News Articles - December 2011

“Forests in transition: a harvesting model for uneven-aged mixed species forests in Austria”.

“The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance”.

How to improve the health of people by making them use the stairs instead of taking the elevator?

A video promoting the use of wood.

A video from FPInnovations promoting the use of wood.

United Kingdom news – New standards for sustainable forest management released.

Australia news - Forest road construction and maintenance courses presented in Melbourne during March 2012.

USA news – John Deere assists foresters to take action against the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.

New CEO for Husqvarna.

Case provides tips for overhauls and maintenance of construction equipment.

Researchers from the USDA Forest Service have investigated the protective mechanisms used to protect operators from thrown objects during tree cutting and processing.

This paper investigated current practices for managing unsealed earth and aggregate roads.

The new 880 logger is a purpose-built forestry carrier that can be used for applications such as shovel logging, loading and processing.

Cat has released the 120M2 and 12M2 motor graders.

The versatile new Lodestar hoist has been released by Columbus McKinnon.

Aerofficient manufactures products to improve the aerodynamic profile of trucks.

We examine the Forestry Commissions guide to good practice when carrying out whole-tree harvesting.