Sweden says no to Myanmar due diligence
24 November 2016
Swedish Administrative Courts ruled that a certificate issued by the Myanmar Forest Products Merchants’ Federation (MFPMF) did not provide adequate proof that a shipment of teak imported into Sweden had been legally harvested. Source: EcosystemMarketplace The court’s verdict follows n
Continue Reading →UK Forestry Commission promotes itself at Xmas
24 November 2016
Escape the shops, wrap up warm, enjoy the Christmassy scent of pine trees, and get into the festive spirit this year in England’s national woods and forests. Source: Timberbiz As experts in trees Santa has given Forestry Commission England Christmas trees his 100% stamp of approval an
Continue Reading →Mexico wood expo
16 November 2016
Magna ExpoMueblera is just around the corner, running at the Centro Banamex exhibition center in Mexico City from 18 to 21 January 2017. Source: Timberbiz The show has been a staple of the Mexican trade fair market for 22 years. What’s different next year is that it will be orga
Continue Reading →Alaska Airlines uses forest fuel
16 November 2016
Alaska Airlines used a renewable jet fuel with a 20% blend of forest residuals, such as tree branches, to power a blend of forest residuals, such as tree branches, to power a flight from Seattle to Washington, marking the first commercial flight to do so. Source: RT News The tree bran
Continue Reading →Trump on timber
16 November 2016
Donald Trump promised to revive Oregon’s timber industry, which for decades has been hamstrung by severe curbs against logging in federal forests west of the Cascades summit. Source: Gazette Times “Timber jobs (in Oregon) have been cut in half since 1990,” he said du
Continue Reading →PNG log export tax
16 November 2016
Delivering the 2017 national budget in parliament, PNG Treasurer Patrick Pruaitch flagged the reintroduction of a progressive log export tax. Source: Timberbiz PNG’s Forestry Industry Association said increasing tax will force a number of logging companies out of business, bring
Continue Reading →The wind in the trees generates electricity
10 November 2016
The WindTree is a ‘biomimetic wind turbine’ developed by French renewable energy firm NewWind and aims to get rid of that obscenely oversized windmill and replace it with a much more contextually sensible alternative – a decorative imitation tree, sporting dozens of small wind-turbine
Continue Reading →LIGNA on track for 2017
10 November 2016
LIGNA, a world leading trade fair for machinery, plant and tools for the woodworking and timber processing industry, is gearing up for its 2017 season. Source: Fordaq While the opening day is still about six months away, the organizers, Deutsche Messe and the German Woodworking Machin
Continue Reading →Trump may test Canada’s timber
10 November 2016
A Donald Trump administration, combined with a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives, could have reverberations that will be felt by the Canadian economy for years. Source: CTV News One of the first trade irritants that could test US-Canadian relations is softwood
Continue Reading →Wooden energy with every step
02 November 2016
The next time you’re running through an airport to catch your plane or busting a move on the dance floor, you could also be generating clean, green energy. Source: The Smithsonian At least, that’s the hope of Xudong Wang and his team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madis
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