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She has also led the Indigenous Forest Bioeconomy Strategy, helped deliver a record tree planting program, introduced collaboration with First Nations in the timber supply review process and incorporated carbon modelling and habitat supply. ...
At the end of November, the European Commission closed the public consultation on a fitness check for the EU Timber Regulation (EU) No. 995/2010. In addition to the review of the EU Timber Regulation, the fitness check also serves to reflect on the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005) in terms of the effectiveness, ...
“The pine plantation forest on Interlochen’s campus is basically a tree farm. Planted after it was timbered 100 years ago, tree farms are a monoculture which create a vulnerability for the forest and require thinning. ...
We are looking for a Training and Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to join the PEFC International team in Geneva, Switzerland, on a full-time basis. The position will be responsible for our monitoring & evaluation system measuring the impacts of our activities, and ensuring that people involved in the operations of the PEFC system have the appropriate ...
“His wide ranging expertise in all aspects of the international timber trade, combined with his skills in leading and achieving multi-stakeholder consensus at global level, will be of significant benefit to Forestry Commission in its mission of protecting, expanding and promoting the sustainable management of ...
They are beautiful, they keep our water fresh, they clean our air, and their timber is an important renewable and sustainable resource for so many of our day-to-day products. ...
Firstly the location. The space available was on a timber decking area underneath a pergola, therefore the building had to be designed from the outset to fit into a very particular space with limited height available. ...
” Illegal logging threatens the Vene timber tree Vene (Pterocarpus erinaceus), a globally important timber tree, enters The IUCN Red List as Endangered, threatened by felling to supply booming demand for household products. Native to West and Central Africa, the dark pink-brown timber from this tree is used globally for affordable ...
Over time, it will evolve to cover a wider range of topics, including: agrifood regulations road haulage licensing and other arrangements other regulations and standards (for example licences, trading standards, chemicals, waste, wood and timber, other controlled goods). ...
This information comes from the US Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, and it helps us illustrate a point that we at Enviva and others in the region’s forestry industry take pride in: the US South is a robustly forested landscape with a timber resource that’s growing far faster than its being harvested. ...
To help loggers maximize timber quality, John Deere has upgraded its harvester stick boom attachment across all 800MH- and 900MH-Series tracked harvesters. ...
All of this land requires maintenance, such as grass cutting and replanting, tree cutting and the removal of cut timber, and repairs to the infrastructure, including roadways, walls and ornamental bridges. ...
"Everything is built solid, with a stronger boom and bigger pins and bushings," said Mike Misokvich, MM Timber Harvesting. Additionally, other core features include the through-nose harvester head plumbing options to extend hose life, optional undercarriage-mounted toolbox for convenient storage, and an increase to the fuel tank on the 800M by 50 percent, extending intervals ...
Just as wood fires from felled timber make no difference to the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide levels – because the same forest that shelters the fallen tree will absorb it again – so biofuels converted from surplus maize or sugarcane should, in theory, make no difference to global warming. ...
Our 2015 PEFC Week took place from the 7 to 10 December in Montreux, Switzerland, and gathered together 130 participants from 50 countries, including PEFC members, certification and accreditation bodies, academics and representatives from the timber, pulp and paper industries. We would like to invite you to read the report and find out ...
The report states that the Forest Services was able to thin out more than 4.6 million acres of forest lands in 2014, a 9 percent increase from 2011. The amount of timber produced for public consumption increased by about 12 percent during that same period. ...
The Mahoe sawmills have a Cut to Taper facility increasing the qualitity of your timber and quantity of full length boards. Saw maintenance is done with ease and accuracy with the Mahow high quality sharpener. ...
The House passed a bill Thursday designed to improve the health of national forests by scaling back the environmental reviews that go into some timbering projects and discouraging lawsuits that delay projects. The goal is to speed up timber harvests and underbrush removal that the U.S. ...
The two companies recently signed a technical and sales cooperation agreement, under which they first plan to set up a demonstration plant in an area of forest in Norway that will use wood surplus to the requirement of timber processing operations in the region who produce materials for the building and construction industry. ...
Accurate climate models depend on accurate assessment of the carbon cycle, and the forests play a critical role. Timber in the forests is essentially carbon in the bank. And, for once, the news is encouraging. ...