Boosting fire protection is among stacks of industry ideas to double South Australia’s log production. Calls for a state-wide audit and upgrade of South Australia’s fire tower network are among recommendations listed in a comprehensive forest industry report released yesterday. The state’s $2.3 million forest and wood products sector also urged the government to boost […]
The UK’s timber supply chain is gearing up for business according to a Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI) survey, with almost all businesses to reopen in May. The third of businesses which never closed, as shown in the survey, are set to be rejoined by the rest of the respondents, with most (99%) having either […]
An up-beat assessment of the forestry market by the forestry team at Bell Ingram claims the sector is faring better than many rural businesses amid the coronavirus crisis. The positive points highlighted by the company include the market for biomass holding up as many hospitals depend on wood chips and pellets to fuel their heating […]
A new building about to take shape in Boston’s Roxbury area could, its designers hope, herald a new way of building residential structures in cities. Designed by architects from MIT and the design and construction firm Placetailor, the five-story building’s structure will be made from cross-laminated timber (CLT), which eliminates most of the greenhouse-gas emissions […]
Scotland’s forestry sector needs to shake off its tag as a destroyer of trees and natural habitat and show that it can help fight climate change while offering a huge opportunity for jobs and investment, a conference heard. One of the industry’s leading figures told a gathering in Edinburgh that it had been “ahead of […]
Private equity firm Endless has bought BSW Timber and all its associated subsidiaries. BSW is the UK’s largest integrated forestry and sawmilling business with a turnover of over £350m and 1,200 employees. The business has five main operating divisions: tree nurseries, forestry management, tree harvesting, sawmilling, and energy. It operates seven sawmills across the UK […]
Natural capital is a way of thinking about natural resources – such as water, land, forests and clean air – as assets that provide a flow of benefits, or “ecosystem services” to people and the economy. These services include food and the natural regulation of the environment and climate.
Grants for four projects to support forestry contractors and boost wood pellet production worth $2.7 million (€2.44 million) have been allocated by the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia (BC).
The forestry sector says it’s transforming amid Canada’s shift to a low-carbon economy. Bob Larocque, the senior vice-president of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), said the industry has begun to diversify its products to develop more environmentally-friendly materials. The result, he said, has been the emergence of new sector of bio-economy jobs.
A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western United States that should be preserved for their potential to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration, as well as to enhance biodiversity. Those forests are mainly along the Pacific coast and in the Cascade Range, with pockets of them in the northern […]