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Forest returns for UK investors

02 June 2016
Multi-asset investment has grown in popularity over the past decade. Pension funds, endowments and private clients are reducing their asset allocation to more conventional equities and bonds in favour of alternative investments such as property, private equity, hedge funds and infrast
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Chinese firms exporting with Vietnamese labels

02 June 2016
Local wood companies voiced their concerns at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City over Chinese firms now exporting their timber products under Vietnamese labels. Source: Tuoi Tre News Wood manufacturers across Vietnam attended a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City hosted by the Vietnamese Chamber o
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Resolute, resolute in suing Greenpeace

02 June 2016
A forestry company filed a civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit against Greenpeace for misrepresenting the company’s environmental record to raise funds and promote its agenda. Source: The Libertarian Republic Greenpeace knowingly and deliberately made f
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The chop has started in Poland

26 May 2016
Authorities have started chopping down beetle-infested trees in parts of Poland’s oldest forest, a move that aims to eliminate dying trees and to ensure safety for tourists, a government official said. Source: Associated Press, ABC News The Environment Ministry’s plan to f
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Sumitomo Forestry adds more alternative power

26 May 2016
Sumitomo Forestry plans to add wind and geothermal power to its renewable energy portfolio and expand its biomass business over the next three years, bringing around five new plants online in Japan and abroad. Source: Nikkei Asian Review The Tokyo-based forest manager and lumber produ
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In the world of log imports Australia gains momentum

26 May 2016
Chinese log imports have trended upward in early 2016 with Australia increasing their market share the most. Source: Scoop Media Increased demand for wood products and declining log inventories in China has resulted in higher importation of logs to China in the 1Q/16, according to the
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Lao’s new moratorium on timber exports

19 May 2016
The new Lao government has issued a moratorium on the export of logs and timber in a bid to reduce rampant and widespread illegal wood shipments outside the small Southeast Asian nation’s borders, according to a copy of the document obtained by RFA’s Lao Service. Source: Radio Free As
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India plans to spend $6 billion on creating new forests

12 May 2016
The Narendra Modi government plans to spend a staggering $6.2 billion to increase India’s green cover. Source: Quartz India The bill ­– called the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 – has already been passed by lawmakers in India’s lower house this week. The aim of this projec
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Going up!

12 May 2016
Over the past few years, wood has emerged as an unlikely yet desirable material for the design of future skyscrapers. This is what London’s first tall timber structure could look like, wrote Jamie Condliffe, contributing Editor at Gizmodo [Engineering & Technology]. Source: Timber
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Logging irradiated wood in Chornobyl

05 May 2016
Urban explorers from Ukraine say they have discovered logging operations inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone and warn that irradiated wood is being sold to unsuspecting consumers. Source: CBC Canada “I wouldn’t want to live in such a house,” Artur Kalmykov said. The
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