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Building a bridge to deforestation free leather

03 April 2024
In response to growing global concern about deforestation and its impact on the planet, the European Union has enacted the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to prevent deforestation in global supply chains, set to come into force on the 1 January 2025. Source: Timberbiz The regulation w
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Tigercat’s new triangulated harvesting head

03 April 2024
Tigercat has added a fifth model to its harvesting head line-up with the new three-wheel drive 573. Source: Timberbiz In late September 2023, visitors to the PLC live demo event held in the US got a sneak peak of the new Tigercat 573 harvesting head processing logs on the end of a Tig
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€40m of Russian conflict timber bound for the US seized

03 April 2024
Earthsight has learned that a vessel carrying some €40 million of Russian conflict timber was seized by German Customs. The ship, 23,000-tonne Atlantic Navigator II, was enroute from St Petersburg in Russia to the US east coast when it developed a fault and was forced to dock at Rosto
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Timberlab plans to construct state-of-the-art CLT facility

27 March 2024
Timberlab, a subsidiary of Swinerton Incorporated and a leading US provider of mass timber systems, unveiled its plans to construct and operate a state-of-the-art cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing facility in Oregon’s mid-Willamette region. Source: Timberbiz This strate
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Field testing a new approach to forest management

27 March 2024
New research initiative aims to bolster the social acceptability and resilience of forest management. A team from the University of Quebec in Outaouais (UQO) in Canada, led by Dr Christian Messier, is field-testing a new approach to forest management that leverages the natural strengt
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The dismantling of the US timber industry mill by mill

27 March 2024
It seems like every time a forest product mill or plant shuts down in the US (monthly if not weekly) it’s viewed as a singular isolated incident. But viewed collectively, the cumulative impacts and magnitude become more focused and apparent. Source: Timberbiz The American Logger
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Uni of Toronto aims to display best practice wooden building

22 March 2024
The proposed Academic Wood Tower build at the University of Toronto, Canada will be an iconic, precedent-setting building at a unique site on St. George campus. The tower will be the Canada’s tallest academic timber building. It is intended that the tower become a prototype for the us
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Indonesia’s wildfire control

22 March 2024
Indonesia’s 2019 wildfires burned 3.1 million hectares, an area bigger than Belgium, blanketed six other countries in smoky haze, released almost 604 million tonnes of CO2 and caused some 900,000 people to report respiratory illnesses. The fires also inflicted US$5.2 billion in losses
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Forestry and wood industry jobs rise in the EU

22 March 2024
Forestry and wood industry jobs were up 1.4% from 2012 to 2022 in Europe. In 2022, 3.6 million people worked in different fields in forestry and wood-based industry in the EU, a 1.4% increase compared with 2012. Source: Timberbiz Total employment in all areas in the EU increased by 8.
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Safety a priority for Caterpillar with latest care components

22 March 2024
Now in its 50th year of operation, Caterpillar Safety Services incorporates the latest research and approaches to address safety excellence within organizations. With safety no longer being a box-ticking exercise but a true measure of employee engagement, Caterpillar Safety Services h
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