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Dust free wood combustion

04 March 2015
About 15 million wood-fired stoves and combustion systems exist in Germany, including central-heating boilers for apartment houses. They are subject to strict clean air regulations. Source: Phys Org New wood-fired boilers exceeding emission limits for particles have to be equipped wit
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Vienna’s 275 foot tall wooden building

04 March 2015
Next year in Vienna, architects will start working on a 275-foot-tall building made almost entirely out of wood. Source: Popular Science The Guardian reported that the approximately 25-story building will cost 60 million Euros ($67 million) and will save 2800 tons of carbon emissions
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Modern logging benefits rainforest

04 March 2015
The modern logging technique greatly benefits rainforest wildlife for maintaining biodiversity in tropical forests that are used for timber production, according to a recent study. Source: University Herald Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent say that with over 4 million km2 of t
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Feel the Sen with wooden handlebars grips

26 February 2015
                      The new Sen Comfort bicycle handlebar grips from Munich’s Velospring combine beautiful, ageless aesthetics with innovative technological design and the warmth of wood. Source: Gizmag, Velospring The war
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EU money for forestry program in Ireland

26 February 2015
Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture with special responsibility for forestry announced that the Government has secured state aid approval for a new forestry program in Ireland. Source: Irish Farmers’ Journal Highlights of the new program include €428 million
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Solomon Islands challenge logging for forest minister

19 February 2015
A logging company majority-owned by Solomon Islands’ forestry minister is facing a legal challenge from landowners keen to protect the cloud forest on Kolombangara Island. Source: ABC News The ground-breaking case has been in and out of the courts for five years and is due for i
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Laser scanning for carbon store

19 February 2015
Trees do the vital job of absorbing carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, and producing oxygen. But at the moment, the only way to measure how much carbon is stored in a tree is to chop it down and weigh it. Source: Euronews So a new technique is being developed, which
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IKEA idea to use solid pine

19 February 2015
IKEA is one of the largest furniture companies on Earth. It’s one of the largest companies on Earth. When a company this big decides to make even a slight change to how it makes or sources its products, it’s a massive undertaking. Source: Gizmodo That’s exactly what IKEA is doing righ
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China continues to consume softwood

19 February 2015
China continued to dominate global log trade and was setting a new record high in the consumption of imported softwood logs in 2014. Source: Business Wire The seemingly endless increase in demand for wood raw materials from the manufacturers of wood products in China has resulted in y
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UN deforestation program hits Indonesian snag

12 February 2015
A United Nations program to curb deforestation and carbon emissions in Indonesia has improved forest management, but is being hampered by a “political economy based on forest destruction,” according to a New Zealand researcher. Source: Global Post Dr Andrew McGregor, of Vi
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