Sentences with phrase «of timber products»

Mill Workers work in timber processing factories and create a variety of timber products.

They also process orders for the delivery of timber products.

We are all consumers of timber products.

Recent research by the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting compared the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by the manufacture of timber products, with the amount of emissions generated by other common building materials.

China, the world's largest importer and consumer of timber products, has emerged as a leader in global environmental governance.

Not exact matches

WHEN Tasmanian forestry products heavyweight Gunns missed out on securing the assets of defunct agribusiness company Timbercorp, those vying for assets of another failed timber company knew they were in trouble.

The communities successfully manage 660,800 hectares of forest, and have earned US$ 13 million since 2013 from the sale of sustainable timber and other forest products.

Wendy says, «There's nothing better than creating quality products from locally sourced timbers, it gives the consumer the option of real choice and real quality, which in turn supports our economy by creating employment for our Australian craftsmen and women.»

The Rainforest Alliance worked with the community of Tres Islas, located in the biodiversity capital of the Peruvian Amazon, to develop a sustainable economy that includes non-timber forest products like Brazil nuts and palm fruit, as well as sustainably harvested timber.

«Farmer» shall mean any person, organization, entity, association, partnership or corporation engaged in the raising of crops, or the raising of livestock or livestock products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law, or the business of agriculture, whether for profit or otherwise, including the cultivation of land, the raising of poultry, fish, or fur - bearing animals, the harvesting of timber or the practice of horticulture, aquaculture, apiculture or viticulture; «Generally accepted agricultural practices» shall mean those practices which are lawful, customary, reasonable, safe and necessary to the industry as they pertain to the practices listed in subdivision a of section 3 of this local law.

The Forestry Commission's function is to create, protect and manage the permanent forest estates and protected areas in the various ecological zones of the country to conserve Ghana's biophysical heritage, prepare and implement integrated forest and wildlife management plans for the maintenance of the environment to the benefit of all segments of society and to regulate the harvesting of timber, wildlife and other non-timber forest products among others.

«Farm operation» means the land and on - farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a «commercial horse boarding operation» as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a «timber operation» as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, «compost, mulch or other biomass crops» as defined in subdivision sixteen of this section and «commercial equine operation» as defined by subdivision seventeen of this section.

There are three scent choices (Unscented, Lime and Sage, and Timber) so you don't have to worry about any of your natural body odor getting through when you use this product.

The goal of this activity is to get as many people as possible around the world fascinated by plants and enthused about the importance of plant science for agriculture, in sustainably producing food, as well as for horticulture, forestry, and all of the non-food products such as paper, timber, chemicals, energy, and pharmaceuticals.

Forests: Threats to our forests Deforestation Results of deforestation Forests are cleared all around the world for a number of reasons, including: Harvesting of timber to produce wood and paper products Clearing land for farms, cash - crop plantations, and cattle ranching Clearing land for urban development, including homes and roads.

We offer a wide range of packaging products from Timber packaging, cardboard boxes, heavy duty cardboard transit packaging, printed tape, cardboard tubes, bubble wrap and many more cushioning and wrapping products.

With more than 98 years» experience in timber buildings, established over four generations, Scotts has used its expertise in sports pavilions, equestrian buildings and specialist timber products, to carefully design and manufacture bespoke education buildings that meet the needs and requirements of today's pupils.

Once again, all of the Year 8s were involved in developing and trialling food stalls and running them, but then we had groups from right across the school: kids funded through disabilities and impairments were making amazing products out of recycled timber; we had hands - on learning, our school - based apprenticeship parks and gardens group, selling plants and running a sausage sizzle; we had art students from Year 8 doing ceramics; we had the girls group that's run by our wellbeing team, the kids who are a bit isolated, they produced succulents in tea cups.

Reforestation offers the opportunity for communities to empower themselves through the development of local economies and infrastructures — constructing homes with timber, for instance, or selling and trading food and other products that come from the land.

There are a wide range of commodities that are traded daily including oil, gasoline, timber, agricultural products like orange juice and coffee, and precious metals like gold and platinum.

The company, which uses wood in its cat litter products, launched Timber Fresh, all - natural litter designed to provide excellent odor control, invoke a woodland feel with the power of Hinoki cypress, and resist bacteria and mold without the use of harsh chemicals.

We offer a wide range of packaging products from Timber packaging, cardboard boxes, heavy duty cardboard transit packaging, printed tape, cardboard tubes, bubble wrap and many more cushioning and wrapping products.

We offer a wide range of packaging products from Timber packaging, cardboard boxes, heavy duty cardboard transit packaging, printed tape, cardboard tubes, bubble wrap and many more cushioning and wrapping products.

Visit Boranup's hollow Karri forests Boranup Gallery — fine examples of Australian timber products.

ITAC University of Utah Euclid Timber LLC and Hundegger USA Brigham Young Civil Engineering Acute Engineering U.Idaho Forest Products USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Cross-laminated timber and other innovative wood products have enabled the construction of tall wood buildings over 10 stories, which are starting to be deployed in several U.S. cities.

Building with whole timber — as opposed to milling it down into «products» — has lots of advantages, ranging from increased fire resistance (seems paradoxical but true), low embodied energy and carbon sequestration.

Patriot Timber Products, Inc. — based in Greensboro, North Carolina, specializes in the importation of hardwood lumber and panel pProducts, Inc. — based in Greensboro, North Carolina, specializes in the importation of hardwood lumber and panel productsproducts.

Also, while agricultural commodity supply chains can be complex, many of them are actually simpler than the supply chains for timber and wood products, according to Lawson.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), nailed - laminated timber (NLT), glued - laminated timber (GLT), laminated strand lumber (LSL), laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and other large - dimensioned structural composite lumber (SCL) products are part of a bigger classification known as «mass timberProducts such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), nailed - laminated timber (NLT), glued - laminated timber (GLT), laminated strand lumber (LSL), laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and other large - dimensioned structural composite lumber (SCL) products are part of a bigger classification known as «mass timberproducts are part of a bigger classification known as «mass timber».

If the UK used all of its forests for forest products only (and nothing for carbon sequestration), they would meet only 27 % of UK residents» demand for forest products, including timber for building and paper.

Tenure - secure indigenous and other community forestlands are often linked to low deforestation rates, significant forest cover, and the sustainable production of timber and other forest products.

London Design Festival 2014: UK designer Sebastian Cox collaborated with Lorna Singleton — one of only four remaining experts in the UK in a wood working technique known as swilling — to form a collection of products from strips of softened green timber.

Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)-- prefabricated panels of wood whose strength, dimensional stability, rigidity, and large spans make it a replacement for structural steel or concrete — is currently far from a go - to building material in the U.S.. However, in what is likely an indicator of explosive growth, new product offerings for North America are arising almost as quickly as new projects are constructed with the material.

Two of these new products, recently featured at the Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon, lie at opposite ends of a spectrum: StructureCraft's Dowel Laminated Timber panel, which cuts out nearly all glues and resins, and Freres Lumber's Mass Plywood Panel, which utilizes wood veneers instead of whole lumber and relies on much more resin than typical CLT.

For example, the market value of timber does not reflect the ecological and hydrological functions of trees nor the forest products whose values arise from economic sectors outside the timber industry, like medicines.

Since 2012, Forest Trends and Chatham House have been working with officials from EU Member States and US Lacey enforcement agencies, to further understanding of complex high - risk supply chains for wood products and support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and US Lacey Act.

Certification of the timber or timber - derived products within a construction project provides independently verified assurance that the wood used originates from responsibly managed forests with the material tracked through every stage of the process from forest to the project.

As an all - wood mass timber product, DowelLam does not contain any glue (aside from a minute amount of glue used for finger jointing), chemicals, VOCs, or metal nails.

* Koch Industries * — with business in oil and gas exploration, pipelines, refining and trading, coal and other carbon product logistics, timber and consumer paper products, commodities trading and investing, chemicals, fertilizer, ethanol, cattle and game ranching, glass, fiber optics, electronics and plenty of awkward public relations.

«Plantation» refers to an area allocated by a government or other body for the establishment of fast growing tree plantations for the production of oil palm, timber, or other wood products, including pulp and paper.

We can supply and fabricate all components of a timber structure - from mass timber products such as CLT and NLT, to steel connectors, cables, and castings, to integrated structural panels complete with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems pre-installed in our shop.

From larger panel sizes possible (12 «x60») for faster erection times to a wide variety of wood species, DowelLam is a mass timber product that is ideal for floor wall and roof structures.

(03/16/2009) The global economic crisis has slowed demand for timber products and may undermine efforts to improve the environmental performance of forestry, reports the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in its biannual «State of the World's Forests 2009», released today.

Their business objective is to connect producers of biochar soil amendment, which is made from forest litter and other timber waste, with farmers who can use the product to boost production and save water.

The Australian government estimates that $ 400 million worth of illegal timber products are sold in the country each year often as outdoor furniture and wood for decks.

The resulting decline in the prices of timber, energy, minerals and agricultural products may do what conservationists have largely failed to achieve in recent years: slow deforestation.

If importing countries insist that timber and timber products are certified under internationally recognized environmental and social standards like those of the Forest Stewardship Council, illegal logging becomes more difficult.

The way we use land provides the world with food, timber and other important products — but it also accounts for a quarter of global emissions.