Search Results: 'Forest Research'

The elephant in the room
17 December, 2012
Building Information Modelling will be compulsory for public-funded construction in just three years time but, as Peter Wilson asks, is it the elephant in the timber industry’s boardroom?

New markets for Welsh wood
14 December, 2012
Home-grown timber is being used in a UK Brettstapel timber build project for the first time.

Suitable substitutes
12 November, 2012
The timber trade needs to explore the potential of alternative tropical species, and the WWF has produced a new guide to help, reports James Horne of the environmental organisation’s Global Forest & Trade Network

CLT project over to industry
12 November, 2012
The baton for a project to make cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the UK out of home-grown softwood is ready to be passed from the researchers to prospective manufacturers.

Hungary makes bid for PEFC certification
08 November, 2012
Hungary has become one of the last remaining European countries with a significant share of private forest owners to develop a national forest certification scheme.

Two-way trading street
27 October, 2012
The Global WoodMart in Malaysia underlined South-east Asia’s growing significance as a wood importer, as well as a supplier of timber and wood products worldwide. Mike Jeffree reports

Cut duplication, join up thinking
27 October, 2012
It’s a refrain that has echoed down the years. The timber industry needs more joined-up thinking and collaboration, both to do battle with more cohesive rival materials sectors and defend and promote its environmental performance to counter criticism from media savvy harder line green NGOs.

Ash disease action stepped up
26 October, 2012
Action to tackle a dangerous ash tree disease has been stepped up following the first confirmed cases in natural woodland.

European forest and wood bodies strengthen ties
25 October, 2012
Europe’s leading forest, forest products and timber organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen their ties and step up lobbying on behalf of their members.

Balcas takes MDFmouldings up a level
13 October, 2012
Leading MDF architectural mouldings manufacturer Balcas introduced visitors to KOTA – a new range of fully finished products.

Lesser-known tropical species research continues
10 September, 2012
A research project backed by FSC and tropical hardwood importers is aiming to identify lesser-known FSC-certified timber species for sale on the European market.

Games Maker role “very special”
21 August, 2012
Two weeks as a London Olympics Games Maker was a “very special experience” for timber industry consultant Geoff Rhodes.

New oak death variant increases alarm
20 July, 2012
The discovery of a fourth variant of the fungal pathogen Phytophthora ramorum,which is killing a wide variety of trees and plants worldwide, has increased concerns over its spread, virulence and ability to adapt.

CLT: the golden fleece for UK-grown timber
07 July, 2012
Peter Wilson, director of the Wood Studio at Edinburgh Napier University’s Forest Products Research Institute, says the prospect of commercial production of cross-laminated timber from UK-grown timber is moving closer to becoming a reality

Finnish forests’ timber volume rises
04 July, 2012
The volume of wood in Finnish forests has increased to its highest level in recorded history, according a new report.

Home-grown and growing
26 May, 2012
The British timber sector’s market share is growing but there are plenty of challenges along with the opportunities ahead. Stuart Goodall, chief executive of Confor, reports

Rhodes' journey
26 May, 2012
Geoff Rhodes FWISc talks to Keren Fallwell about his unerring enthusiasm for timber and the timber industry

Joining up the R&D dots
26 May, 2012
Research at Napier University is finding new uses for the UK’s forest resource

Logs and legislation in Africa
12 May, 2012
Amelie de Borchgrave, of political and security risk adviser Stirling Assynt, assesses the risks associated with Africa and the safeguards companies will have to adopt to adhere to new EU regulations

Sino-Forest sues Muddy Waters for defamation
04 April, 2012