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Fiji’s Minister for Economy and Climate Change says all countries need to prioritise forest protection and rehabilitation as well as financing of forest ecosystems. Source: Radio New Zealand Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum was speaking at the COP23 Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany. Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said while progress had been made in protecting ecosystems to enhance resilience to[…]

Roughly half of all hardwood chips traded in the Pacific Rim have been destined for Chinese ports in the 1H/17 with Vietnam and Australia being the major suppliers, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Pulpmills in China and Japan continue to rely on large volumes of imported hardwood wood chips from a number of countries around[…]

The John Deere 900M-Series Tracked Feller Bunchers and 900MH-Series Harvesters are now equipped with Final Tier 4 (FT4) engines, offering fuel and fluid-efficient machines without sacrificing power and performance. John Deere is the leader in FT4 technology, offering a diesel particulate filter (DPF) solution that is known for its ability to reduce the dependency of[…]

Pine trees moving across Gisborne’s port meet an astonishing six percent of China’s total international demand for soft wood, says Eastland Port General Manager Andrew Gaddum. The January to June 2017 figures extracted from online industry newsletter WoodWeek reiterate what a significant player this region is in a global business, worth billions. “Six percent may[…]

TowerBrook plans future investments to further expand the mill’s capacities Jörg Harbring continues as Managing Director – the ownership change will not affect the employees In 2011 Schweighofer Group acquired unprofitable pulp mill in Hallein – invested more than EUR 60 million, thus securing 250 jobs and creating a profitable company with future growth potential[…]

A multiannual project developed by the Association of Forest Administrators (AFA) and the “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava with the support of Holzindustrie Schweighofer: •7 years of planting and aftercare (from 2017 to 2024) •One million trees to be planted •Over one million euros invested •The first planting operation will take place in November[…]

The Myanmar government has recently taken another step to join a EU-led agreement to combat illegal logging and forest management. The measure will help ease timber exports to the European market. According to Myanmar Times, various stakeholders, from all states and regions, have established an executive committee that will negotiate to be part of the[…]

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has secured an order for close to 40 LOGLIFT F96ST forestry cranes from Russia. The customer is ULK, a group of Russian companies specialised in logging, deep wood processing and disposal of waste lumber. The value of the order exceeds EUR 1 million and it has been booked into Cargotec’s third-quarter[…]

New Zealand’s commercial drone manufacturers are successfully finding niche markets as the potential for the unmanned flying machines takes off. While unable to compete on price with large Chinese drone makers, several Kiwi companies are finding specialised uses for drones, which are already saving business time and money. Currently, 70 per cent of commercial drones[…]

Of all the business sectors in B.C. affected by this summer’s forest fires, one of the hardest hit is – for obvious reasons – the forestry sector. In what government officials say was the worst forest fire season on record, fires have scorched 1.19 million hectares in B.C. reports biv.com. It’s still not known what[…]