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Aussie delegation at COP27 to show farming & forestry alliance for climate change

09 November 2022
A delegation of farming and forestry leaders has left Australia for COP27 in Egypt, with the mission to demonstrate how climate smart farming and forestry can help Australia bring down its emissions and fight climate change, while boosting much needed food, fibre and timber production
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Australia founding member of Forests & Climate Leaders group

09 November 2022
Australia has become a founding member of the Forests and Climate Leaders Partnership, a new international group to accelerate the contribution of forests to global climate action. Source: Timberbiz The UK-led voluntary partnership was formally launched today at COP27 in Egypt to main
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Fall in US housing threatens mill shutdowns in Canada

07 November 2022
A pall in North America’s housing market is slashing demand for lumber and threatening to shut down sawmills in British Columbia, Canada, one of the continent’s biggest timber-producing regions. Source: Vancouver Sun Lumber futures fell 4% to Can$433 per 1,000 board feet in Chicago on
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Designer timber bench to test your Yin & Yang

07 November 2022
Noted luggage brand Louis Vuitton has dabbled into the realm of furniture design with a Yin & Yang monogram wooden bench that will sell for a startling US$13,500 (almost $21,000). Source: Timberbiz The bench is totally made of wood, but the type of wood was unspecified, and the de
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Komatsu grappling with 10 new models

07 November 2022
Komatsu is introducing a new grapple range encompassing 10 completely redesigned models. For a forwarder, an efficient grapple design is key to ensuring high productivity. The grapples have a new design with a larger opening, which offers better wood pile penetration and makes it easi
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Nokian Tyres to invest in new Romanian factory

04 November 2022
Nokian Tyres’ will invest in a new tyre factory in Romania. The new greenfield factory will be located in Oradea in the North-West of Romania, near the Hungarian border. Source: Timberbiz The annual capacity of the factory will be six million tyres with an expansion potential in the f
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FSC updates its Policy for Association

04 November 2022
Starting from 1 January 2023, FSC will use the Policy for Association V3 to determine if an organization or a member of its corporate group has engaged in an unacceptable activity after the effective date. Source: Timberbiz For unacceptable activities that occur prior to 1 January 202
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GeoSLAM aims to put Norwegian forestry at forefront of technology

04 November 2022
GeoSLAMs LiDAR technology is mapping forests as part of the Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI) SmartForest in Ås, Norway. SFI SmartForest aspires to put the Norwegian forestry sector at the forefront of technological advances and Industry 4.0. Source: Directionsmag Advancement
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Indonesian study – an overview of forest law enforcement, trade and governance

02 November 2022
The Indonesian government has published a study on the implementation of forest law enforcement, governance, and trade (FLEGT) as part of efforts to support the eradication of illegal logging and boost legal timber trade. Source: ANTARA “This study is expected to provide an over
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Halt in Russian exports, less demand in China, leads to softwood drop

02 November 2022
Global trade of softwood logs plunged by 20% during the first half of 2022 year-over-year (YoY). Much of the decline was because of the Russian log export ban that came into effect on January 1, 2022. However, with weakening housing markets worldwide resulting in lower demand for lumb
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