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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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Indonesia approves rainforest conservation

06 December 2012
Indonesia yesterday approved a rainforest conservation project that sets aside an area roughly the size of Singapore and rewards investors with tradeable carbon credits in the first of its kind to win formal backing in the country. Source: Business Times Asia-Pacific
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Timber generates power in Germany

06 December 2012
Getting a wind turbine to a decent height to allow it to reach stronger winds than those found closer to the ground generally means sitting them atop a tower. Despite the eco-credentials of wind turbines, these towers are usually constructed from steel. Source: DesignBuildSource
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Illegal wood found in Chinese hands

04 December 2012
The preservation of the world's forests is in China's hands according to an environmental campaign group that is accusing the biggest wood importer and consumer of fuelling the illegal timber trade. Sources: Mysinchew, Construction Source
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FSC has varying sustainability standards

04 December 2012
As organizations like the Federal Trade Commission issue revised guides to help ensure marketers make accurate claims about their products' environmental benefits, the American Consumer Institute (ACI) Center for Citizen Research today issued a new report that compares competing fores
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The EU’s ‘voluntary’ coercion

29 November 2012
The EU is stalling on a timber legality agreement with Indonesia. Indonesia should consider economic retaliation. Indonesia’s forestry officials are wondering why the EU has stalled a complex, multi-year program that enables Indonesian wood and paper producers to demonstrate that thei
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Scientists pinpoint activities driving deforestation

29 November 2012
For the first time scientists have assessed the main activities driving deforestation and forest degradation at the national level in most developing countries — providing essential information for countries negotiating climate change policies at this fortnight’s UN climate talks in D
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More aggressive approach needed to survive

27 November 2012
The younger generation of timber players must continually strive to develop innovative and sophisticated timber-based products in order to thrive in the market that has grown very competitive of late. Source: Timberbiz
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Rosewood sparks gunfights and corruption in Asia

27 November 2012
A Thai force dubbed the "Rambo Army" couldn't stop the gangs, armed with battlefield weaponry, as they scoured the forests. Neither could an activist, gunned down when he came to investigate. Nor, apparently, can governments across Southeast Asia. Source: Kitsap Sun
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Certifying Vietnam’s plantations to help smallholders profit

22 November 2012
If Vietnam wants its timber producers to benefit from the growing eco-conscious and more lucrative international furniture market, national forest institutions should look for ways to get smallholder plantation forests certified, said Louis Putzel, a senior scientist at the Center for
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