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Re-distribute tree species in British forests

14 August 2014
Scientists at the University of Twente and at Forest Research, the research agency of the British Forestry Commission, used the UK Climate Projections 2009 data in models to show reduction in forest production by up to 42% by the 2080s due to climate change. Source: Phys Org
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Ash borer treatment successful

14 August 2014
The shiny green one-half-inch-long, one-eighth-inch-wide emerald ash borer has destroyed tens of millions of ash trees in the US since the beetle’s discovery in 2002 in Detroit. Source: United States Department of Agriculture
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Sweden under fire

07 August 2014
Scores of firefighters in central Sweden are battling a wildfire that has burned forested land and killed at least one person. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, Euronews
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European forest vulnerable to climate change

07 August 2014
Climate change is here, it’s happening now, and for the last few decades it has been demonstrably bad news for many of Europe’s forests. Source: The Guardian
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Global timber market update

07 August 2014
A slowdown in the Chinese economy impacted the construction sector in early 2014 resulting in a decline in lumber import volumes by 16% in the 1Q/14 as compared with the previous quarter. Sources: Scoop, Wood Resources Internationa
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China exports of wood machinery up

31 July 2014
The total value of China’s wood working machinery exports in 2013 was US$2319 million, a year-on-year increase of 3%, ITTO reported. Source: Lesprom
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Urban trees remove 711,000 tons of pollution

31 July 2014
Trees purify the air and give us oxygen the most important gas that life depends on. Urban trees are estimated to remove 711,000 tons of pollution in the US. Source: International Business Times
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Higher log sales for Malaysia

31 July 2014
Timber companies in Sarawak, Malaysia, have reported strong exports of logs and plywood this year due to a spike in demand for new houses in Japan. Source: Lesprom
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North American Forest Products conference

24 July 2014
Registration has opened for the 29th Annual North American Forest Products Conference to be held October 8-10, 2014, in Boston at the Seaport Boston Hotel. Source: What They Think
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History of a timber baron

24 July 2014
“When Money Grew on Trees” is a history of timber baron AB Hammond who grew up in New Brunswick in the US and as a teenager worked as a lumberjack in Maine. Source: Kitsap sun
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