reliable, delivery drivers have been hard to get, so just everything has been difficult. on top of problems caused by the pandemics, forests around the world are ablaze. oh, my god, look at that! canada, one of the world s biggest timber supplies, has cut the amount it will sell, blaming it largely on climate change. fire, weather, drought and now things like bugs and beetles, meaning that a lot of the timber cannot be used, that the trees can get damaged and destroyed, that the timber will not be the right quality needed for construction and those forests have to be chopped down. that is what is happening on this estate in herefordshire. a stand of ashes being felled. the trees were infected with ash dieback. currently we import about 80% of our wood. this woodland is being managed sustainably, but with prices around the world for timber getting so high, the demand for illegally logged timber is sure to increase.
this build, along with countless others across the country, has been badly hit by the worldwide shortage of wood supplies. in every sector of the timber supply market, prices have gone up, supply chains have been less reliable, delivery drivers have been hard to get, so just everything has been difficult. on top of problems caused by the pandemics, forests around the world are ablaze. oh, my god, look at that! canada, one of the world s biggest timber supplies, has cut the amount it will sell, blaming it largely on climate change. fire, weather, drought and now things like bugs and beetles, meaning that a lot of the timber cannot be used, that the trees can get damaged and destroyed, that the timber will not be the right quality needed for construction and those forests have to be chopped down. that is what is happening on this estate in herefordshire. a stand of ashes being felled. the trees were infected with ash dieback. currently we import
Business by Lachlan Leeming and Kaitlyn Hudson-O‘Farrell 17th Feb 2021 6:28 AM
Premium Content The state s housing construction industry is on the brink of disaster, with the twin strains of the Black Summer bushfires and soaring international demand for quality pine predicted to cause a major shortfall in timber used for house frames. Industry bodies fear the state s supply of softwood pine could be exhausted as early as April - triggering rocketing construction costs and thousands of job losses. Hyne Timber CEO Jon Kleinschmidt is now appealing for timber that would usually be exported to China to be freighted from interstate to NSW for processing, but said transportation costs meant the move wasn t viable without government subsidies.
huge. you guys need money? i need some money. we all need some money. i hope you brought your gloves. he and his four-man american crew battle sub zero temperatures. joining us is the star, logger, sean van. sean, why did you have to go to siberia to make a profit? because in the u.s., when i went over there 18 years ago, timber supplies in the federal forest was cut drastically for environmental reasons. so i decided i want to stay in the business and had done some reading about the opportunity in russia and so i found a way to get over there. an opportunity arose and i took it. it s probably pretty good pay. plus you love the adventure. absolutely. the pay has always been good. i ve been able to feed my family quite well. my first time over there i came home and i lost a lot of weight