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Logging company flouts Liberian President’s timber export ban

08 January 2013
Logging company Atlantic Resources has shipped millions of dollars worth of illegal timber from Liberia in breach of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's August order to halt timber exports, the London-based Global Witness has revealed. These are the most significant illegal log exports
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Sprinkler system developed for frame sites

20 December 2012
Trials are set to begin early next year on a self-contained modular sprinkler system to protect timber frame construction sites. Source: Timber Trades Journal Online
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Holiday traditions: Apples, ornaments and upsidedown Christmas trees

20 December 2012
No holiday season has more traditions than Christmas, but few of us have any idea about their origins. Did you know that Germany and France are responsible for many of our yuletide rituals? This is a special Christmas item from Bob Taylor, Washington Times Communities.
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CCTV cameras protecting Christmas trees

20 December 2012
CCTV cameras installed to catch thieves stealing Christmas trees in County Durham have themselves been stolen. Source: BBC News
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China launches African agriculture, forestry research center

20 December 2012
China's first research institution on African agriculture and forestry was launched in east China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday. Source: Shanghai Daily.com
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Christmas tree is a monster

18 December 2012
To millions of people, the Christmas tree is a cheerful sight. To scientists who decipher the DNA codes of plants and animals, it's a monster. Apart from their Yuletide popularity, they play big roles in the lumber industry and in healthy forest ecosystems. Source: Grand Forks Herald
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EU shuts Nigeria from timber market

18 December 2012
The European Union will no longer allow timber products from Nigeria into the its markets as from March 2013, according to a Nigerian official. Source: Leadership NG
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Climate change is killing the world’s oldest trees

13 December 2012
Colorado’s old lodgepoles aren’t the only forest giants that are dying. Around the world, the biggest, oldest trees that harbor and sustain countless birds and other wildlife are meeting the same fate. Source: Think Progress
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Germans to build largest mill in North America

13 December 2012
The owner of an Allendale lumber mill is joining environmentalists in questioning whether the state can handle a mill as large as the one being proposed for Rowesville. German-based Klausner Holding USA is considering placing a lumber mill on approximately 248 acres at 3374 Rowesville
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Swedish sawmills close as outlook grim

11 December 2012
SCA Timber is to close two of its seven sawmills with the loss of 98 jobs citing the worst economic conditions for Swedish sawmilling in 40 years. Source: TTJ Online
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