Search Results: 'Forestry Commission'

TIMCON warns of ‘severe’ challenges
22 November, 2021
The packaging and pallet sector is battling major ongoing pressure as the result of Covid, Brexit and other factors, according to the Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (TIMCON).

Forestry Commission act on new tree disease found in Cornwall
20 October, 2021
Woodland managers, landowners, the forest industry and tree nurseries are being urged to remain vigilant after the Forestry Commission (FC) and Forest Research (FR) identified the tree pathogen Phytophthora pluvialis in a woodland in Cornwall.

BSW Timber acquired by Binderholz
11 October, 2021
BSW Timber Ltd, the UK’s major integrated forestry and sawmilling group, has been acquired by Binderholz. The deal is subject to normal closing conditions and approval from the Austrian Competition Commission and UK Financial Conduct Authority.

Look, think and support local
01 October, 2021
Grown in Britain continues to explore new and innovative ways to add value to home-grown timber

EGGER and FC commit to continue historic partnership
27 September, 2021
EGGER has hosted a visit by Richard Stanford, the new chief executive of the Forestry Commission (FC) to highlight the strong and long-standing partnership between tree planting and wood processing in the north-east of England.

RFS and FC compile woodland resilience report
11 August, 2021
Climate change and how we prepare our woodlands for an uncertain future is one of the greatest challenges facing woodland owners and all who manage and care for them. Managing for Resilience is a new report developed in partnership between the Royal Forestry Society and Forestry Commission featuring 10 case studies of woodland tackling the task of building in resilience in a variety of different ways.

Don’t drop flegt, pleads NGO
21 July, 2021
NGOs and the TTF have spoken out for FLEGT following suggestions FLEGT licensing and VPAs may be dropped. Mike Jeffree reports

Forestry rises up the agenda
24 February, 2021
The annual Forestry Conference, held during Grown in Britain week and chaired by the organisation’s chief executive, Dougal Driver, heard how forestry is rising up the agenda for politicians and investors alike. Sally Spencer reports

Time to state the carbon case
24 February, 2021
As the European timber industry deals with the fallout from pandemic, it must continue to state wood’s case as a key material for decarbonising construction, writes European Woodworking Industries Confederation secretary-general Silvia Melegari

Time to state the carbon case
24 February, 2021
As the European timber industry deals with the fallout from pandemic, it must continue to state wood’s case as a key material for decarbonising construction, writes European Woodworking Industries Confederation secretary-general Silvia Melegari

Fencing becomes all-season market
24 February, 2021
Any sense of seasonal trends has gone as demand for fencing continued throughout 2020. Keren Fallwell reports