http://woodex.ua WoodEx - Ukraine wood e-market - woodex.ua en-us Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Woodex.ua Thu, 17 May 2012 20:18:57 GMT admin@woodex.ua webmaster@woodex.ua rssGenerator 0.1 60 http://woodex.ua/woodex_8831.gif 88 31 Woodex.ua The world’s largest producer of teak, an Indonesian state-owned company on the island of Java, has again been awarded sustainable forest management (SFM) certification, but the company has a long and sometimes contentious relationship with forest communities in the area, and the forest rights of indigenous communities remain a potential cause of conflict. “Land rights have long been a source of violence on Java,” Rhett Butler, a leading environmentalist and creator of a leading e http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13603/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13603/ Thu, 17 May 2012 11:45:54 GMT International Timber has expanded its range with the launch of Accoya Face Laminated Components for windows and doors.This high performing, cost effective window and door product is brought to the UK through an exclusive agreement between Accsys Plc, NFP Europe and International Timber.Accoya Face Laminated Components is a sustainably sourced manufactured product developed using a non-toxic modification process. It is a high performing, efficient alternative to tropical hardwoods and has a Cla http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13601/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13601/ Thu, 17 May 2012 11:44:41 GMT Dubai WoodShow 2012, (April 3-5) moved to the Dubai International Convention and amp; Exhibition Centre, a much improved venue for a larger show, with increased space this year by more than 40% at 9,072 sq metres. Several leading woodworking machinery manufacturers have also returned to the show which featured two large halls equally divided between materials and machinery. Organisers Strategic Marketing re-introduced a seminar element to the event to provide a focus on timber legality – a http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13558/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13558/ Thu, 10 May 2012 10:04:44 GMT The floating house is part of the Mezhyhirya country estate owned by Pres Yanukovych. The facility is situated on the bank of the Kyiv Sea and can be used predominantly in summer.According to the UP sources, the house is a symbol of bad taste and costs $9,375 million.The floating house is dwarfed by the 5-storey on-land mansion bought from Finland’s Honka.The floating house is made up of several rooms and a hall. Walls and ceilings have panels from expensive kinds of wood, the floors are marble, http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13548/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13548/ Mon, 07 May 2012 12:59:27 GMT The Government of Ukraine, in pursuit of its policy of strict restriction of spending on the maintenance of administrative personnel, has extended until 2014 its ruling on the saving of budget funds provided for public authorities and other government agencies.According to the Cabinet press service, that is a ban on the purchase of expensive cars, furniture, laptops, mobile phones, repair and modernization of offices at the expense of the general and special funds of the state budget. "Any attem http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13546/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13546/ Mon, 07 May 2012 12:56:05 GMT The Ministry of Environment is creating an automated system that allows applying capabilities of remote sensing of the earth and modern methods of data processing and analysis, including within the nature reserve fund.The system data will be also sent to Head of the Government Mykola Azarov stressed that governors' activities will be judged not only by economic performance, but also by the environmental situation in their regions. Indeed, the ecological state of the region is an important compon http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13545/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13545/ Mon, 07 May 2012 12:43:13 GMT Southern and western German softwood lumber producers are aiming to raise prices for the bulk of their assortments by ˆ10-15/m and #179; as from mid-April after having been unable to push through the increases that had actually been scheduled for March. Many sawmills consider these price increases to be viable at least on the domestic market now that demand from the timber trade and value-adders has risen slightly during the course of April. Most urgent for many sawmills are mark-u http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13500/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13500/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:11:39 GMT The surge in energy costs, the new direction toward renewable energy sources, and European initiatives to limit carbon emissions all have created a tremendous opportunity for North American wood pellets.In the wood products industry, however, you can’t go very far without hearing the word green. Customers are demanding assurances that the wood products they buy are from legal and sustainable sources. And they often purchase with a preference or requirement for wood products that are independentl http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13499/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/wood/13499/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:09:33 GMT A court in Russia's southeastern Siberian republic of Buryatia has fined a local resident 581 million rubles ($19.6 million) after his discarded cigarette butt started a fire which destroyed two hectares of forest in 2009. “The court has established that in June 2009 Alexander Malkov, 21, threw a burning cigarette butt into dry grass near Klyuchi village, a Regional Prosecutor General’s Office spokesman said. "He saw that fire had spread to grass and trees, but he did not take any http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13435/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13435/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:33:22 GMT Sting and his wife Trudie Styler have gathered together the who's who of Hollywood for a concert in aid of their Rainforest Fund charity.The show at Carnegie Hall in New York saw performances from Jennifer Hudson, Sir Elton John and Bruno Mars.Styler produced the event, teaming unlikely pairs for rare performances.When asked what it was like working with her rock star husband, Sting jokingly interrupted: "I'm a pain in the ass actually.""They've all been terrific, they have been working so har http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13407/ http://news.woodex.ua/news/world/13407/ Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:32:43 GMT