German export value of logs and lumber has increased 63% the past five years
The softwood timber harvest in Germany is likely to reach almost 50 million m3 in 2020, about ten million m3 [...]
March 23, 2021
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Bark beetle damage in Europe could be significantly reduced due to favorable climatic factors
If there is no large-scale drought in 2021, it will effectively reduce forest damage caused [...]
March 22, 2021
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Bark beetle damage reaches record 40 million m3 in the Czech Republic
The damage caused by the low purchase price of bark beetle wood in the Czech Republic and the premature harvesting [...]
March 1, 2021
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Bark beetle infestation at a new record level in Sweden
In total, about eight million cubic meters of spruce forest have been damaged in Sweden, despite the fact that the [...]
December 18, 2020
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Bark beetle damaged volume in Europe expected to be at the same levels as in 2019
Damaged volume due to the beetle infestation exceeded 50 million m3 in 2018. The epidemic worsened in 2019, with damaged [...]
December 3, 2020
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Bark beetle logs from Europe fill China’s wood gap
The world wood market has become very chaotic due to the outbreak of the coronavirus which [...]
November 25, 2020
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Södra sees a increase increase in spruce bark beetle damage
A late summer swarming caused a widespread spruce bark beetle outbreak and Södra now sees a significant increase in [...]
November 23, 2020
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China extends ban on imports of timber from Australia
China has indefinitely suspended imports of all Victorian timber logs, less than a week after an unofficial ban on Australian [...]
November 23, 2020
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European spruce logs and lumber exports to China see strong rise in Q1-Q3/2020
Despite the ongoing corona crisis which has slowed trade in many European countries, EU spruce logs and spruce [...]
November 13, 2020
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France: Bark beetle wood volume expected to double in 2021
The bark beetle crisis has affected spruce forests in the north-eastern quarter of France since the summer of 2018 [...]
November 3, 2020
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