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High tech transforms timber company

27 March 2014
Seneca Sawmill Company in the US is transforming the way timber companies operate. It was recently featured in IBM’s national publication, IBM Systems Magazine, for its visionary leadership and use of technology to build a thriving, sustainable business. Source: Natural Resource Repor
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High tech needs more than high school

27 March 2014
Jobs in southern Oregon lumber mills go increasingly to people with college degrees, a change in a region where young people used to make a good living in the timber business right out of high school. Source: The Chron
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Southeast Asia shifts to green growth

20 March 2014
How can Southeast Asia's forests accelerate a shift to green growth, increase climate resilience and fight poverty? Source: Timberbiz
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Solomon Islands government addresses logging finance

20 March 2014
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister said his government is addressing some of the difficulties the logging industry is having with commercial banks operating in his country. Source: Radio New Zealand
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Solomon Islands workshop for timber export

20 March 2014
A one-day workshop to allowed timber exporters and dealers to better understand and meet requirements before exporting product overseas. Source: The Solomon Star
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Euro 120M loan for Slovakian forests

13 March 2014
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved Slovakia a loan of EUR 120 million to finance projects contributing to afforestation, improved forest protection and management and the upgrading of agricultural infrastructure in rural areas. Source: RTT
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Asia-Pacific deforestation continues

13 March 2014
Asia-Pacific nations are failing to halt the loss of natural forests and grasslands, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said, robbing people of their livelihoods and worsening environmental problems like desertification and climate change. Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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World forests may hold 20% more carbon

13 March 2014
The world's forests could hold 20% more carbon than previously thought, according to a study. Source: Climate Spectator
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Stora Enso reinvests and reorganizes in Europe

06 March 2014
Stora Enso is planning to invest EUR 28 million in modernising and developing Murow Sawmill in Poland to increase its capacity and improve its competitiveness. Source: Yahoo7
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Romanian deforestation

06 March 2014
With its steep, forested mountains set against blue skies, Romania's central Pojarna Valley once looked like a postcard landscape but illegal logging has turned the site into an ugly scar. Source: Phys Org
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