Search Results: 'EU'

Reindeer rights
16 December, 2006
While harvesting levels have been reduced in Upper Lapland, recent research maintains that reindeer herding should not take precedence over other livelihoods. Kai Lintunen of the Finnish Forest Association reports

Winning formulas
09 December, 2006
The coatings and finishes sector is becoming increasingly hi-tech

Supply shortage stymies Irish industry
25 November, 2006
Ireland, like the rest of Europe, is grappling with supply shortages – just as its housing starts are setting a record

A framework for the future
11 November, 2006
Medite has launched an international initiative to forecast timber industry developments over the next 10 years

Whitewood prices rise at unprecedented rate
11 November, 2006
After a continuous price escalation throughout 2006, the redwood market has begun to stabilise as stocks have become replenished and specifications improved. It is a completely different story in the whitewood sector where supplies are so short that it is difficult to predict when production will meet demand and prices start to level off

Polished performer
11 November, 2006
Steico’s move into I-joist production is likely to have a significant impact on the sector

NGOs should support efforts
28 October, 2006
I refer to your article “EU and Malaysia discuss deal” which reported on the intention between Malaysia and the European Union to enter into formal negotiations on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) under the EU FLEGT Action Plan.

Senior appointment
21 September, 2006

New man at FFIF
20 September, 2006

Shortages trigger talk of a sea change in tropical ply
02 September, 2006
There is so little tropical plywood to go round that importers may have to rethink how and what they order

Restricted supply dominates popular hardwoods
02 September, 2006
Supply of African and Far Eastern hardwoods is tight and much of what is available is going to China

All sides lobby on illegal logging
19 August, 2006
Greenpeace protests might have diverted attention beforehand, but the timber trade gave a good account of itself at the latest RIIA meeting on illegal logging

WPA condemns "ridiculous" situation
19 August, 2006
The Wood Protection Association (WPA) is lobbying the UK government and European Commission over a “ridiculous” situation where European timber treaters can continue to use chromium compound after a sales ban on the substance is implemented in Britain on September 1.

Crunch time for chromium
22 July, 2006
Wood preservatives containing chromium compounds are likely to come off the market in September. Dr Chris Coggins, president of the Wood Protection Association, explains why

BCF looks further afield
17 July, 2006
The British Coatings Federation (BCF) is taking on a more international role in response to the increasingly global environment in which its members operate.

McCrea shares business knowledge
13 July, 2006

UK market bucks the trend
08 July, 2006
Chipboard is in unseasonally short supply and prices are rising – although really only in line with increased costs

UK orders for Chinese ply at "unprecedented levels"
24 June, 2006
Tropical hardwood plywood is in short supply but its softwood counterpart is faring better

Nelss goes global
27 May, 2006
Founded in the early 90s, Nelss was one of the first timber companies to emerge from the free Baltic states and it has remained the largest independent company in Latvia.

Upping the added value
27 May, 2006
Over the past five years, Lithuania’s gross value added (GVA) – a measure of productivity which shows how much an area contributes to the economy – in forestry and the forest industry has risen from 2.6% to 4.1%, according to the Lithuanian Statistical Yearbook on Forestry 2005 (LSYF).