Sentences with phrase «growing timber industry»

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Established in 1998 in Sydney as a modest supplier of timber componentry to the Australian furniture industry, Park Design company has quietly grown into one of Australia's leading manufacturers, supplying major retail groups and commercial specifiers in every state.

Proponents say the Far North Act will have little effect on the timber industry because it affects an area farther north where trees are relatively small, grow less densely and are not economical to harvest.

Two industry giants, International Paper Co. and MeadWestvaco Corp., are planning to transform plantation forests of the southeastern United States by replacing native pine with genetically engineered eucalyptus, a rapidly growing Australian tree that in its conventional strains now dominates the tropical timber industry.

Chicago - based artist Sara Black and Aotearoa New Zealand artist Raewyn Martyn transform Hyde Park Art Center's Gallery 1 into an immersive built landscape constructed in response to the far - reaching timber industry that grew out of the south branch of the Chicago River.

The group grew out of a collaboration between The United Steelworkers union (which has long had a very enlightened view of environmental issues) and people opposed to timber industry practices.

Some carbon offset projects use monocultures of exotic fast - growing trees, such as those used by the timber industry, to try to maximise carbon sequestration,» Dr Hulvey said.

Home to Intel's largest manufacturing facility the city is a center for timber, livestock and farming, and a growing area for high - technology industries.