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Wooden hand-made vehicle driven to auction

23 August 2023
A rare but very unusual car is going under the hammer, the wooden Q312 RAE Hustler offers a unique opportunity to purchase a very special hand-made six-wheeled 1988 kit car as designed by William Towns and built by John Brazier of Bristol in the UK. Source: Timberbiz, photos East Bris
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King Charles to plant thousands of trees

23 August 2023
Thousands of trees are set to be planted to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, with a new government fund celebrating His Majesty’s passion for the environment. Source: Timberbiz The £2.5 million fund will enable local authorities to create green spaces and connect c
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CLT centenary

23 August 2023
It is not readily known as it is thought of as modern technology, but Cross-Laminated Timber is actually 100 years old this week. Source: Timberbiz The patent that describes the technology was published on August 21, 1923. Also not widely known, and contrary to popular belief, it was
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Candidates for UK’s tree of the year

21 August 2023
An oak that survived a wartime bomb, the tree that shaded Queen Elizabeth I on summer picnics and one of the UK’s most famous elms are all in the running to be crowned Tree of the Year in the latest round of the competition organised by the Woodland Trust. Source: Timberbiz This year’
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Increasing carbon sink is possible but there are consequences

21 August 2023
With measures in the forest, it is possible to increase the carbon sink by between two and 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. This was shown in an analysis by the Norwegian Forestry Agency of how individual measures affect net uptake in the forest, for example reduced felli
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Two pilot projects to test building net zero homes

21 August 2023
The Crown Estate in the UK is launching two pilot housing projects to test different approaches to building net zero homes. The projects have been identified to explore the opportunities and challenges of delivering industry-leading net zero housing developments. Source: Timberbiz Bot
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Artist awarded the smallest wooden spoon

18 August 2023
Micro artist Shashikant Prajapati has scooped up a record for creating the world’s smallest wooden spoon. The 25-year-old from Bihar, India, carved a spoon measuring just 1.6mm breaking the previous record of 2mm set by Navratan Prajapati Murtikar (India) in 2022. Source: Timberbiz To
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Accurately mapping mangroves with AI and drones

18 August 2023
Using drone imagery and artificial intelligence (AI), scientists from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen have developed a method that delineates each tree in a forest, along with an estimate of its height and diameter. Source: PhysOrg This capability can h
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UK government will continue its support of biomass energy

18 August 2023
The UK government said it will continue to support biomass energy, though it failed to provide specific details on how it would subsidize the country’s biggest utility using the fuel. Source: Bloomberg In a long-awaited biomass strategy, Graham Stuart, UK minister for energy security
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Pacific rim wood chip market drops

16 August 2023
Softwood chips play a major role in global wood markets, but hardwood chips far surpass softwood in terms of volume. The majority of global wood chip trading consists of hardwood chips in regions across the Pacific Rim. Source: ResourceWise In 2022 alone, worldwide wood chip trade inc
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