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Responsible forest stewardship for biodiversity

04 November 2024
During COP15 in Montreal, Canada, FSC together with WWF and IKEA announced the launch of an initiative to fast-track Biodiversity Assessments in FSC-certified forests. Now, during COP16 in Cali, Colombia, the first results are ready to be shared, taking a further step in demonstrating
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COP 16 side event on sustainable forest management

01 November 2024
PEFC has been promoting nature-positive and people-positive sustainable forest management for the past 25 years, and the structures that have been put in place can be scaled up to bring even more forests under sustainable management according to Thorsten Arndt, Head of Advocacy speaki
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New connector plate allows for reassembly of CLT walls

01 November 2024
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have reimagined the construction of modular homes with the development and testing of an innovative new design that allows the structures to be more easily relocated, reassembled and reconfigured in either urban or remote areas. Sour
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Unilin to start recycling MDF on an industrial scale

01 November 2024
Backed by a €20 million investment, Unilin is set to start recycling MDF on an industrial scale at its site in Bazeilles, France. This represents a great leap forward for the circular economy, as Unilin plans to make this innovative service available to the entire sector via Unilin Te
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Opinion: Mick Harrington – Vic gov’t contributes to environmental and human destruction

01 November 2024
The Andrews-Allan-D’Ambrosio government claims to be champions of women’s rights and environmental justice. Yet, in their reckless decision to shut down Victoria’s sustainable native timber industry, they are directly contributing to a devastating and perverse outcome –acc
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Russia’s Segezha starts reverse engineering to keep plant equipment going

30 October 2024
The Segezha Group has launched an extensive reverse engineering program to maintain and upgrade its industrial equipment at Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill, the company announced in its Telegram channel. Source: Nip Impressions The initiative follows a halt in equipment supplies from West
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Tigercat replaces the 250D loader

30 October 2024
Tigercat has replaced the 250D loader with a new and improved 250E model. Tigercat 250 series loaders are a staple on southern US landings for tasks such as delimbing, slashing, merchandising and loading trucks. Source: Timberbiz Among other improvements, the latest 250 series iterati
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Stora Enso to buy Finnish sawmill company to secure wood supply

30 October 2024
Stora Enso has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Finnish sawmill company Junnikkala Oy. This acquisition aims to secure a cost-efficient wood supply to Stora Enso’s packaging board site in Oulu, Finland, and to support Stora Enso’s wood products business with new produc
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Why Finns love their forests and invest in their ownership

28 October 2024
Finland is the most forested country in Europe, and more than one in 10 Finns own a forest. In other words, forestry is a very popular investment among their assets. Source: Timberbiz Why do the Finns invest in forestry – three forest owners have provided their take and it includes ec
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Paper Excellence Group now Domtar

28 October 2024
Paper Excellence Group has announced the operational integration of the recently acquired Domtar Corporation and Resolute Forest Products with the legacy Paper Excellence business, forming a leading, unified forest products company in North America. Source: Timberbiz According to the
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