KUALA LUMPUR: It has been more than six months since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March. The market has been anticipating increasing exports of timber products to Japan as the country rebuilds itself. It was reported that Japan ...
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The pressure on prices for imported softwood lumber has increased on the British market in the last few weeks, against the background of low demand and inflated supply. Buyers are now voicing concerns that lumber prices might continue to ...
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A new report by Australian scientists has made a dire prediction for the future of Asian forests. The report is by the Canberra-based C-S-I-R-O and the United Nations Environment Programme. It's found that if current rates of logging ...
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French production of sawn hardwood is set to break through 1.6 million m³ In 2011, according to the latest statistics from the French Timber Federation. The predicted volume would correspond to the level of production in 2008 after ...
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There are woods out there, both common species and exotic, that do not grow fast enough to be considered a rapidly renewable resource. But they can still be sustainable if the fall into one of two categories. If the woods are "certified, " ...
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Modus will present a unique installation at their showroom in Clerkenwell entitled Process – an exhibition of chairs showing step by step production methods from traditional to modern techniques, explained through drawings, images, ...
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JACKSONVILLE _ (Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of stories looking at the cause and impact of the Drought of 2011.) Trees. The word is almost synonymous with East Texas. Stately piney woods and lush vegetation are constants in ...
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The Timber Trades Federation says that the timber market has grown for the first time in three years in the UK. The TTF Statistical Review 2011 found that the consumption of timber and panel products grew to more than 14m cu m in 2010, with ...
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Global demand for timber has increased since the economic downturn, a new study has shown. Figures compiled by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have indicated that consumption of forestry products in Europe, former ...
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Panda, a very famous and lovely animal in Sichuan of China, loves to eat bamboo very well. Every day, they eat 20 to 25 kg of bamboo shoot. They prefer to eat 2 species of bamboo, Fargesia Robusta Yi and B. Fangiana Keng. This is proof how ...
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In the log sheet, from 2011, has been subject to freight, labor, raw material price increases, soaring timber prices can be described. Aftermath of the financial tsunami and hurricane shocks after shuffling, plywood and March 2010 came the ...
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Firms that have made an investment in Estonia could be on to a winner, as the timber-rich nation is set to experience spiralling demand for wood. Analysts at Frost & Sullivan have predicted that the need for the material will expand ...
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In 2010, faced with the complicated and volatile domestic and international economic environment and various grand challenges, under the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the people of all nationalities of ...
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In 2009, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the people of all nationalities of China, taking as the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of “Three Represents”, ...
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In 2009, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the people of all nationalities of China, taking as the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of “Three Represents”, ...