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DroneSeed plants 800 seeds per hour

30 June 2016
If Oregon startup DroneSeed has its way, foresters in the Pacific Northwest may be in for a surprise the next time they are out in the field. Instead of wandering into a team of people working to replant trees, they could be bombarded from above by a suite of seed-blasting drones depl
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Australia imports less paper products

30 June 2016
Imports of paperboard and paper products to Australia from China fell dramatically in March, down 47.5% on the previous month, to their lowest monthly level in three years. Source: Timberbiz Paper product imports from China were valued at AU$40.4 million for the month of March. This h
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Forestry harvester market report

23 June 2016
A recently released report starts with an overview of the forestry harvesters market with definitions, classifications, applications and the industry chain structure. Source: Whatech The Global Forestry Harvesters market analysis covers the international market including development h
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Global engineered wood products market growth

23 June 2016
The global engineered wood products market is expected grow at a CAGR of over 26% during the period 2016-2020, according to Technavio’s latest report. Source: Business Wire In this report, Technavio covers the market outlook and growth prospects of the global engineered wood products
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Norway pledges $13m for Global Forest Watch

16 June 2016
The Norwegian government is providing World Resources Institute (WRI) with 115 million kroner (US$13.85 million) over the next three years to strengthen Global Forest Watch, a platform for monitoring the world’s forests. Source: Mongabay Announced at the opening of the Oslo REDD Excha
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The value of wood around the world

16 June 2016
The global wood fiber prices indices continued down in the 1Q/16 with the softwood price index being at its lowest level since 2006, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop Both the HFPI and the SFPI price indices fell in the 1Q/16 with generally lower prices in
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The value of China’s forest products

16 June 2016
The total value of China’s forest products trade in 2015 was US$140 billion, a year-on-year decline of 1%, accounting for 3.1% of the total national commodity trade value. Source: Lesprom The value of forest product exports amounted to US$75.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4%, m
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Name change necessary

16 June 2016
What’s in a name? Plenty, especially for one Canadian company. In fact, ISIS Wood Product Solutions, because of world events out of its control, officially changed its name to MillTech Inventory Management Solutions, Inc. Source: Timberbiz MillTech – a leading supplier of
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US moves against illegal Amazon wood importation

09 June 2016
US agents searched the offices of a California-based wood importer as part of a broadening government crackdown on imports of illegally harvested timber, according to a previously unreported federal search warrant seen by Reuters. Source: Reuters The Department of Homeland Security ag
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Elmia 2017 planning well underway

09 June 2016
The world’s largest forestry fair continues to raise the bar for international forestry fairs. A year from now it will be time again for Elmia Wood. Source: Timberbiz This global trade fair is creating even more space than before to present all the innovations for the entire logistics
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