particularly with the worsening outlook for real estate, according to some experts at the recent SMART Investment and International Property Expo in Hong Kong. But, like all investments, they are not without
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Timber train from Finland to China

10 January 2019
In late December, the Metsä Fibre Division of the Finnish Metsä Group used the land route to China for the first time to export sawn timber. With the block train loaded with 41 containers in Kouvula/Finland, Metsä Fibre delivered 1800m3 of softwood sawn timber to the northwestern Chin
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New forestry expo to compete with Elmia Wood

10 January 2019
MaskinLeverantörerna, the Swedish association of machine suppliers, is organising the Swedish Forestry Expo in Solvalla/Stockholm, a forestry machinery trade fair for the first time from 3 to 5 June 2021. The association emphasises that the fair is open to all manufacturers of machine
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Forestry: Protecting an ancient practice with new tools

10 January 2019
Illegal deforestation is one of the most critical issues impacting the forestry industry today. It has a negative impact on the environment and casts a dark shadow over companies who are participating in sustainable, responsible and legal logging. The Australian Department of Agricult
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H&M, Ikea joined by Stora Enso in TreeToTextile venture

08 January 2019
TreeToTextile is a joint venture between H&M group, Inter IKEA group and innovator Lars Stigsson, with the aim of developing new textile fibres in a sustainable way at attractive cost levels. TreeToTextile announced that Stora Enso will join this partnership and support the indust
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Call for review on international policy for biotech research

08 January 2019
A coalition of forest scientists, including Steve Strauss of Oregon State University, is calling for an immediate review of international policies that the group says put unreasonable and harmful limitations on biotech research. This petition follows on the release of a major report o
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