- Location
Forestry Commission
"-
Forestry Commission Used Huddle's Cloud Collaboration Services to Control Tree Disease
Dec 20, 2012The Forestry Commission has used Huddle’s cloud collaboration services in a project to control the spread of a tree disease known as ash dieback. The organisation started using Huddle’s cloud-based collaboration software as a ...
Tags: Computer Products, The Cloud, Tree Disease, Forestry Commission
-
EC Said That ISPM15 Compliance Has Been Resolved
Nov 28, 2012In June, the UK's pallet and packaging advisory association, Pallet Link, advised its members that the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) in China were intercepting export consignments from ...
Tags: pallet, packaging, Pallet Link, WPM
-
Ghana Is Currently Considering Importing Logs From Cameroon After Losing Its Forest Cover
May 8, 2012Ghana is currently considering importing logs from Cameroon after losing its forest cover, which stood at 8.2 million hectares a little over a century ago. Ghana’s primary rainforest has reduced by 90 percent over the past few years, ...
Tags: market view, wood
-
More Timber Is Growing in UK Forests Than Previously Thought
Apr 20, 2012More timber is growing in UK forests than previously thought, according to a new Forestry Commission report. The Standing Timber Volume for Coniferous Trees in Britain says more timber is growing than indicated by previous assessments based ...
Tags: industry trends, softwood timber
-
Ghanaian Local Communities Would Soon Be Producing Lumber
Mar 15, 2012Ghanaian local communities would soon be producing lumber to shore up the volume of legal lumber supply for the domestic market. This would be achieved through the implementation of a project by Tropenbos International (TBI) Ghana, that ...
Tags: market view, lumber
-
Forestry Investment Has Been Hailed as a Great Way of Securing a Strong Return
Dec 8, 2011In the modern era of financial uncertainty, forestry investment has been hailed as a great way of securing a strong return by the latest Forest Market Report 2011. Carried out by property consultants Savills alongside woodland specialists ...
Tags: market view, Forestry, timber
-
The Wood Awards 2012 Will Go Ahead, But Need More Backers to Become a Bigger Event
Nov 26, 2011The Wood Awards 2012 will go ahead after the loss of £15, 000 of sponsorship from the Forestry Commission (FC), but need more backers to become a bigger event. That was the message from Tim Gregson, clerk of the Carpenters' Company, ...
Tags: market view, Wood Awards
-
The Timber Price Indices Have Been Published
Nov 11, 2011The Timber Price Indices - based on Forestry Commission sales and consisting of the coniferous standing sales price index and the sawlog price index - have been published today (November 10th). Figures showed that the average price for ...
Tags: market view, price, timber
-
The Softwood Division Will Fall by 4% Against Last Year to 7.82m m³
Nov 5, 2011In view of poor economic growth and increasing unemployment, the softwood division of the Timber Trade Federation forecasts that softwood lumber consumption in the UK in 2011 will fall by 4% against last year to 7.82m m³. This is ...