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PNAS
Forests play a key role in the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems. One of the main uncertainties in global change predictions lies in how the spatiotemporal dynamics of forest productivity will be affected by climate warming. Here we show an increasing influence of climate on the spatial variability of tree growth during the last 120 years, ultimately leading to unprecedented temporal coherence in ring-width records over wide geographical scales (spatial synchrony).
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Woodworking Network
Property developer Lendlease says it has opened the first hotel in the country to be completely constructed using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), the Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal. The project, a partnership between the United States Army, Lendlease and IHG Army Hotels, used the same strong timber and panels that make possible the wood skyscrapers that have captured the interest of architects and builders around the world.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Exports of wood residues could resume from southern Tasmania within months for the first time since the Triabunna woodchip mill was shut down five years ago. Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein announced the State Government is in negotiations with four parties to export containerised logs from Hobart. The government first sought private sector solutions to a bottleneck of woodchips and pulp wood in the south last June and received 19 proposals.
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Independent.ie
The value and multiple benefits of forestry are now widely recognized. Huge resources have been invested, both in terms of land committed by private owners and financial incentives by the state. At this time of year, forest owners should have appropriate measures in place to minimize the threat to their forests from wildfires during the current high risk season. The following simple, cost-effective steps can go a long way towards reducing the risk of damage to your valuable forest resource.
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Woodworking Network
Pine tree logs from areas surrounding the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster are entering the lumber supply chain in Europe, say local watch dog groups. Officials managing the 18-mile Chernobyl Exclusion Area surrounding the reactor brought in foresters to thin the forests, which pose danger of wildfires as they thicken. But locals say that instead of being thinned, the forests are being clear cut, and the logs sold to neighboring countries, according to a report by The New York Times.
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Bloomberg
China Forestry Holdings Co.'s liquidators sued the investment banks and other advisers on the timber producer's 2009 Hong Kong initial public offering for alleged offenses including breach of contract and misrepresentation. Units of Standard Chartered Plc and UBS Group AG, which were joint sponsors and joint global coordinators of the share sale, and audit firm KPMG LLP were among more than half a dozen companies named in lawsuits filed April 25 in Hong Kong's High Court by China Forestry.
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Recycling Today
Two Canada-based trade associations are hosting a workshop Wednesday, May 4, to provide information on the biomass sector as a cost-effective form of "clean renewable energy." The workshop takes place at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Edmonton, Alberta. The Wood Pellet Association of Canada, based in Revelstoke, British Columbia, and the Alberta Wood Waste Recycling Association, based in Alberta Beach, are the hosts and organizers of the workshop.
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VTDigger
Legislators may require Vermont's professional foresters to become licensed by the state, but foresters say the proposal isn't needed and will raise costs. State officials say Vermont's forests are so important that government should ensure they are managed according to sound practices. Supporters of the proposal also say it would protect landowners and their land.
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Jamaica Observer
Jamaica's Forestry Department is reporting that, along with several partners, it saw to the planting of more than 2,000 trees across the island in observance of Earth Day last Friday. The projects, it said, involved public and private sector companies, schools and non-governmental organisations, and started as early as last Tuesday, with some continuing into this week.
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