The global sawlog price index in the 1Q/12 was down almost nine percent from early 2011, with Europe experiencing the biggest decline in prices, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Reduced global demand for lumber has resulted in a reduction in the Global Sawlog Price Index by almost nine percent...
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ForestTalk |
vor 12 Jahre 6 months
Harry Gill, president of Devon Lumber Company in Fredericton, New Brunswick, said he has no market for his wood chips now that so many pulp mills are shut down in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, and Quebec. Right now, wood chips are piled 2 storeys high outside of the Devon Lumber mill. Wood...
International Forest Industries |
vor 12 Jahre 7 months
ROTTNE INDUSTRY AB has signed one of its biggest order ever. A Russian company has ordered forestry equipment worth over 40 million. Deliveries will be made in three stages during 2012.
Guyana Chronicle |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
Claims of sustainable management of Guyana’s forests made by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment are false even for one of the best-known timbers, says John Palmer, a Senior Associate of the Forest Management Trust.
Sustainable Planet |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
Sappi Fine Paper North America has released eQ Journal 004, an in-depth look at sustainable forestry. Grounded in facts and science, the edition presents how sustainable forestry protects air and water quality, supports biodiversity of plants and wildlife, and results in healthier forests.
Vancouver Sun |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
A leaked Ministry of Forests document reveals a proposal that the B.C. government override the top official charged with managing the province's forests to find a timber supply for Burns Lake. The forestry-dependent town west of Prince George lost its main employer in a December fire that destroyed...
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Government of British Columbia |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
In response to concerns expressed by local communities, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations staff have been analyzing potential opportunities to increase timber supply. A draft summary of detailed technical analyses for the Lakes, Prince George, Quesnel and Williams Lake...
ORF |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
„Urbane Wälder“ aus Holzbauten statt Betondschungel? Geht es nach dem kanadischen Architekten Michael Green könnte Holz - der wohl ökologischste Baustoff - bald eine viel größere Rolle beim Bau von Hochhäusern spielen. Mit der Veröffentlichung seiner Studien will Green nun auch anderen Architekten...
Country World News |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
Jan. 19, 2012 - According to the Texas Forestry Service, East Texas has an abundance of forestland. Individual East Texans own about 64 percent of the forestland, with Timber Investment Management Organizations, forest industry and government owning the rest. Today's forests are the result of...
ORF |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
In der Wagramer Straße in der Donaustadt entsteht Österreichs erstes sechsgeschoßiges „Holzzinshaus“. Darin untergebracht sind 101 geförderte Mietwohnungen. Die Bauarbeiten laufen bereits.
ORF |
vor 12 Jahre 8 months
Seit zehn Jahren gibt es an der Innsbrucker Universität einen Lehrstuhl für Holzbau. Bei Einfamilienhäusern hat sich die Holzbauweise in vielen Bereichen durchgesetzt, laut den Wissenschaftlern sei die Zeit für mehrstöckige Gebäude reif.
FAO |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
6 March, 2012, Rome - The results of a new FAO global Teak Resources and Market Assessment conducted in 60 tropical countries show that natural teak forests are declining worldwide and that the quality of natural grown teak wood is deteriorating. On the other hand, today's survey also reveals that...
Forest Talk |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
The Christmas Tree Research Centre at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College is researching how to grow a balsam fir that will stay fresh for longer periods of time. Christmas tree growers are particularly interested in balsam fir that can retain their needles for longer periods of time, so they can...
TTJ Online |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
TRADA Technology principal consultant Elizabeth Turner discusses the impact the EU Timber Regulation will have on timber specification and supply
Forest Talk |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
British Columbia‘s Forest Minister Steve Thomson has rejected the recommendations his own Timber Export Advisory Committee dozens of times in the past 3 months, resulting in millions of dollars worth of raw logs being sent to Asia rather than to B.C. mills. In December, the Timber Export Advisory...
Timber Community |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
Stora Enso to build world-class EUR 1.6 billion consumer board and pulp mill in China. Stora Enso plans to build plantation-based integrated board and pulp mills at Beihai city in Guangxi, southern China. The mill site will initially include a 450 000 tonnes per year state-of-the-art paperboard...
NewsWire |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is welcoming the announcement that Canada intends to develop a free trade agreement with Japan.
Timber Community |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
Wood chip exports from Australia fell in 2011 to their lowest level in 11 years and Vietnam took over as world’s largest chip exporter, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Vietnam has taken over Australia as the world’s largest supplier of wood chips to pulp mills in Asia. In 2011, Vietnam exported...
GreenWood Management |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
A new report has suggested that US lumber prices have received a boost from an unexpected source – the credit crunch. According to a report by Reuters, US lumber futures prices have risen by 30 per cent since October, whilst bets have risen 18 per cent since January. The article argues that the...
NewsWire |
vor 12 Jahre 9 months
Leadership and innovation in wood use was celebrated this evening at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, as more than 350 distinguished design and building professionals, including architects, engineers, project teams and industry sponsors and guests gathered to honour the nominees and winners of...