A gallery showcasing the Global Wood Design and Building Awards for 2017. The Global Awards is one of the largest and have been going on for more than 30years.The Judges select from some of the very the best Wood design and architecture projects in the world. Jurors looked for submissions which were not only aesthetic…

  Timber can be supplied in various surface finishes based on the tooling or wood machining process used,  the typical examples are;- Planed Smooth is the most popular finish Fine Sawn  ( band-sawn or circular sawn) Brushed surface Micro-rifled surface Wood surface machining finishes andrewgoto andrew goto timberbossman

Timber Cladding Gallery (Images), shows various examples of wood cladding or weatherboarding, to give people working with timber cladding, ideas and inspiration, from Architects, Designers, Joiners, enthusiasts etc.It gives examples of internal and external cladding, siding, rainscreen or weatherboarding. Timber Cladding Gallery (Images) – options and examples   andrew goto timberbossman

It is always important to remind ourselves the benefits of forests as we tend to take the importance and benefits of forests for granted. There is a need to understand that the impact of deforestation is very great and will be very difficult to correct as forests are under threat. Forests play a vital part in…

 Canada filed a WTO complaint against the United States concerning its trade practices that Canada says violate international trade law. The file was made public on Wednesday and cites nearly 200 complaints by Canada against the U.S., many of which include Canada’s trading partners such as China, India, Brazil, and the European Union. Filing the…

  by UNEP-WCMC, 11 January 2018   The UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre has published the latest edition of its periodic briefing note on developments relevant to the implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). Logs with tracking marks, Kumasi, Ghana by EU FLEGT Facility The briefing note covers August 2017 to October 2017. It summarises…

Deforestation from unchecked logging in Laos is shown in a file photo. AFP Customs officers in central Laos’s Bolikhamxay province stopped a truck carrying contraband rosewood at the border with Vietnam at the end of December, as smugglers continue to frustrate government attempts to halt the illegal trade in timber, sources said. Authorities confiscated the…

by Vasylysa Hänninen The scarcity of birch logs in Russia—driven primarily by the country’s rapid birch plywood capacity expansion and a significant increase in birch log exports—is a topic that has been discussed by the domestic forest products industry and the government for a couple of years. Now, it seems that the dialogue has finally resulted…

Malaysia to continue to limit wood exports Moratorium aims to ensure furniture manufacturers have adequate supply Thomas Russell, January 9, 2018 PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – The Malaysian government announced it plans to continue to limit the amount of sawn timber exports, including rubberwood, a major component of both solid wood and veneered adult and youth furniture made…

Plan to plant 50m trees along 120-mile stretch next to M62 will provide habitat for wildlife as well as help manage flood risk Frances Perraudin North of England reporter https://twitter.com/fperraudin @fperraudin   Sun 7 Jan 2018   The government has pledged £5.7m to kickstart the creation of a northern forest that will stretch from Liverpool to…

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