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Interforst Green Couch taken over by women

26 June 2014
The “Green Couch” is the meeting place for experts from business and politics at Interforst. For the first time ever, it will be occupied by a group consisting exclusively of women. Source: Timberbiz
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Aspen biomass plant to fire up again

26 June 2014
InventivEnergy, an asset management firm, has selected NRG Energy Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, to restart the Aspen Power biomass plant located in Lufkin, Texas.
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Imagine Stonehenge, in timber

26 June 2014
The ancient people of the Hopewell culture who built earthwork mounds in Ohio 1600 to 2000 years ago continue to give up their secrets. The latest might be a “woodhenge,” a circular enclosure of wooden posts. Source: Norwalk Reflector
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Report released on Canada’s timber vision

19 June 2014
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) released its first report card on Vision2020, Pathways to Prosperity. Source: FPAC
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Timber tops list for UK’s only eco town

19 June 2014
Stewart Milne Timber Systems has been awarded the design order to create the UK’s first eco town, North West Bicester (NW Bicester). It is in final negotiations for the production and supply of the Sigma II timber frame on the first Exemplar phase. Source: Specification Online
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Log exports in the US

19 June 2014
Log exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California and Alaska increased by just under 2% in volume to 466 million board feet in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the fourth quarter of 2013 according to the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. Source: For
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Japan needs to stamp out illegally logged wood

12 June 2014
Japan, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of timber products, needs to introduce laws and stricter oversight to stamp out imports of illegally logged wood, said the Environmental Investigation Agency, a lobbyist group. Source: Bloomberg
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Vanuatu does forest inventory

12 June 2014
Ten staff at Vanuatu's forestry department are receiving training to carry out a forest inventory on the country's largest island, Santo. Source: Radio New Zealand
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US log prices falling

12 June 2014
US sawlog prices started falling in the 2Q/14 after a three-year upward trend, this due to lower US lumber prices and weaker log export markets in Asia according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Timberbiz
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Engineered wood for transport containers

05 June 2014
When it comes to making transport packaging that are strong, cost effective and lightweight, containers and bins made with engineered wood products can be a smart solution. Source: Pallet Enterprize
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