On the 25th November, John Clegg Co, TilHill Forestry and Strutt & Parker, published the UK Forestry Market Report; detailing a rapid upsurge in investor demand for UK forestry. What…
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The past week has seen the publication of two inflammatory and critical reports by the BBC and Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Both focus on the flourishing trade in illegal tropical…
On the 5th October, the Indonesian House of Representatives approved a new economic recovery law aimed at aiding the country bounce back after months of economic decline following the global…
The citizens’ assembly group ‘Climate Assembly UK’, has recently published a report detailing a path to net-zero. Guided by recommendations made by the public, it features timber and responsible forestry…
On the 22nd of September the European Forest Institute held an informative Zoom webinar on the Future of Forest Policy Post-2020. Much of the discussion revolved around the impacts of…
Current paper-based systems of timber regulation are vulnerable to fraud. Until they are not, we cannot effectively eliminate illegally logged timber from our supply chains. Being able to test the…
The UK Government is proposing to introduce a new law imposing regulations on trade in forest risk commodities in an attempt to reduce illegal deforestation. This new law would force…
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Understanding Forest Wildfires
The devastating effects of uncontrolled forest fires across California and Australia are fast becoming a regular feature on worldwide news outlets. Imagery of homes ablaze and animals with terrible burns,…
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How Wood Can Help #MoveTheDate
This year Earth Overshoot Day lands on 22nd August. This is the date when humanity has used more resources than the planet can replace this year. The main purpose of…
Wood biomass is an increasingly controversial energy source, but why is this? Here we explore what wood biomass actually is, some of the issues surrounding it and what role it…