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La Jornada reported on the results of a World Bank study
explaining the effects of climate change in the Latin
America and Caribbean regions...... [more...]
German parquet production dropped by 18.2% to 2.1 million sq.m. in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. The largest losses were recorded by the multilayer hardwood flooring production. The 3-layer-parquet segment decreased by 22.9% to…... [more...]
Metsäliitto is continuing its efforts to improve the profitability of sawmill operations and has started the statutory labour negotiations at all of its sawmills regarding the limitation of production.
The notice concerning negotiations covers a total of…... [more...]
After a year of negotiations, Peru and China signed a Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) to grow the Peruvian export
market to the Asian giant, as well as stimulate further
Chinese investment in Peru...... [more...]
Interview with Manfred Reinkemeier, CEO of The general recession is felt across the beech lumber market which, as expected, shows a weaker demand worldwide. The inevitable production cutbacks since mid 2008 were followed by the dramatic…... [more...]
The Web Forest Planet Institute has developed a technology to mark trees with electronic chips containing information on species, height and size, reported Globo Amazônia...... [more...]
Despite efforts to maintain previous prices by shifting the amount of supply available, price declines in the April tender indicated a slump in demand...... [more...]
Indonesian particleboard exports to India, together with
those from other countries, may be subject to a safeguard
duty of up to 30%, noted Business Standard. The
Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS) of India has
recommended imposing this duty, which is a form of
emergency import duty, for a period of up to 200 days as a
measure to protect Indian particleboard manufacturers...... [more...]
The EC and Malaysia are entering into the final stages of a
bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) in the
trade of legally produced and harvested timber, reported
Bernama...... [more...]
Scanstyle Biofuel of Denmark and Scanstyle Ghana Ltd, a timber processing firm in Ghana, are using saw dust to form wood pellets designed to generate heat for electricity...... [more...]