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  • Threat posed by declining US hardwood forest utilisation

    Posted by Rupert Oliver in Environment on 17th August 2010

    One of the most startling observations in the newly published UNECE/FAO annual review of international wood markets is that “sawn hardwood production in North America has been declining for a decade".

     

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  • The naming game....

    Posted by Roderick Wiles in on 20th July 2010

    While in Australia last week, I was struck by the loose attitude taken towards the naming of wood species. Two of Australia’s most widely available native hardwoods are traded as Tasmanian oak or mountain ash and Victorian ash,...

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  • Common sense prevails in new EU illegal logging law

    Posted by David Venables in Environment on 13th July 2010

    I am always apprehensive when it comes to the regulation of business practice, especially at European level. But this time it appears common sense has prevailed. The European Commission's proposed "illegal logging...

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  • Woods winning ways

    Posted by David Venables in Events, Architecture and Design on 1st July 2010

    What do the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, the Forestry Commission and the American Hardwood Export Council all have in common? The answer is a commitment to promoting excellence in wood craftsmanship and design through their...

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  • Famous bottoms connect with American hardwoods!

    Posted by David Venables in Events, Architecture and Design on 28th June 2010

    The new deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, Stephen Fry, Monty Don, Phillip Pullman, Chris Evans, Jerry Hall, Bianca Jagger and Ed Milliband were just a few of the famous bottoms that adorned the special custom made American red...

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