The Ark – a major wood project
30 March 2017
The mammoth Ark Encounter project situated in Williamstown, Kentucky, halfway between Cincinnati and Lexington, on I-75 is being recognized as the world’s largest freestanding timber frame structure, with a total of 3.1 million board feet of timber used in its construction. Source: Ba
Continue Reading →Endangered tree sold for $1.1m
30 March 2017
A rare and endangerd tree has been felled in Vietnam after a businessman paid $US1.1 million ($A1.4 million) at an auction for its lumber. Source: The Australian The sua tree, which had been collectively owned by villagers in northern Vietnam’s Bac Ninh province, was sold for 24
Continue Reading →A Trump of trees
30 March 2017
Adrien Taylor has launched “Trump Forest”, an initiative to encourage businesses to pledge trees to a global forest against United State President Donald Trump. Source: Stuff NZ Forests around the world could soon bear the name of United States President Donald Trump if on
Continue Reading →Which countries have the most forest
22 March 2017
On International Day of Forests, which is a global celebration of trees and woodland, which countries boast the most? Source: Telegraph UK Unsurprisingly, the tropical lands of South America, the Caribbean, Africa, south-east Asia and the South Pacific dominate, with Suriname, Microne
Continue Reading →Resolute-ly cutting down Greenpeace
16 March 2017
A decision to cut down swaths of a Canadian forestry company’s claims against Greenpeace has survived an attempted legal challenge before Ontario’s top court. Source: The Financial Post That means a Can$7 million lawsuit by Resolute Forest Products against the environmental group will
Continue Reading →Timber is the right disruption for the future
16 March 2017
When you get timber design right, working with different professions, it’s like beautiful music says UK architect Andrew Waugh. Source: The Fifth Estate But timber buildings are also like a tsunami – the UK has 500 already and his firm is “run off its feet” with demand. Designing with
Continue Reading →Amazon Rainforest – a garden that got out of hand
08 March 2017
Scientists have worked out how the mysterious Amazon Rainforest began 8000 years ago. Turns out it was a simple gardening experiment that got way out of hand. Source: The Sun Secrets of the Amazon — including uncontracted tribes — remain more than 10,000 years after the first ancient
Continue Reading →Teen on track to plant a trillion trees
08 March 2017
Children are not often invited to speak to the United Nations General Assembly. But there stood Felix Finkbeiner, German wunderkind in his Harry Potter spectacles, gray hoodie, and mop-top haircut—with a somber question about climate change. Source: National Geographic “We children kn
Continue Reading →John Deere and Kespry Drones together
08 March 2017
John Deere & Co has forged a strategic alliance with drone-tech startup Kespry, the companies announced in Las Vegas at CONEXPO, an international trade show for the construction industry. Source: Tech Crunch The deal could prove a boon for sales of Kespry’s drones and data analyti
Continue Reading →Can’t see the Taliban for the trees
02 March 2017
The Taliban has used a rare public statement in the name of its leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, to call on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly and other-worldly good. Source: ABC News Official Taliban outlets released the “special message” under Akhundzada’s name
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