Forests in Italy start to recover six months after Vaia storm
With millions of cubic meters of timber still on the ground, and summer approaching, authorities and environmentalists in northern Italy [...]
June 4, 2019
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22,6% of the global industrial roundwood production is now FSC certified
A recent analysis across FSC forest management audit reports revealed that approximately 423 million cubic meters of wood are harvested [...]
December 6, 2018
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100 million m3 of damages in Europe due to storms and beetle infestation in over 1 year
The autumn storm "Vaia", which led to large-scale damages in the forests of northern Italy and southern Austria from [...]
November 14, 2018
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Italian forests ravaged by storms; almost 15 million m3 damages
In the past week, the storm Vaia in northeastern Italy has ravaged some forests, especially in the Dolomites. The hardest [...]
November 8, 2018
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CatchMark Timber finalizes acquisition of 1.1 million acres in Texas
CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. completes acquisition of 1.1 million acres of prime East Texas timberlands [...]
July 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
China expands national forest reserves as to keep up with rise in timber imports
According to the State Forestry and Grassland Administration plans have been prepared for an expansion through planting and rehabilitation of [...]
May 16, 2018
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Schweighofer sells all Romanian forests assets
Holzindustrie Schweighofer decided to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Cascade Empire s.r.l. (Cascade Empire [...]
March 27, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
IKEA purchases first forest asset in US
The IKEA Group has purchased its first forest asset in the US, according to a media release by the company [...]
February 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Wood Furniture / Europe / North America
Albania bans logging for the next 10 years as to help forests regenerate
The forests in Albania have suffered major exploitation in the past 25 years, so the Albanian government has decided to [...]
February 29, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Europe
China ends commercial logging in natural forests
President Xi Jinping has signalled that all natural forests should be protected. According to Zhao Shucong, Head of the State [...]
January 15, 2015
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