The use of timber in construction is growing in the UK. According to the Structural Timber Association (STA) timber frame systems represented over a quarter of all UK housing starts in 2016, increasing by almost 9% over the previous year, compared with 3.6% growth in non-timber frame systems. In addition, engineered wood products, such as…
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The Success of UK Forests
The National Forest Inventory of Great Britain (NFI) provides a record of the size and distribution of forests and woodlands in Great Britain and information on key forest attributes. This information, together with Forestry Commission growth and yield models, is used to forecast softwood and hardwood timber availability. In 2017 a report providing an estimate…
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Maritime shipping transports 90 percent of the goods traded around the world by volume. Moving large amounts of goods such as oil, computers, timber and wheat across oceans drives the global economy, making it cheaper and easier to buy almost anything. But hauling goods around by sea requires roughly 300 million tons of very dirty…
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What is illegal logging? Illegal logging is the harvesting, processing, transporting, buying or selling of timber in contravention of national and international laws. It has a devastating impact on some of the world’s most valuable remaining forests, and on the people who live in them and rely on the resources that forests provide. What are…
Continue readingMeasures Ensuring Timber to the UK Is Legally Sourced
There are many good initiatives in place to reassure the end user the timber they are purchasing comes from a legal and reputable source. You may hav come across these and wondered what they mean. The main ones are FSC and EUTR. Lets discuss FSC The FSC is a certification program that works by laying…
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