Myanmar grapples with FLEGT

The Workshop to Formulate the Road Map on FLEGT was conducted in Nay Pyi Taw in early November involving the national and subnational members of the Multistakeholder Group and representatives of the EU and the European Forest Institute (EFI), according to the Forest Department. Moreover, an EU representative was in…

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Bulgaria achieves PEFC endorsement

Bulgaria has become the latest member to achieve PEFC endorsement of its national forest certification system. The PEFC General Assembly voted for the endorsement of the Bulgarian system in a postal ballot. “We are very grateful to our friends from the other members of PEFC who, through their vote, have…

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Mehr Aufträge für das Verarbeitende Gewerbe im September

Der reale (preisbereinigte) Auftragseingang im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe war nach vorläufigen Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamtes (Destatis) im September 2019 saison- und kalenderbereinigt 1,3 Prozent höher als im Vormonat. Für August 2019 ergab sich nach Revision der vorläufigen Ergebnisse ein Rückgang von 0,4 Prozent gegenüber Juli 2019 (vorläufiger Wert: -0,6%). Ohne Berücksichtigung der Großaufträge…

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Sweden: Large stocks of wood in September

Stocks of softwood, pulpwood and pulp chips have fallen since this summer but are nonetheless unusually large for the season. According to the Swedish Forestry Agency’s (Skogsstyrelsen) stock survey, the total stocks was 9.3 million cubic metres in 30 September this year. That is 34 per cent more than at…

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Moelven reports lower revenues for 3Q/2019

Moelven Industrier ASA achieved operating revenues of NOK 43.6 million (EUR 4.3 million) in the 3Q 2019. This is a decrease of NOK 86 million (EUR8.5 million) compared to the same period of 2018. “This quarter was characterised by the more demanding market conditions that were becoming apparent at our…

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