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By Florence ChongJanuary / February 2021 (Magazine) The crucial role that timber plays as an alternative material to concrete, steel and plastics is becoming evident. Florence Chong reports on a fast-evolving global industry Beyond windmills, solar panels and a constant stream of innovation to mitigate carbon emissions in the built environment, many now believe timberland holds the key to a more sustainable world as it shifts towards a circular ‘bio’ economy. Using forests for carbon sequ...

Timber organization’s backing ‘one step’ toward ‘peace park’ in Borneo In December 2020, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) endorsed a proposal by the Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) for what’s come to be known as the Baram Peace Park, covering 2,835 square kilometers (1,095 square miles) on the island of Borneo. Proponents of the park say it will protect wildlife, forest-dependent livelihoods, and the last remaining primary forest in the Malaysian state of Sarawa...

21st January 2021 C&C’s Tennent’s brand and Heinz have become the latest firms to make a move away from using plastic to hold together multipacks. Tennent’s is investing £7m in packaging equipment at its Wellpark Brewery which will support its drive to eradicate single-use plastic from consumer packaging. As part of its ‘Because Life is Bigger than Beer’ initiative, the firm expects to remove 150 tonnes of plastic from Tennent’s Lager can packs by 2022, includin...

Heinz removes plastics from canned product packaging Heinz is replacing plastic shrink-wrap packaging across its multipack canned products for sustainably certified paperboard, a move which will reduce the companys plastics footprint by 550 tonnes. A UK-wide roll-out will commence this Autumn Heinze is switching to a paperboard sleeve for multipack canned products. The new “eco-sleeve” is fully recyclable and is approved by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). T...

Strategic market identification sought for stronger wood trade 09:00 | 14/01/2021 Vietnam’s wood industry is leaving behind a successful 2020, ready to embrace the new advantages that some of last year’s signed and effective trade agreements bring with them. However, local associations recommend shifting the focus from purely manufacturing consumer goods to creating identifiable brands and innovations. Economic recoveries elsewhere on the globe will see...

Contrary to common belief, Malaysia has only counted its dipterocarp forests, montane forests, as well as the freshwater, peat and mangrove swamp forests in the country’s total forest cover statistics, says the writer. A world that is increasingly worried about an atmosphere that is fast-saturated by greenhouse gases emitted by anthropogenic activities is looking for every possible means to slow down the trajectory of a warming planet. The role of carbon-absorbing forests, especially tropical...

Planting new trees while protecting old forests Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công  11/12/2020    07:58 GMT+7 Professor Nguyen Ngoc Lung, director general of the Research Institute for Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification, talks about the need to plant more young trees to keep the country clean and green. Phu Tho Provinces r...

Preserve their habitat environmentalists aim to save primeval forest and industry wants to cut down as many trees as it can well keeping the f.s.e. seal of approval. image matters to multinational companies and f s c approval helps them look good. when it comes to forest certification. f. a c. is the most rigorous and accepted system on the market right now. in theory all 3 groups have equal voting rights. but greenpeace international a founding member of the f.s.e. claims that environmentalists...