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The co-benefits of tropical forests: nature-based solution to circular bio-economies
Date & venue: 15 July 2026 Kumamoto, Japan The concept of enriching forest biodiversity and livelihoods through circular bio-economies based on sustainably managed and used forest resources is gaining global traction and informing international trends. This concept is particularly significant for tropical forests and those who depend on them for their livelihoods. Accounting for 45% of global forests, tropical forests, terrestrial and coastal, host biodiverse ecosystems, cont
Jul 141 min read


New York’s Michelin Stars Dined Out on Pandemic Plywood Barricades
Australian firm BVN cut the boards nailed over New York's locked-down shopfronts into a CNC kit of parts adopted by Gramercy Tavern and Crown Shy for under $200,000, shortlisted at the 25th Australian Timber Design Awards before winning silver at the 2024 NY Product Design Awards. The full length of a re-ply canopy on a Manhattan street, its birch plywood arches cut on CNC from reclaimed sheets and repeating down the block over tables and planting. A social initiative of BVN,
Jul 144 min read


Weathertex Shows Forestry Hubs How Hardwood Pulp Becomes Weatherboards
Exclusive: One day after their Newcastle round table, managers from the Commonwealth's 11 regional forestry hubs ended the Hunter field trip on the Masonite Road factory floor, where the first manufactured building product to earn Global GreenTag Platinum certification starts life, The Heatherbrae line where hardwood pulp becomes weatherboard, the final stop on the forestry hubs' Hunter field trip. (Photo Credit: Supplied to Wood Central / Central PR Group for exclusive use b
Jul 143 min read


Forestry Hubs Hear Risky Imports Now Double Australia’s Native Timber Use
Exclusive: Alison Rudman, the Timber, Furnishing and Textiles Union's NSW Secretary, warns Australia is trading its mill jobs for blood timber, after the Commonwealth's entire 11-hub network gathered at Newcastle's Fort Scratchley to hear fresh research on the nation's reliance on wood from the world's most contested forests. Every mill closure at home pushes timber demand into forests with far weaker protections abroad, Australia's 11 Regional Forestry Hubs heard in Newcastl
Jul 144 min read


Protecting the tropics to secure our future
Tropical and subtropical rainforests, housing 50% of the world’s biodiversity and 50% of its renewable water resources despite having only a 7% share of the Earth’s surface area. © Chokniti Khongchum/Pond5 The tropics, a region of the world covering about 40% of its terrestrial area, has an overwhelming role in sustaining biodiversity, providing livelihoods and highly capable of yielding effective solutions to the harmful impacts of various development and environmental chall
Jun 304 min read


Premier Eby Takes B.C. Timber Into China to Offset Falling U.S. Sales
Forestry products and LNG expansion top the agenda as Premier David Eby opens British Columbia's first trade mission to China, with combined U.S. softwood duties near 35 per cent pushing the province to chase buyers beyond the United States. British Columbia Premier David Eby waves before departing Vancouver International Airport for a trade mission to China, where forestry products sit alongside energy and agriculture on a trip aimed at easing the province's reliance on the
Jun 303 min read


Up to 6% of Timber Imports at High Risk of Russian Fibre, Senate Told
Senators were told that 100,000 cubic metres of imported timber a year are at high risk of containing Russian fibre, including even the FSC-certified toilet paper in Parliament House. Australian Forest Products Association acting chief executive Richard Hyett holds up a roll of FSC-certified toilet paper during the Senate's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee hearing on 25 June, questioning whether certification can guarantee imported wood is free of Russian fibre. (
Jun 304 min read


Russia’s Forestry Industry Faces Financial Ruin, New Siberian Study Warns
A drop from a US$311 million profit in 2021 to a $142 million loss by 2024 has left about half of all forestry firms unprofitable and dozens facing bankruptcy, as exports collapse across China, Japan and South Korea. A snow-covered log yard sits idle beneath a gantry crane at a Russian timber mill, where a swing into loss and collapsing exports have left producers with stockpiles they cannot sell. (Photo Credit: ID 38783374 © Ben De Bruyn | Dreamstime.com) Russia’s forestry s
Jun 303 min read


Xuất khẩu duy trì tăng trưởng, nhưng ngành gỗ vẫn đối mặt với áp lực kép
Xuất khẩu sản phẩm gỗ của Việt Nam tiếp tục duy trì tăng trưởng trong những tháng đầu năm 2026 nhờ sự bứt phá của các thị trường châu Á, đặc biệt là Trung Quốc. Tuy nhiên, ngành gỗ cũng đang đối mặt với nhiều thách thức từ các biện pháp phòng vệ thương mại, yêu cầu xanh hóa ngày càng khắt khe từ EU và áp lực chuyển đổi số, chuyển đổi xanh để nâng cao năng lực cạnh tranh... Ngành gỗ cần phải nâng cao năng lực thích ứng trước các biến động chính sách và thương mại quốc tế. Ảnh
Jun 306 min read


BIFA WOOD VIETNAM 2025 – HỘI CHỢ MÁY MÓC & NGUYÊN LIỆU NGÀNH GỖ DUY NHẤT TẠI KHU VỰC
Bạn đang tìm kiếm đối tác và khách hàng mới trong ngành gỗ? Hãy tham gia BIFA WOOD VIETNAM 2025 – sự kiện hàng đầu duy nhất tại khu vực dành riêng cho lĩnh vực máy móc – nguyên liệu – phụ kiện và ngành phụ trợ ngành gỗ. Hình ảnh khách hàng tham quan triển lãm BIFA WOOD VIỆT NAM 2025 Với hơn 10.000+ khách tham quan chuyên ngành và sự ủng hộ từ các hiệp hội & cơ quan quản lý, đây là cơ hội để doanh nghiệp: Kết nối – Quảng bá – Tăng trưởng! Thời gian: 06 – 09/08/2025 Địa điểm: W
Jun 261 min read


Đồng Nai tìm động lực tăng trưởng mới từ gỗ kỹ thuật
Đồng Nai đang đứng trước yêu cầu tái cấu trúc các ngành kinh tế chủ lực. Trong đó, ngành gỗ - một trong những thế mạnh xuất khẩu lâu năm của địa phương, được kỳ vọng tạo đột phá bằng hướng đi mới: phát triển gỗ kỹ thuật và chuỗi sản xuất xanh, giá trị cao. Ngày 18/5/2026, Quốc hội công bố Nghị quyết sắp xếp đơn vị hành chính tại Đồng Nai, địa phương hơn 4,4 triệu dân được định hướng trở thành cực tăng trưởng công nghiệp, logistics mới của phía Nam. Đây không chỉ là thay đổi v
Jun 265 min read


Áp lực kép từ thị trường châu Âu
Hai quy định xanh của EU đang hội tụ thành làn sóng áp lực lên các ngành sản xuất Việt Nam, đặc biệt với gỗ và nội thất, ngành có kim ngạch xuất khẩu sang EU trên 1,2 tỷ USD/năm. Chỉ thị bảo vệ người tiêu dùng: Đồng hồ đang đếm ngược Ngày 27/9/2026 là cột mốc mang tính bước ngoặt mà doanh nghiệp (DN) xuất khẩu sang EU không thể bỏ qua. Đây là thời hạn buộc các quốc gia thành viên Liên minh châu Âu (EU) nội luật hóa và chính thức áp dụng đầy đủ Chỉ thị (EU) 2024/825 – còn gọi
Jun 265 min read


Affordability Splits the US Housing Market as Renovation Spending Booms
Harvard's State of the Nation's Housing study shows single-family starts fell seven per cent in 2025 with consumer sentiment near record lows — whilst a 153 per cent decade-long surge in renovation spending hands timber suppliers their one clear offset. A new stick-built two-storey single-family home under construction in South Irving, Texas, the kind of timber-framed build that drove US single-family starts before they fell seven per cent in 2025. (Photo Credit: ID 113666609
Jun 263 min read


European Forestry Buyer Tops 19,000 Hectares With Fourth Hawke’s Bay Farm
Kauri Forestry's 360-hectare Omakere purchase has cleared the Overseas Investment Office, taking the Swiss German partnership's New Zealand holdings beyond 19,000 hectares as Federated Farmers warns whole-farm conversion is hollowing out rural Hawke's Bay. Rolling sheep and beef hill country in Central Hawke's Bay, the kind of farmland Kauri Forestry is converting to plantation pine. (Photo Credit: ID 191888645 © Andres Jacobi | Dreamstime.com) A Swiss and German family-owned
Jun 262 min read


US Lumber Hits Eight-Month High Despite Canada Duty Cut
US lumber futures pushed past US$630 per thousand board feet, the highest since October, even as Washington moved to cut the duties on Canadian softwood that have squeezed the market for years. Softwood lumber bound for the United States crosses toward the border in British Columbia, with US import taxes on most Canadian producers standing near 45 per cent until revised duties take effect in August. (Photo Credit: ID 51512937 © Modfos | Dreamstime.com) US lumber futures climb
Jun 92 min read


From forests to skyscrapers: timber use and value are getting higher
At a side event co-organized by the ITTO during the 21st session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru stressed the need to deliver a clear message that legal and sustainable harvesting is not deforestation. © Soomin Lee/ITTO From tropical forests to urban skylines, sustainable timber is increasingly being recognized not merely as a commodity, but as a strategic climate solution, an economic engine and a cornerstone of the circular bioe
May 204 min read


Sustainable Forestry:Our Commitment to the Future
Smallholder plantations are playing an increasingly important role in the supply of tropical timber, supporting rural livelihoods and restoring deforested and degraded landscapes. © ITTO Smallholder plantations are playing an increasingly important role in the supply of tropical timber, supporting rural livelihoods and restoring deforested and degraded landscapes. Across many developing countries, smallholders are key actors in planted forest systems, contributing broad soci
May 14 min read
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