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Timber Development UK launches Sustainability Committee 25 May, 2021 SHARE Timber Development UK (TDUK) is setting out to improve on the strong sustainability record of the industry by launching a cross-sector Sustainability Committee. The committee will be tasked to identify key sustainability issues that affect the specification of timber in construction and take actions to overcome them, whether by developing information and guidance to cover these issues, or by commissioning research. Timber Development U...

“A recent workshop conducted at the edge of the Goukamma River at Buffels Bay, highlighted the plight of Garden Route river systems and the importance of responsible land management practices in reducing environmental risks, including water security and wildfire events, associated with invasive alien plants,” says Cobus Meiring of the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI). The SCLI Invasive Alien Plant Workshop for Landowners and Invasive Alien Plant Contractors was held at the Buffels Bay Community Hall on 21 April 2021. At a recent workshop conducted by the Southern Cape Landowners...

Now that we can travel around more freely, why not get some vitamin-sea and watch out for one of the 30 species of whale and dolphin that visit UK waters as you walk along our stunning coastline? Researchers at Bangor University have teamed up with wildlife charity Sea Watch Foundation and tidal energy technology developer Nova Innovation to develop Sea Watcher, a free mobile phone app that allows anyone to recognise and register a sighting of whales, dolphins and other megafauna spotted from land or a boat in UK waters. Launched at the end of 2020, almost 1000 sightings have already be...

Liberia: CEMENCO Resumes Its Block Makers Academy; Certificates Several for Successful Participation Liberia: CEMENCO Resumes Its Block Makers Academy; Certificates Several for Successful Participation Share MONROVIA — The Liberia Cement Corporation,  which is generally referred to as CEMENCO, on Saturday, April 17, 2021, resumed its much-publicized Block Makers Academy, with the certification of several persons who were educated on the entire process of block making,  from cement production and appropriate mortar mixture to block molding.  Located on Somalia Drive, Monrovia, CEMENCO, wh...

“I’ll see you in heaven.” It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Al’s daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Al’s hospitalization. Noe, 66, ...