Search Results: 'Forest Service'

Road to nowhere
26 November, 2005
The Highways Agency is being heavily criticised for failing to enforce Sector Scheme 4, the initiative to boost the quality of roadside fencing

Russian forestry still in need of structural reform
26 November, 2005
Official figures show output rising in most parts of Russia's forest products sector. But industry and fiscal reform is still needed to boost long-term prospects

From functional to fashionable
26 November, 2005
Fencing used to have to be little more than a barrier to prying neighbours. Today it's increasingly a style statement and suppliers are upping the design stakes accordingly. David Castle reports

American evolution
12 November, 2005
The US hardwood industry has been through testing times, but it's underpinned by a huge and healthy forest resource and capacity to evolve and innovate. Mike Jeffree reports from a recent American Hardwood Export Council press mission

Baltics add value as costs and competition rise
12 November, 2005
Rising log prices, stiff competition and a tough UK market are forcing Baltic mills to add value

Beetle found in dunnage
17 October, 2005

Counting the cost of Gudrun
15 October, 2005
Södra is waiting to see what the long-term effect of January's storm will have on its business

All smiles at Glee
15 October, 2005
This year's Glee brought in a bumper crop of business leads for timber garden product companies

FSC UK gets new head
15 September, 2005

Putin rules out privatisation of Russia's forests
06 August, 2005
There have been so many amendments to Russia's Forest Code – including decisions on forest ownership – that some say it is unworkable, but the government still plans to have it adopted by the end of the year

Russian roulette
23 July, 2005
Opportunity outstrips risk in Russia if the right mechanisms are in place to do business

Legal analysis
23 July, 2005
As international demand for Russian timber increases, environmental groups are keeping a watchful eye on illegal logging. Stuart Wilson, a founding director of Forests Monitor UK, reports

Export volumes of sawn timber rise but prices fall
23 July, 2005
Sweden's export volumes have remained fairly constant in recent years but its markets are changing

UK industry feels the warmth of summer demand
09 July, 2005
The UK industry is enjoying strong demand across all sectors but tightening log supply and the impact of Sweden's windblow timber remain

Visionaries in Vancouver
25 June, 2005
Having originally taken a leaf from the European manual on certification, North America has assumed a major voice in the sustainability debate

Brownlie new UKFPA president
09 June, 2005

Timber remains key to port success
14 May, 2005
Imports of forest products continue to be big business for the UK's ports

Foresters forge partnerships
19 March, 2005
Mike Greenland, a forester and director of Wolverhampton-based Interface NRM Ltd, went to the Forest Leadership conference in Toronto

Baltic windblow sends chill through UK pallet sector
05 March, 2005
The pallet sector fears that large volumes of pallet timber could appear on the European market as a result of the Baltic storms

Setting the record straight
04 February, 2005