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Cardiff-sized woodland needed

20 August 2015
Woodland bigger than the size of Cardiff needs to be re-planted in Wales to make up for commercial forestry lost over the past 15 years, industry experts have warned. Source: BBC News They believe ministers are placing too much emphasis on the environment at the expense of trees grown
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Which country has the most trees

20 August 2015
Want to know which are the world’s most tree-filled nations? The map shows those countries with the highest percentage of forest area, according to World Bank Open Data. Source: Telegraph UK Unsurprisingly, the tropical lands of South America, the Caribbean, Africa, south-east A
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Solomon Island sustainable legal logging

20 August 2015
There are hopes that an independent organisation can be set up to ensure timber production in Solomon Islands is sustainable and legal. Source: Radio New Zealand The export market for sawn timber from Solomons’ community operators is continuing to grow but consumers’ are i
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Enviro campaigner questions NZ-Solomon Island talks

20 August 2015
Solomon Island environmental campaigner Lawrence Makili has described the recent Solomon Islands-New Zealand timber industry meeting as a “total miscarriage”.  Source: Solomon Star He said this was because reps from environmental organisations were excluded from the talks. “As an envi
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View inside the OSB house

13 August 2015
The Inside View House, under construction with the USDA Forest Products Laboratory and the APA Engineered Wood Association by Beechen & Dill Homes, shows how OSB (Oriented Strand Board) can be part of design plans to replace joists, studs, wall and floor framing methods to save en
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China okay to deforest other countries, not China

13 August 2015
While China clamps down on logging within its borders, illegal Chinese loggers are felling the world’s forests with abandon for the sake of teak floors and fancy chairs. Sources: Global Post, The Week In late July, 153 Chinese nationals were sentenced to life in prison for illeg
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Three trees for Sainsbury

13 August 2015
Sainsbury’s has been named in the top band of UK companies for sourcing timber and timber products responsibly. Source: European Supermarket Magazine The WWF scorecard ranks companies from ‘zero trees’, which means that a company has not yet shown any progress on sus
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NZ inventors sell to Chile

13 August 2015
Dale Ewers’ leading steep slope logging innovations is keeping loggers alive. The bonus is they have also caught the eye of Chilean foresters. Source: Stuff.co.nz Ewers, the chief executive of DC Equipment, and Moutere Logging, flew out to South America with DC Equipment’s
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Myanmar hands down 150 life sentences for illegal logging

05 August 2015
Beijing has launched a diplomatic protest after Myanmar handed down more than 150 life sentences to Chinese nationals for illegal logging near the countries’ shared border. Source: Sources: Reuters, ABC News The mass sentencing, which sparked outraged editorials in the Chinese m
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Why Ikea and Apple are buying trees

05 August 2015
Ikea bought 83,000 acres of forest and Apple has bought 36,000 acres. What’s the reasoning behind these retail giants buying their own forests? Source: Gizmodo Last year, we saw major technology and retail companies buying up wind and solar farms. Walmart, Facebook, Apple, Ikea, Googl
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