Forestry

More wood in construction essential to net zero, says Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)
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In its latest report - Seeing the wood for the trees: the contribution of the forestry and timber sectors to biodiversity and net zero goals – the EAC has recommended increasing wood in construction and expanding UK productive forestry to help achieve net zero by 2050. Over the last year,...
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Research agenda sets out to define the ambitions of the European forest industry
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Swedish researchers and key players from the forest-based sector have drawn up a joint research agenda that sets out the investments needed to support sustainable societal development, according to Swedish Forest Industries. Two priority areas for this agenda are the need for forestry management practices that protect biodiversity and steps...
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TDUK member rooted in timber forestry
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Raising the profile of homegrown timber is English Woodlands Timber, a Sussex-based timber company and TDUK member with a heritage that traces back to World War II. TDUK visited to find out how the business is demonstrating sustainable forestry management practices that ‘start with the trees’. Nestled in the South...
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Sustainable sourcing
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Learn about sustainable management of forests, temperate forests and hardwoods, and tropical hardwoods.
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