Forestry

EU Commission climate plan to limit growth in forestry and biomass sector

While recognising the positive role of forests in mitigating global warming, the European Commission has riled the agroforestry and biomass [...]

EOS and CEI-Bois strengthen ties and appoint Silvia Melegari as joint secretary general

    CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries, and the European Organisation of the Sawmill [...]

Covid-19 recovery brings rising sawlog prices in Russia

    Sawlog prices in Russia have increased slightly in June 2020, indicating a recovery from the coronavirus [...]

COVID-19 impact on wood consumption in US

The forest products industry in the US has been making headlines since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 1Q2020. The [...]

Oak prices in France fall sharply at autumn auctions

  The first autumn auctions in France have just been launched by France's Natonal Forest Office (ONF) in [...]

American red oak progresses in the European market

American hardwoods faced a very challenging market conditions that have emerged in the last 18 months.     [...]

EUTR and FLEGT cause market shifts in the tropical wood market

    The European timber trade regulation EUTR and the FLEGT agreement concluded with Indonesia are causing market [...]

COVID-19 disrupts growth in the European hardwood industry

    At the start of the year, before the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were felt [...]

Slowdown in US housing market probable, if lumber prices don’t fall

Homebuilder sentiment is at an all-time high, as city-dwellers seek out suburban homes during the coronavirus pandemic. But [...]

Sweden: Record volumes of damaged wood caused by the bark beetles

The spruce bark beetle has already done as much damage to Sweden’s forests so far this year as in [...]
September 28, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe