Keyword: forest fires

European wildfires on pace to set record forestland losses this year

The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) reported that approximately 660,000 hectares (1,630,000 acres) of land have [...]
August 22, 2022 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Europe

Europe is experiencing record forest fires

Wildfire conditions in Europe are intensifying, just as Europe experiences an unprecedented heatwave. Fires in parts of France, Spain, and [...]
August 1, 2022 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Australian timber industry tries to save 2020 bushfire damaged logs

    The 2020 bushfire season in Australia was one of the harshest fire seasons on record.  [...]

European Commission: More countries than ever hit by forest fires

On 31 October 2019, the European Commission published the 2018 edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe [...]
November 19, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Swedish sawmills in jeopardy due to tight log supply caused by forest fires

Although consumption of wood raw-material by the Swedish forest industry has risen in 2017 and early 2018, sawmills have [...]

Fires destroy Sweden’s forests

A European-wide fire-fighting force has helped Sweden to battle an unprecedented level of forest fires this summer. So [...]