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Wood pellet exports from North America to Europe have doubled in two years
With no slowdown in sight, North American wood pellet exporting companies keep building new facilities to manufacture pellets for the European…
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Global sawlog prices rose in the 4Q/13
Higher demand for lumber and increased global trade of logs pushed sawlog prices upward in many markets during 2013, according to the Wood Resource…
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Increases in Russian lumber exports have not compensated for decline in log exports
Increases in Russian lumber exports have not compensated for the decline in log exports that came as the result of the implementation of higher log…
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Defra urged to back agroforestry
In a letter to Owen Paterson MP, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Organic Research Centre joins with 22 other…
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Safety experts call for tree safety following severe weather
Safety experts are urging East Anglian landowners and local authorities to exercise caution when working with trees. Following the worst winter…
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China imported lumber for record nine billion dollars in 2013
China imported logs and lumber for a record nine billion dollars in 2013, with North America, Russia and New Zealand being the major suppliers…
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New Forest trees count the cost of months of storms
Exceptionally wet and windy weather has seen New Forest tree experts inundated with enquiries about damaged and fallen trees. The New Forest National…
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Sussex fungicides may help fight ash dieback
A new fungicide treatment developed at the University of Sussex is emerging as a weapon in the fight to inhibit growth of Chalara fraxinea, which…
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Softwood lumber trade 'reaches highest level in five years'
With demand for lumber being in recovery mode in a number of countries in the world in 2013, global trade of both lumber and logs were on track to…
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Four million trees to be planted next year
The government is planning to invest £30m to support the planting of 2,000 hectares of new woodland with 4 million trees. Two thousand hectares of…
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