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Indonesian APRIL reviewed

06 February 2014
An Indonesian pulp mill criticised for its logging practices said a new forest management policy will exceed any of its previous commitments. Source: ABC
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Building momentum for breakthrough technology

06 February 2014
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is calling on its Federal Government to renew and replenish the highly successful Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program to help the sector further develop innovative breakthrough technologies. Source: Timberbiz
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If a tree talks in the forest can you hear it?

06 February 2014
What if we could identify plants not by sight but by sound? It’s not entirely fanciful: every plant makes a unique set of sounds, an auditory signature, influenced by its physiology. Source: Gizmodo
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Scotland’s economy rests on wood

30 January 2014
Successful European economies like Germany and Sweden have retained strong manufacturing and export sectors – and we need to commit to this for the long-term too, irrespective of the constitutional outcome in the autumn. Source: The Scotsman
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Rayonier separates its business groups

30 January 2014
Rayonier announced that it intends to separate its Performance Fibers business from its Forest Resources and Real Estate businesses. Source: Woodworking Network
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New treatment for ash dieback

30 January 2014
A new fungicide treatment developed at the University of Sussex is emerging as a weapon in the fight to inhibit growth of Chalara fraxinea, which causes ash dieback, according to initial trials at The Sainsbury Laboratory. Source: Farming UK
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Finnish forests finish high for 2013

23 January 2014
Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) members procured 33.4 million cubic metres of timber from private forests in 2013, according to figures published by the organisation. Source: HD FestForest
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Global lumber trade

23 January 2014
With demand for lumber being in recovery mode in a number of countries in the world in 2013, global trade of both lumber and logs were on track to reach their highest levels since before the global financial crisis in 2008, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Wood Resources I
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Tree houses of the world

23 January 2014
Remember the good old days when a tree house was a rough assemblage of two-by-fours and plywood wedged into the crook of your backyard oak tree? These days, tree houses are more than just hideaways. Source: USA Today
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Global market update

16 January 2014
Wood fiber costs, which account for about 60% of the production costs when manufacturing pulp, have been in steady decline in many parts of the world for the past two years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Wood Resources International.
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