Indonesia declared a moratorium on logging permits in 158 million acres of virgin forest. The restriction, which bans peat harvesting as well, is funded by $1 billion from Norway.
WASHINGTON -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 11.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 300,000 units in March, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
SHANGHAI, CHINA -- The Chinese wood-plastic composite industry's longstanding bottleneck is insufficient publicity, according to many of the experts who presented the recent seminar on "Wood-Plastic Composites (WPC) Promotion and Application."
WAGGA WAGGA, AUSTRALIA -- Big River Group Pty Ltd. of Wagga Wagga, Australia, pleaded guilty in the Land and Environment Court to polluting a local wetland.
AWFS Fair says the woodworking industry’s leading environmental experts
on sustainability practices will be available free of charge at the wood
manufacturing industry's largest U.S. show this year, July 20-23 in Las Vegas.
SCHOPFLOCH, GERMANY -- Homag Group AG, a manufacturer of woodworking equipment, said its order intake climbed 13% in the first quarter compared to the same time frame in 2010.