30.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Campaign promotes wood fuel as a cheaper alternative to fossil fuel heating for Scottish companies.Scottish firms are being urged to burn wood for heating as part of efforts to reduce energy bills, cut greenhouse gas emissions and support rural businesses.A campaign launched today aims to...Poland champions global furniture exports
27.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Poland is the fourth largest exporter of furniture globally, with exports amounting to 5.6 billion euro in 2010.Poland comes fourth behind Italy, Germany and export leaders China, according to Tuesday’s Puls Biznesu daily.While both Italian and German furniture exports are for exclusive...Indonesia finally signs forestry logging moratorium
23.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday signed a
decree authorising a two-year moratorium on new logging concessions,
under a billion-dollar climate deal with Norway."He signed it this morning," Agus Purnomo, presidential advisor on climate change, told AFP.No
...Indonesia to tackle illegal timber exports
23.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
A voluntary agreement between the EU and Indonesia to stop exports of illegal timber and related products from the South East Asian nation will only work if corruption is tackled head on, forestry campaigners have warned.From 2013, Indonesia will only permit the export of timber products,...Forests in Europe and North America are growing but remain vulnerable to threats
16.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Experts convened for a seminar in Geneva on 21 March 2011 titled How
successful is Sustainable Forest Management in the UNECE Region? State
of forests and forest management in the UNECE region in the context of
current needs and challenges. The aim was to review the status of
and...Finnish youngsters are employed in the forestry business
10.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
This year Metsähallitus, the Finnish State Forest Enterprise, will
employ about 1.000 young summer season workers. Most of the jobs are
available in Northern Finland but workers are needed in Southern Finland
as well. This year the number of summer season jobs has been increased...Is the Romanian timber industry set for a bright 2011?
06.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Romanian timber industry could be set to enjoy a successful 2011, as
experts reassessed their economic growth estimates for the country.Timber
is one of the leading exports from the eastern European nation and
Oxford Economics believes the sector could be more profitable this year...Tight tropical hardwood supply balanced by low
04.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Supply of African tropical sawn hardwood sawnwood is
now very tight, with lead times for new orders in Europe
often extending to over 4 months. This is partly due to
long term reduction in capacity as many mills were closed
during the financial crises in 2008/2009.
However, the...Latvian forestry sees logging volume spiral in 2010
04.05.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Latvian forestry saw a surge in logging activity in 2010 due to the booming nature of the Baltic timber trade.Compared with 2009, output from Latvian forests was up by 21 per cent throughout the course of the year, LETA reports.The news provider heard from State Forest Service spokesperson...Wintersteiger's Ligna Highlights
28.04.2011 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The world fair for the forestry and wood
industry in Hanover (30 May to 3 June 2011) is the perfect stage for
presenting the latest devolpments. So in Hall 12 (stand E46)
Wintersteiger, the special machine manufacturer from Upper Austria, will
be showing how to exceed even high...
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