Wood
exporters in the southern province of Dong Nai have met with many difficulties,
as input costs are increasing and output has been affected by the ailing US
dollar.
High material costs,
skyrocketing bank interest rates and the falling US dollar have strongly
affected local wood...
About half of the marketable pine trees in West Coast Canadian province of British Columbia have been ravaged by a nearly decade-long beetle infestation, according to new government statistics.The outbreak of mountain pine beetles has affected trees over an area of 13.5 million hectares (33.4...
Growth must increase in Swedish forests. That is the core purpose of
the Swedish Government's proposal for a new Swedish forest policy.
The main reasons of this new policy are that the forest plays an
increasingly important role in preventing climate change and that...
The Swedish Forest Agency estimates that 1.5 — 3 million cubic
metres of wood in Southern Sweden have suffered storm damage this
winter which causes a risk of extensive bark beetle attacks.
The storm felled trees are spread over large areas, which means that
there is a...
Vietnam has become a major South-East Asian hub for processing
illegally logged timber, according to a report from two environmental
charities.
The trade threatens some of the last intact forests in the region, say
the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and...
Latvian businessmen would like to invest in modernization of Belarusian
companies, director of the Liepaja department of the Latvian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Girts Kronbergs told reporters on March 12.
According to him, Latvian companies would like to invest in woodworking
and...
Russian timber export tariffs will rise to 75
dollars per cubic metre from January 1, 2009 as the government seeks to
turn around the industry.
Tariffs have already risen from $US 6 to $US 22 dollars and will hit $US 75 from the start of next year.
“Russia holds around a quarter of...
While China has improved management of its forestry sector, expanding forest plantation cover and banning harvesting of natural
forests, China's recent growth as wood-products exporter is built on
timber imports — much of which are illegal — argues a researcher from
the Smithsonian...
Timber has played a central role in the redevelopment of Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Pier
2E, the jetty attached to the terminal, has been refurbished in
ash-veneered birch plywood cladding and glulam supported by a steel
frame and covered in a glass shell, as part...
The Federal Customs Service yesterday reduced the number of customs checkpoints that will process unfinished timber exports from 668 to 128
with proper technology for assessing timber cargo. Kindling, sawdust,
milling byproducts, pulp and other rough forms of wood are subject to
the new...
