Forestry Equipment News
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Expobiomasa delivers: 16,423 professionals visited the largest annual sector fair in Europe
The 564 exhibitors, who came from 24 countries and took up over 26,000 m2of exhibition space, were already expecting Expobiomasa to be a success. Now, only a few days after doors closed on the event, organiser AVEBIOMcan confirm that those and their own expectations were fulfilled. The final number of unique visiting professionals recorded accessing the event comes to 16,423 – slightly ...
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New roadmap for boosting small-scale and family forest producers
Indigenous peoples, local communities and private smallholders own or manage a growing proportion of the world's forests and can play a significant role in tackling deforestation and reducing poverty - especially if they band together in producer organizations, say two new publications released today by FAO and a group of its partners. In many rural economies, the forest enterprises of families ...
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Potential of insects as resources for animal feed
Insects can provide a sustainable and environmentally-friendly option for animal feed, in addition to already being a mainstay of human diets for 2 billion people worldwide, FAO Assistant Director-General Eduardo Rojas-Briales told an international gathering of researchers in The Netherlands. Rojas spoke during the opening session of the conference, “Insects to Feed the World,” ...
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Tractor of the Year® 2015: A new challenge begins.
Following the success of last year’s event, the widely anticipated “Tractor of the Year 2015: Let the challenge begin” will take place at Terre Blanche Resort, in Tourrettes, located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on May 6 to 7. The kick-off to the Tractor of the Year® awards will be attended by representatives from 15 leading tractor manufacturers, along with ...
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Seaweed forests could help power tropical islands
Harvesting seaweed ‘forests’ and feeding them into large underwater digesters could one day meet the world’s energy needs, with nine per cent of the ocean floor being enough to replace fossil fuels entirely, according to an ambitious idea. Even a more immediate and realistic use of seaweed — a major untapped resource — would greatly increase the self-sufficiency and ...
By SciDev.Net
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John Deere Introduces New Value-Priced Telematics Solutions for All Makes of Stationary and Mobile Equipment
John Deere's user-friendly JDLink™ machine monitoring system is now available for all makes of stationary and mobile forestry equipment with two new Universal Telematics subscription levels. JDLink Locate and JDLink Express boast value-priced hardware and subscription costs. "JDLink Locate and JDLink Express allow logging professionals to track and protect all pieces of equipment on their ...
By John Deere
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New draft rules for State aids in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, now available for information and feedback
The draft new rules on State aids in the agriculture and forestry sectors and in rural areas (block exemption Regulation and Guidelines) have now been put online in all official EU-languages. The new rules have not yet been adopted by the Commission. These drafts are made public to inform institutions, public authorities, organisations, companies and citizens who can make comments by 24 March ...
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John Deere Expands Tracked Feller Buncher Reach with New Long Boom Option
With John Deere's 903K and 909K tracked feller bunchers new long boom option, more trees can be harvested with less travel. The new long boom delivers increased productivity by stretching maximum reach to more than 32 feet (9.82m), a 10.6 percent increase over the standard boom, when used with John Deere's field proven FR21B Disc Saw Felling Head. Designed to maximize productivity, the new long ...
By John Deere
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John Deere Improves Fuel Economy on Forestry Swing Machines
John Deere is committed to providing customers with improvements that make both the machine and operator more efficient, and one way is by improving fuel economy on Forestry Swing Machine with an updated pump/management system and fuel economy kit for existing models. When operating in high-power mode, these upgraded machines showed a marked improvement in fuel economy without loss in ...
By John Deere
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John Deere`s Intelligent Boom Control Makes North American Debut
In a milestone for forestry equipment technology, John Deere introduced its Intelligent Boom Control (IBC) option for its forwarders at Elmia Wood in Sweden on June 5-8, 2013. A feature the industry has anticipated for over 30 years, IBC is now offered as an option on all of John Deere's 1210E and 1510E Forwarders in North America. This technological breakthrough significantly increases forwarder ...
By John Deere
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John Deere`s Intelligent Boom Control Makes North American Debut
In a milestone for forestry equipment technology, John Deere introduced its Intelligent Boom Control (IBC) option for its forwarders at Elmia Wood in Sweden on June 5-8, 2013. A feature the industry has anticipated for over 30 years, IBC is now offered as an option on all of John Deere's 1210E and 1510E Forwarders in North America. This technological breakthrough significantly increases forwarder ...
By John Deere
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Guide for Business Drives Better Decisions on Forest Products
The World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today released the third edition of Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-based Products to help businesses buy products from sustainably managed forests and improve forest management. The full guide resource kit is available online here or at www.SustainableForestProducts.org. With the third ...
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FAO to partner CBD on biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will work together on programmes that address climate change, food security and biodiversity loss. Two memoranda of understanding (MoU) signed last week (11 Oct) on the sidelines of the 11th Conference of Parties (COP 11) of the CBD in Hyderabad, India, aim to promote partnerships covering research, ...
By SciDev.Net
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Koch Industries Joins GEMI
The Global Environmental Management Initiative(GEMI) today announced the addition of its newest member company, Koch Industries, a U.S.-based leading global corporation with companies that supply communities with energy to heat and cool buildings, fibers for carpets and garments, chemicals used in manufacturing, process and pollution control equipment, forest and consumer products, fertilizer and ...
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Easement exchange between UPM Blandin and Minnesota Power will restore 160 acres of forestland
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn., Aug. 8, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- UPM Blandin and Minnesota Power (MP) have agreed to an easement exchange that will re-establish 160 acres of forest land north of Taconite. MP is vacating an existing utility easement for No. 94 transmission line on Blandin forest land. In exchange, Blandin has granted MP a 130-acre utility easement on UPM land north of Nashwauk to establish ...
By UPM
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China to increase support for African science
The Chinese president has promised to increase science, technology and innovation (STI) assistance to Africa, although experts from the continent warn assistance will only work if it is Africa-led and promotes sustainable development. President Hu Jintao has pledged to expand China-Africa collaboration in science, through maintaining successful research programmes and supporting new initiatives ...
By SciDev.Net
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EPA awards $200K grant to Town of Dubois (Wyo.) for cleanup of sawmill site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the Town of Dubois, Wyoming will receive a $200,000 Brownfields grant to clean up the Dubois Sawmill site on Absaroka Drive. The site is contaminated with benzene, diesel range organics, and other petroleum hydrocarbons. The award to Dubois is part of $69.3 million in EPA Brownfields grants provided to 245 communities across the ...
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The Rocky Mountain Forest Restoration & Bioenergy Summit Set to Begin Next Week in Denver
The Rocky Mountain Forest Restoration & Bioenergy Summit will take place April 16 in Denver, Colo. At this one-day, content-rich event, experts in forestry, bioenergy and public policy will outline the current condition of Rocky Mountain forests and detail how the health of these forests can be improved through collaborative efforts with bioenergy producers. Attendees will leave the summit ...
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New frame agreement between Pöyry and Metsä Group
PÖYRY PLC Press release 7 March 2012 Pöyry and Metsä Group have signed a frame agreement for technical consulting and engineering services. The frame agreement will enable easy cooperation in small and medium sized operations improvement and engineering assignments and provide Metsä Group access to Pöyry's global service network. According to the agreement, ...
By Pöyry PLC
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Sino-Forest Provides Update on the Status of its Accounts Receivable
Sino-Forest Corporation ("Sino-Forest" or the "Company") today provided a status update regarding its efforts to collect accounts receivable owing to subsidiaries of the Company. In support of the Company's March 30, 2012 application under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA"), Sino-Forest filed an affidavit (the "Initial Affidavit") that, among other things, described the two ...
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