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Chinese guidelines for forestry released

16 August 2023
Chinese authorities released guidelines to enhance the integration of law enforcement and judicature in forestry and grassland affairs. Source: China Daily Jointly issued by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, the guideline
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Robots build a shell for research

16 August 2023
The livMatS Biomimetic Shell at the FIT Freiburg Centre for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies is a pioneering research building. It offers space for the development of cross-disciplinary research ideas. Source: Timberbiz The building brings together the different rese
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Real American Hardwood campaign

14 August 2023
The Real American Hardwood Coalition (RAHC), the domestic hardwood industry’s consumer promotion initiative, recently launched its new Build Your World advertising campaign to promote Real American Hardwood flooring, cabinetry, furniture, and millwork. Source: Timberbiz In partn
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Amazon Summit produces little other than discussions

14 August 2023
While the presidents of eight South American nations met this week to discuss an alliance to protect the world’s largest forest, thousands of activists took to the streets outside the convention centre in Belém do Pará, Brazil. Source: Science Holding up signs that read “Amazon free o
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US forests converting from carbon absorbers to emitters

14 August 2023
A new report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds American forests may convert from being carbon absorbers to significant carbon emitters. Researchers say the shift is due to the increasing destruction from natural disasters and the aging of forests, which is reducing th
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Trees to mark a life

11 August 2023
When thinking about a cemetery, the terms eco-friendly, technology, immersiveness, and an interactive app do not immediately come to mind. Sources: CTV News Montreal, Foret de la Seoconde Vie The cemetery of the Forest of the Second Life (Foret de la Seoconde Vie) wants to change that
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Small wooden buoys offer another carbon capture

11 August 2023
On a chilly day in the middle of May, a boat sailed from a port on the west coast of Iceland towing unusual cargo: a raft filled with millions of tiny wooden buoys, each no larger than a golf ball. Nearly 200 miles off the coast, the crew started to drop the buoys into the water. Sour
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UK research reveals the ups and downs of timber windows

11 August 2023
New research from the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) reveals signs that timber windows and doors are viewed positively by homeowners, but that misunderstandings over their performance persist. Source: Furniture and Joinery Production The survey of 1,500 homeowners in the UK unea
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Brazil says EU rules on deforestation are ‘an affront’

09 August 2023
Brazil believes European Union rules banning products coming from areas of deforestation are “an affront” of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said. Source: Reuters The EU rules took force in June and will ban products beginning Decem
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The pocket forests of Miyawaki

09 August 2023
A couple of years ago, a crew of volunteers planted 1,400 trees in a former landfill the size of a basketball court in North Cambridge, US. Suddenly a space that might hold no more than 10 basketball players was overtaken by a dazzling crush of saplings. The micro-woodland, which cont
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