Canadian take on forestry safety
15 February 2018
On 18 October, 2017, a logger was killed in a tragic incident near Mackenzie in northern British Columbia, Canada. The operator was using a feller buncher to cut timber on a slope when the machine tipped over backwards, cutting off his escape route when the machine caught fire. Source
Continue Reading →IKEA buys its first US forest
15 February 2018
IKEA Group acquired its first US forest property, covering approximately 25,000 acres in Lowndes County, Alabama. Source: Clean Technica The investment in forestry is part of a broader strategy to invest in the sustainable production of resources that IKEA Group consumes directly, suc
Continue Reading →New Jersey to house largest timber office in US
07 February 2018
Canadian studio Michael Green Architecture has unveiled plans for a massive timber office complex on the waterfront of Newark, New Jersey, which is expected to be the largest of its kind in the USA. Source: Dezeen The design comprises three stepped volumes in rising heights of six, ei
Continue Reading →Obtala closes $7.5m investment round after signing MoU to acquire NSMS
07 February 2018
Obtala Limited, the Africa-focused Agriculture and Forestry Group, announced further advancements into the West African forestry market, with the proposed acquisition of Nouvelle Scierie Moderne de Sassandra (NSMS), a forestry production company operating in the Ivory Coast since 1987
Continue Reading →Replanting at 100K an hour
01 February 2018
Sure, it’ll be great when a drone can drop off your Amazon Prime goodies or 7-Eleven snacks just minutes after you order them … but it’ll be even better when they help regrow millions of trees. Source: Geek.com That’s what UK-based BioCarbon Engineering has set out to do. The company
Continue Reading →Brazil to host dynamic forestry fair
01 February 2018
More than 220 companies are confirmed exhibitors at Expoforest 2018. The fourth edition of the fair takes place in April, in a 200-hectare eucalyptus forest in the Ribeirão Preto area. Source: Timberbiz The Brazilian forestry market is one of the few segments that do not directly refl
Continue Reading →Komatsu to acquire Quadco and Southstar operations
01 February 2018
Komatsu president and CEO Tetsuji Ohashi has signed an agreement to acquire from Prenbec Equipment, a company based in Quebec, Canada, the Quadco and Southstar forestry attachment operations. Source: Timberbiz This sale excludes the forestry equipment businesses of Tanguay and Forespr
Continue Reading →Iceland growing new forests for the first time in 1000 years
25 January 2018
The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25% to 40% forest. Source: National Geographic Within a few centuries, almost all of the island’s trees were slashed and burned to make room for
Continue Reading →Winter storm fells 1.3 million cubic metres of trees in Switzerland
25 January 2018
The amount of wood derived from trees uprooted by storm Eleanor in the first week of January is 1.3 million cubic metres, according to reports from the Swiss federal environment office (BAFU). Source: The Local. Eleanor – known as Burglind in Switzerland – battered Europe from 3-4 Jan
Continue Reading →Demand for wood eats into European forests
18 January 2018
More than half of Europe’s forests have disappeared over the past 6000 years thanks to increasing demand for agricultural land and the use of wood as a source of fuel, new research led by the University of Plymouth suggests. Source: Science Daily Using pollen analysis from more
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