Search Results: 'Forestry Commission'

Home-grown timber on agenda at EUTR seminar
19 December, 2012
Home-grown timber buyers and growers can find out what the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) will mean for them at a London seminar on January 24.

£3m pier to boost Mull forestry
14 December, 2012
Work has begun on a £3m pier on Mull to transport greater quantities of timber off the Scottish island for both public and private suppliers.

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.

Chalara control plan aims to buy time
06 December, 2012
The Government has today set out a control plan for the Chalara ash dieback outbreak to slow the spread while woodlands can be restructured to make them more resilient to disease.

A year of two halves
29 November, 2012
The British-grown timber sector is thankful it had a good start to the year because the second half has been pretty disappointing. Sally Spencer reports

At the crossroads
29 November, 2012
As Confor’s recent conference highlighted, 2012 was a landmark year for England’s forests and all eyes are on Defra as we await its response to the Independent Panel on Forestry. Sally Spencer reports

More ash tree disease sites discovered in Wales
20 November, 2012
Chalara ash dieback disease has been identified at five newly-planted sites in Wales.

Indonesia’s legality milestone
12 November, 2012
It once topped the world league table of illegal timber suppliers, but Indonesia has taken radical steps to shed that status. Andy Roby, DFID-funded industry adviser in the country, reports on latest significant developments

Traders dismayed at potential ash loss
12 November, 2012
As further evidence of Chalara ash dieback disease is reported across England, hardwood sawmillers are voicing concerns that English ash may find it difficult to mount a future challenge to more fashionable imported ash.

Ash disease spread confirmed in six more counties
08 November, 2012
An emergency summit on destructive ash tree disease Chalara dieback yesterday revealed that the outbreak has now been confirmed across a much wider area – including woodland in Sussex, Berkshire, Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland.

Confor urges government to boost resources for ash disease fight
06 November, 2012
Confor has called for the government to allocate additional resources for fighting destructive ash tree disease Chalara dieback, describing the Forestry Commission as “stretched beyond breaking point”.

New Scottish timber group debates future softwood availability
05 November, 2012
A new Scottish timber industry group has debated how to tackle the issues of tree pests/diseases and a potential increase in softwood volumes.

Sawn ash timber trade unaffacted by UK ban to combat ash disease
30 October, 2012
Movements of sawn ash timber within the UK will continue unhindered as they represent a very low risk of disease transmission from the destructive ash tree disease chalara dieback, the Forestry Commission has said.

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

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.

Baltics provide Welsh solution
22 October, 2012
Foresters in Wales are hoping the planting of the rarely used blight-resistant Macedonian pine could help battle the effects of Dothistroma, which is attacking the more common Corsican pine.

FC guide to Chalara
22 October, 2012
The Forestry Commission has published a new pictorial guide to the symptoms of Chalara fraxinea infection.

New ash tree threat is compared to Dutch elm disease
05 October, 2012
The UK government is considering legislation in an effort to fight a tree disease being described as the single biggest threat to native broadleaves since the catastrophic Dutch elm disease.

New forestry minister appointed
19 September, 2012
David Heath MP has been appointed as the UK’s news forestry minister.

Forestry commissioner appointed
16 September, 2012
Amanda Bryan, a rural development consultant in the Highlands and Islands, has been appointed as a forestry commissioner for Scotland.