The European Commission presents the European Green Deal
Becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is the greatest challenge and opportunity of our times. To [...]
January 6, 2020
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FSC to act 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 [...]
January 6, 2020
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Austrian wood industry hit hard by climate change
Record snowfall, extreme drought and the hottest June in the history: weather extremes once again shaped the forest year 2019 [...]
January 6, 2020
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Top wood products companies in Latvia
Latvijas Finieris was the leading wood processing and paper production company in Latvia in terms of turnover last year. Latvijas [...]
January 6, 2020
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$1-billion takeover bid of Canfor fails
Lumber giant Canfor has terminated an arrangement agreement between the company and Jim Pattison’s Great Pacific Capital Corporation. [...]
January 6, 2020
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Record demand for American red oak in India
Demand for American red oak in India is at all-time high. It is this increased demand for red oak [...]
December 20, 2019
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STTC Conference to consider links between FLEGT licenses and forest certification
To rebuild share in the European market, the tropical wood sector must exploit emerging opportunities from [...]
December 20, 2019
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John Deere expects sales of the construction and forestry equipment to drop by 15%; starts to cut jobs
Deere & Co. is laying off 57 workers at its Davenport manufacturing plant, saying reduced building [...]
December 20, 2019
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Romania considers banning wood exports outside the EU
More than half of Romania’s wood exports go outside the European Union (EU), official statistics [...]
December 20, 2019
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Russia to become world’s largest softwood lumber exporter in 2019
Russia has surpassed Canada to become the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber in 2019 [...]
December 19, 2019
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