Bunnings ban on Russian timber hits home supplies
Wood product importers are warning that a ban on Russian imports would affect home-building and disrupt up to 60,000 housing starts.
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Wood product importers are warning that a ban on Russian imports would affect home-building and disrupt up to 60,000 housing starts.
The global lumber trade will be permanently altered by the sanctions placed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, according to WRI.
LP Building Solutions (LP) announced that it is the first company in Chile to be certified to the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification"s (PEFC) new Chain of Custody Standard.
Farmers and landowners must get the timing it right when harvesting trees damaged by recent storms.
The Forest Products Commission in Australia and the Switzerland-based Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) has classified timber from Russia and Belarus as ‘conflict timber’ and therefore cannot be used in PEFC-certified products.