India slow to implement forest law
06 October 2016
Indian officials have been slow to implement a landmark law giving rights to forests to indigenous people because they view it as a handicap to projects spurring expansion in the fast-growing economy, a land rights campaigner said. Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation The 2006 Forest Ri
Continue Reading →Can’t see the wood for the trees
06 October 2016
During a recent survey of trees in the Queen’s garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, botanists were shocked to discover the presence of two elms thought to be extinct for nearly a half century. Source: Gizmodo The two trees belong to a species known as the Went
Continue Reading →Update on China’s imports
06 October 2016
China’s sawnwood imports totalled 15.61 million cubic metres valued at $3.82 billion in the first half of 2016, down 2% and 17% respectively over the same period of 2015. Source: Lesprom The average landed price for imported sawnwood was US$245 per cubic metre, a year-on-year drop of
Continue Reading →Understanding forest land use study
06 October 2016
This is the key objective of a PhD research project that has just been developed at the New Zealand School of Forestry, University of Canterbury. Source: Scoop NZ This research is being conducted by a Vietnamese central government employee and funding for the work has been provided by
Continue Reading →Wooden glass for windows and solar panels
29 September 2016
Researchers from Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology earlier this year announced the development of an “optically transparent wood”. Source: The Urban Developer In an article titled “Optically Transparent Wood from a Nanoporous Cellulosic Template: Combining Functional and Structur
Continue Reading →Wood is a fad for tall buildings
29 September 2016
Wood is all over the news — from CNN, to Forbes — as being the future of skyscrapers, but not everyone is so sure. Source: The Ubyssey “We are on this hype of ‘Oh, timber is fantastic — aren’t we great we’re using timber?’ but that’s like a pendulum swing phenomenon,” said Perry Adeba
Continue Reading →Softwood rises with weaker dollar
22 September 2016
Softwood lumber prices have trended upward in the first six months 2016 because of higher demand and a weaker dollar. Sources: Timberbiz, Business Wire Demand for softwood lumber has gone up in many markets around the world in 2016, resulting in a substantial increase in global lumber
Continue Reading →Canada and US continue a softwood war
22 September 2016
Canada and the United States are on the brink of yet another softwood lumber war, fuelled by a drastic jump in BC lumber exports to the US and growing anti-trade sentiment. Source: The Squamish Chief American sawmillers say they are ready to fire the first shot in what would be the fi
Continue Reading →Tulipwood brings a smile to London
22 September 2016
Visitors to the London Design Festival can experience an unusual curved wooden building called The Smile. Source: Inhabitat Designed by Alison Brooks of Alison Brooks Architects, the sloping structure demonstrates the potential of CLT, which Brooks says is “stronger than concret
Continue Reading →Researchers say trees could help strengthen auto parts
15 September 2016
Trees that are removed during forest restoration projects could find their way into car bumpers and fenders as part of a study led by Srikanth Pilla of Clemson University. Pilla is collaborating on the study with researchers from the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory in
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