Logging in Germany reaches a new record in 2020 due to bark beetle infestation
In 2020, 80.4 million cubic meters of wood were felled in German forests. This means that logging reached a [...]
April 21, 2021
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Bark beetle causes record logging in the Czech republic
In 2020, timber harvesting in the Czech Republic reached 32 [...]
June 18, 2020
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New Zealand’s forest industry prepares to get back to work
New Zealand's forest industry organisations are planning how to get back to work when restrictions [...]
April 14, 2020
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Södra Skog to temporarily stop logging
The Swedish timber company announced the cessation of logging. The decision of the Södra Skog [...]
April 10, 2020
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Russian timber industry under pressure due to mild winter
Due to the abnormally warm winter in Russia, a shortage of wood raw materials has formed. Logging equipment sometimes could [...]
March 31, 2020
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Warm winter is disrupting logging activity in Estonia
Logging activity in Estonia is currently disrupted, due to the unusual warm and snowless winter; [...]
February 18, 2020
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Russian forest industry in crisis due to warm weather that impedes logging
The forest industry in Russia is currently in a crisis situation because of the abnormally warm weather this winter. The [...]
February 12, 2020
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Illegal Myanmar teak seized in the Netherlands
In the first raid of its kind, Dutch police have seized a large quantity of Myanmar teak in the Netherlands [...]
February 5, 2020
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Huge timber reserves in Russia’s Far East unexploited sufficiently
Almost half of the lands of the forest fund of the Russian Federation (556.2 million ha, 49%) and a [...]
January 16, 2020
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Russia: Sveza plans to set up its own logging company
Russian plywood manufacturer Sveza has set up its own logging company, Sveza Resource LLC. The company [...]
July 31, 2019
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