Search Results: 'Forest Research'

New Q-Mark scheme to boost marine plywood quality
17 December, 2013
Efforts to improve the quality of marine plywood on the UK market have been given a boost with BM TRADA’s launch of a new Q-Mark scheme for the material.

Forestry Commission quantifies timber lost to UK storm St Jude
02 December, 2013
Around 10 million trees containing 2 million m3 of timber are estimated to have been lost in the recent St Jude storm over southern Britain, according to Forestry Commission surveys.

Group aims to improve timber engineering research and training
15 November, 2013
An alliance of industry and academia focused on improving and increasing UK timber engineering research has met to assess current challenges.

Conference highlights rise of UK timber
01 November, 2013
Holding the International Softwood Conference (ISC) in the UK proved a resounding success and underlined its importance as a softwood producer as well as a trader.

Spanish chestnut timber producer achieves carbon first
26 October, 2013
Spanish chestnut timber products manufacturer Maderas Siero has become the world’s first company to have the carbon footprint of its products independently verified as meeting the NEPCon Carbon Footprint Management Standard.

Italian tree saplings planted in Kent
02 October, 2013
Tree saplings from central Italy are among those being planted in Kent to prepare for future warmer temperatures in the region in 2050-2080.

Confor’s new communication generation
11 September, 2013
Stefanie Kaiser has joined Confor as its new communications manager. Already in post, Ms Kaiser will work alongside Jane Karthaus in Forestry & Timber News and e-news roles, until taking over when Ms Karthaus retires at the end of January 2014.

Engineered wood specialist backs Napier scholarships
09 August, 2013
KLH UK, the cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturer and construction specialist, has become the 14th company or organisation to back the new MSc Timber Engineering scholarship programme at Edinburgh Napier University.

More funding for tree disease
08 August, 2013
Almost £1m has been earmarked by the European Union to develop an early warning system for pest and disease threats to UK trees.

Industry takes the challenge
08 August, 2013
A team from UPM Shotton won this year’s Forest Products Challenge held at Coed Llandegla last month.

Panorama programme a “vote of confidence” in UK timber trade
26 July, 2013
The absence of any evidence of illegal wood trading against UK timber traders in last night’s BBC Panorama programme is a massive vote of confidence in the UK timber trade, says the Timber Trade Federation (TTF).

Massive spread of tree disease in Scotland
12 July, 2013
Confor has reported shocking new outbreaks of Phytophthora ramorum in Scotland and is calling for urgent government action to tackle the spread of the disease and support woodland owners.

More businesses back future timber engineers
01 June, 2013
The number of timber industry and associated companies and organisations signed up to a new scheme to fund graduates through Edinburgh Napier’s University’s (ENU) timber engineering MSc degree has now reached 12 .

Danzer to work to FSC principles despite ‘disassociation’
31 May, 2013
Danzer UK has assured customers that it will continue to work to Forest Stewardship Council standards and criteria in sustainable forest management and timber sourcing, despite being ‘disassociated’ by the FSC over alleged breaches of its social responsibility rules by a former subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Small loggers at risk from EUTR
29 May, 2013
Small-scale loggers in Central Africa could be driven out of business by the cost of complying with the EU Timber Regulation and trade policies in the US, experts have warned.

Conference highlights pressure on Central African forests
24 May, 2013
Central Africa’s forests are under pressure from rising population, proliferation of logging roads and forest earmarked for agriculture and mining, according to the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

FSC terminates relationship with Danzer
22 May, 2013
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has terminated its relationship with decorative veneer and hardwood timber producer Danzer Group in a landmark decision billed by Greenpeace as critical for the reputation of FSC.

Obituary - Hon JME Bruce CBE
16 May, 2013
The Honourable JME Bruce, who was instrumental in creating Scottish Woodlands Ltd and who made a tremendous contribution to forestry, died on April 22. He was 85.

Cash for ash: government aims to slow disease
27 March, 2013
Confor has questioned where the resources are coming from for newly-announced £1.5m government funding to help fight ash tree dieback.

Sponsor a timber engineer, urges Edinburgh Napier University
23 March, 2013
Timber companies are being urged to sponsor graduates through their MSc in Timber Engineering by Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment.