Concerns have been raise over the rapid increase in wood chip production and export which, say analysts, could threaten raw material availability for the domestic solid wood processing industry. In response the authorities in Quang Nam Province are seeking the development of technical standards for forest management and harvesting for…
Ms. Diana Acconcia, the EU Ambassador to Ghana, has encouraged Ghana to be more active in restoring degraded forest and increasing tree cover to contribute to climate change mitigation. Ms. Acconcia was speaking at the European Union Climate Diplomacy Week Ghana 2019 themed ‘Regreening Ghana’. According to Ms. Acconcia, the…
China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index inched up in September to 49.8 according to the National Bureau of Statistics from 49.5 in August. The index has been below 50 for almost six months indicating activity was still cooling amid uncertainty caused by the protracted trade dispute between China and the…
Monthly statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency shows an overall decrease in notified area for final felling in September compared to the same month 2018 – in region South of Northern Sweden 41%. The reason behind the decrease are the vast areas notified after the extensive forest fires last year….
The surge in the number of new FDI projects into Vietnam’s wood processing sector continues. Most of the investment is in woodchip production, processing industry services, wooden pallet production and composite panel products. Xuan Phuc,(Forest Trends) has reported that most of the incoming investment is from China. In the first…
A China-Russia timber processing and trading centre was recently established in Suifenhe City, Heilongjiang Province. The centre occupies an area of 380,000 square metres and cost around RMB600 million. The aim is for the Centre to be an industrial cluster for the itmber industry and become a timber distribution centre…
In response to the expanding bark beetle calamity in Central Europe as well as in Sweden, Bergs Timber has announced that it will cut its lumber production. Despite the high demand, the large oversupply leads to price pressure, especially for low-grade spruce assortments. In the fall and winter, Bergs Timber will…
U.S. sawmills produced 20.687 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2019, edging down 0.1% from 20.705 bbf a year earlier, the Western Wood Products Assn. reported in its latest Lumber Track report. Western U.S. sawmills accounted for 8.416 bbf of the seven-month total,…
“FORESTER’S DAY” is an annual, traditional event, which the Romanian Forestry Association celebrates every fall, since 2012. It is a homage paid to the Romanian foresters and to all of those who activate in the wood business (about 5.000 companies and cca. 45.000 employees who work in the field of…
Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a Russian government minister said in an interview published Thursday. Russian authorities this month attributed some of the vast wildfires that have engulfed portions of Siberia in recent weeks to arsonists…
