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…
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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…
The country of Cameroon contains some of the largest expanses of mangrove forest in the world. In total the main coastal expanses of woodland cover around 250,000 ha between the…
In response to the climate crisis, many environmental activists have promoted the idea of planting more trees and investing in woodland areas. However, before jumping on the visionary bandwagon it…
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Beyond Planting Trees
In recent years there have been many pledges by governments, organisations, and private individuals in the UK to plant a certain number of trees – be it 50 or 20…
Standards for sustainable forest management vary widely depending on prevailing forest environments. Such standards can only be defined at a national or regional level through democratic legislative or other participatory…