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Guidebook to help small and medium forest enterprises

20 November 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published guidance to help small and medium-sized forest enterprises plan how to manage forests, so they continue to provide a wide range of products and services for generations to come. Source: Timberbiz The Guide
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Europe was not densely forested before humans

20 November 2023
For decades, we believed that Europe was mostly covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans. Now, a new study shows that there was far more open and semi-open vegetation than conventionally expected. Source: Timberbiz A new research paper is based on studying the last
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Wooden space satellite may launch next year

17 November 2023
The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan’s space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024. Source: Live Science NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are planning to launch the world’s first wooden sate
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Built by Nature €500,000 global prize for biobased materials use

17 November 2023
Built by Nature, a network and grant-making fund, has announced a global prize totalling €500,000 to recognise innovation and stimulate scalability in the use of biobased materials such as timber, bamboo, hemp, straw, algae, and fungi in construction. Source: Timberbiz The built envir
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China forest, log & lumber outlook

17 November 2023
To provide the wood products trade with a better read and perspective on what’s next for China’s forests, market and import requirements, Russ Taylor Global (Canada) and Margules Groome (New Zealand & Australia) have teamed up to present a strategic analysis and outlook of China’s
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Opinion: Marcus Musson – tempered good news for NZ forestry

17 November 2023
Rugby world cup aside, there is a bit of good news starting to stir some fizziness amongst us tree huggers and, while not at shaken beer can levels, it is enough to improve the fettle and shelve the navel gazing for a while. This has come in the form of an increase in export log price
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The electric era needs a lot of trees

15 November 2023
The utility-pole business is booming in the US, thanks to a flood of public and private infrastructure spending. So, the hunt is on for the tallest, straightest, knot-free conifers, which are peeled, dried and pressure-treated at facilities such as Koppers Holdings’ pole plant in sout
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Nippon Paper develops selective breeding technology for eucalypts

15 November 2023
Nippon Paper Industries has presented the details of the development of commercial clones through selective breeding technology using genomic information (genomic selection). Source: Timberbiz As part of a project to promote the procurement of sustainable woody resources, the company
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Difficult market conditions in the UK

15 November 2023
UK and international timber traders gathered in strong numbers for Timber Development UK’s Global Market Conference in London on Wednesday at a time of difficult market dynamics. Source: Timber Trades Journal Online A noticeably downbeat market sentiment was palpable at the event held
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MDF recycling technology

13 November 2023
MDF profile manufacturer W Howard Group in the UK has agreed to a multi-year licence deal that will bring a unique MDF recycling technology to the timber industry. Source: Timberbiz For many years W Howard has been working closely with MDF recovery and investing in the development of
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