Search Results: 'Forest Research'

Lavers’ Labours Last
20 December, 2023
Dan Ridley-Ellis looks back at the work of Gwendoline M Lavers

A year of industry collaboration
20 December, 2023
The Timber in Construction Group is helping co-ordinate industry input into strategies for driving use of timber in building, writes Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter

Ireland bound
19 December, 2023
Geoff Rhodes, independent consultant and former long-serving marketing and sales director at MEDITE looks back 40 years to Medford Corporation’s multi-million dollar investment in the Clonmel factory

Sustainable tropical forestry
19 December, 2023
The BMRC has been formed to underpin international market access and boost the investability of tropical timber producing countries with independently endorsed sustainable forestry systems. Mike Jeffree reports

Downbeat economic forecasts shared at TDUK markets conference in London
09 November, 2023
UK and international timber traders gathered in strong numbers for Timber Development UK’s Global Market Conference in London on Wednesday at a time of difficult market dynamics.

Going local
26 October, 2023
Structural engineer and timber technologist Iain Thew looks at the role for UK hardwoods in construction

Cautious positivity
24 October, 2023
British-grown timber remains competitive and sawmills are continuing to invest. Sally Spencer reports

Timber innovation for forests of the future
24 October, 2023
The UK should aim towards reducing its reliance on others for its timber, writes Gareth Waters, head of forest management support at Forestry and Land Scotland

International Softwood Conference attracts record-breaking delegate numbers
16 October, 2023
A record-breaking 333-strong crowd of delegates attended this year’s International Softwood conference in Vienna to debate the availability of wood raw materials and other market dynamics.

Ebbs and flows for French
28 August, 2023
France’s timber sector has felt the impact of global economic volatility since 2019, although one thing remains constant, the UK remains its biggest oak export market. Thibaud Le Moign of the industry’s international marketing body French Timber reports

US softwood keeps up powerful run
28 August, 2023
The US softwood industry remains in robust good health, with continuing near record exports and southern pine shipments at an all-time high. American Softwoods consultant Charles Trevor reports

The next wave in forestry’s future
28 August, 2023
Canada’s vast forests are an invaluable environmental, social and economic resource. That’s the message of the country’s C$75bn forestry sector to the new generation reports Kerry Patterson-Baker, vice-president, communications and public affairs Forest Products Association of Canada

New chair for IOM3 wood technology group
28 June, 2023
Dr Morwenna Spear has been appointed as chair of the Wood Technology Group Andrew True reports

Forest to fence
28 June, 2023
The Wood Protection Association provided technical input on a recent workshop in Scotland on treated wood quality

AI and IoT future game changers for the forestry industry
12 June, 2023
Open sharing of information about forests is of great importance in order to protect the climate and preserve biodiversity. Currently, Sweden’s Linnaeus University is running the Forest 4.0 initiative, an excellence centre for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) in the forestry sector in Lithuania. The goal is to develop innovative solutions that encompass the entire process of modern forestry.

CollectiveCrunch partners with Oregon State University
01 June, 2023
CollectiveCrunch, creator of an AI-powered platform that enables sustainable forestry at scale, has launched a pilot project with the Oregon State University (OSU) College of Forestry. The collaboration marks CollectiveCrunch’s first forest carbon partnership in the US market, and sets the stage for further growth opportunities for the company.

Forestry drones used to plant birch on Scottish hills
01 June, 2023
Drones have been used to scatter birch seeds on Scottish hills, with an estimated 20 million seeds scattered by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS).

No time to speculate
25 April, 2023
Views vary on prospects for the hardwood trade through 2023, but it won’t be the bull market of the last two years, say businesses. Mike Jeffree reports

Investment focuses on forest sector
24 April, 2023
Private equity is increasingly looking for green investment opportunities. That includes development of exciting new low environmental impact wood-based materials, writes Sampsa Auvinen, CEI-Bois chairman and advisory board chair of the new United Bankers Forest Industry Green Growth fund

Investment focuses on forest sector
24 April, 2023
Private equity is increasingly looking for green investment opportunities. That includes development of exciting new low environmental impact wood-based materials, writes Sampsa Auvinen, CEI-Bois chairman and advisory board chair of the new United Bankers Forest Industry Green Growth fund