Germany: Damaged wood volumes could reach 70 million m3 by the end of the year
As of September 2019, the estimates from 15 German states on this year’s incidence of damaged wood and the [...]
December 16, 2019
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The European Green Deal
Becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is the greatest challenge and opportunity of our times. To [...]
December 16, 2019
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FSC acts on potential fraud Paulownia wood supply chain in Asia
Following an extensive investigation into Paulownia wood supply chains, FSC has taken initial action against a number of companies that [...]
December 16, 2019
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Austrian wood industry hit by climate change: 80% of the total annual timber harvesting is damaged wood
Record snowfall, extreme drought and the hottest June in the history: weather extremes once again shaped the forest year 2019 [...]
December 11, 2019
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Top wood processing companies in Latvia
Latvijas Finieris was the leading wood processing and paper production company in Latvia in terms of turnover last year. Latvijas [...]
December 11, 2019
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Finland’s sawmills and plywood plants close for a week aiming to put pressure unions
Some 100,000 Finnish employees in industrial sectors began a three-day strike on Monday to back up their salary [...]
December 11, 2019
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STTC Conference considers links between FLEGT licenses and forest certification
To rebuild share in the European market, the tropical wood sector must exploit emerging opportunities from the synergies between the [...]
December 10, 2019
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John Deere starts to cut jobs as it expects sales of the construction and forestry equipment to drop by 15%
Deere & Co. is laying off 57 workers at its Davenport manufacturing plant, saying reduced building activity is expected to [...]
December 10, 2019
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Romania’s Government considers banning wood exports outside the EU
More than half of Romania’s wood exports go outside the European Union (EU), official statistics show. Romanian timber and [...]
December 10, 2019
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Russia surpasses Canada and becomes world’s largest softwood lumber exporter in 2019
Russia has surpassed Canada to become the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber in 2019 and is on track [...]
December 9, 2019
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