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InsideSources
As environmental groups, activists, government officials, and corporate leaders gather in New York for Climate Week, a little-noticed recommendation from a recent United Nations report on climate change is getting increased attention — and sparking debate.
At issue is a key recommendation from the latest report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which highlights the role for forestry in the global effort to reduce CO2 emissions and combat climate change.
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FPS
Forest Products Society will be launching its new website this fall. The site will roll out an all new look that will better serve our members and offer a more robust experience to visitors. Stay tuned for more information and forthcoming important updates for FPS members.
InnoRenew CoE
Abstracts are due Tuesday, Oct. 15, for the InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2020. This conference will provide a forum to explore renewable materials and their use for creating healthy, sustainable buildings during five thematic sessions.
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FPS
Save the date: 2020 International Conference
June 22-25, 2020
Hyatt Regency Portland (Portland, Oregon)
The Society's premier event for forest products professionals. More information to come.
FPS
Save the date: PTF BPI 2020
Nov. 16-18, 2020
The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort (St. Simons Island, Georgia)
The 6th Biennial International Conference for Process Technologies for the Forest & Biobased Products Industries. PTF BPI 2020 is dedicated to the exchange of information and ideas about research on process technologies, quality control and process improvement. Academic scholars will overview the latest research in forest and bio-based materials including nanotechnology and solid wood. Leading manufacturers will highlight advancements in chemical technologies, supplier audits, product innovation and continuous improvement. More information to come.
Woodworking Network
Engineered wood and building development giant Katerra's new cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam plant is now open in Washington. Katerra says the 270,000 square foot facility is the largest of its kind in North America.
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via Phys.org
Scientists hope to harness fungi that decompose the most abundant type of biomass in wood, lignocellulose. Lignocellulose could be used to create the building-blocks of polymers for bioproducts. The key to understanding how fungal enzymes break down wood is to examine gene expression patterns.
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WBUR-FM
Unlike some other agricultural sectors affected by escalating tariffs, the hardwood industry has received little to no compensation from the federal government.
As furniture manufacturing moved to China in recent decades, Chinese demand for U.S. lumber ballooned. In the past decade, China became the No. 1 importer of American hardwood.
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CompositesWorld
From Sept. 4-6, roughly 900 people attended the 19th-annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) organized by the Automotive and Composites Divisions of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Held in the Detroit suburbs, the event featured four parallel technical tracks all three days, three keynotes, two panel discussions, two evening receptions, and an exhibition. A large student poster competition and a parts competition rounded out the program.
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Woodworking Network
The Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) is asking two Canadian agencies to amend several provisions of Canada's proposed wood composite formaldehyde rule that it said do not jive with U.S. EPA regulations for formaldehyde (TSCA Title VI).
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