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China’s hunger for wood raw-material pushes timber prices up

20 October 2010
CONTINUED increases in demand for wood raw-material from sawmills, plywood plants and pulp mills in China has pushed domestic log prices upward and many Chinese companies are increasingly exploring the opportunities of importing more logs and wood chips to supplement the domestic fibe
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Torrefaction Next Step in Bio Energy

06 October 2010
The BC Bioenergy Network and the Wood Pellet Association of Canada are looking into the feasibility of developing a pilot plant to commercially produce "torrefied pellets" from wood waste.
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Malaysian forestry-related enterprises in the spotlight

27 September 2010
AN INTERNATIONAL Symposium On Forestry & Forest Products will be held in Malaysia from 5-7 October.
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Woody biomass prices in the US increased

27 September 2010
PRICES FOR woody biomass, whether it was sawmill byproducts, forest residues or urban wood waste, were higher in the 3Q/10 than the previous quarter in most regions throughout the US. The Northwest saw the biggest increase; forest biomass prices (delivered) were up 19% from the 2Q/10,
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Independent audit by ITS Global shows Greenpeace faked data to build phony case against APP

27 September 2010
GREENPEACE WAS caught using false and misleading information to attack the credibility of a company to advance its agenda, according to an independent peer reviewed audit released today by ITS Global. The international audit group studied the July 2010 document “How Sinar Mas is Pul
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NZ Forestry to the fore at Sydney Rugby Ball

15 September 2010
New Zealand’s forestry sector was showcased last week at the highest profile event yet to promote the 2011 Rugby World Cup – Tourism New Zealand’s giant World Cup Rugby Ball in Sydney.
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NMIT’s innovative construction gains international interest

06 September 2010
A showcase building that breaks new ground in the use of wood as a structural building material in multi-storey construction is already attracting international interest.
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China’s massive forestry fair to include Taiwan Pavilion

06 September 2010
The 2010 China Yiwu International Forest Product Fair will feature its first-ever Taiwan Pavilion and more than 300 Taiwanese businesses.
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PEFC Germany raffles a two-seater swing made of sustainable tropical timber

06 September 2010
PEFC Germany and the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), which operates the first PEFC-endorsed scheme in Southeast Asia, presented a joint stand at the gardening fair "Spoga+gafa 2010" on 5-7 September in Cologne, Germany. The joint stand raffled off a swing made of certif
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Sowing the seeds for climate change benefits

01 September 2010
The NZ Government should underwrite the growing of millions of forestry seedlings if it wants to meet its climate change planting goal. Current planting levels are far below the 30,000ha of new forest a year for 10 years needed to meet the country’s greenhouse gas emissions target. Fo
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