Sentences with phrase «timber from»

The worktop is made from extra-thick pieces of timber from a builder's yard, stained dark.

Timber flooring is generally acknowledged to be ecologically sound, providing it is produced using timber from sustainable forests.

Iroko timber from science laboratories sells particularly well from our showroom — it's excellent as it is versatile and hard - wearing.

The legend of the so - called Curse of Kirkham dates back to 1610 when Sir William Bamburgh built the hall using stone and timber from nearby Kirkham Priory, home to a thriving religious community until it was destroyed by King Henry VIII during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.

Assisted logging crew and mill foremen in loading and unloading timber from trailer.

When you make income from logging operations in B.C. or harvest timber from Crown land you need to pay taxes and fees.

Timber from the South Seas, a report co-authored by Kuroda, provided the first comprehensive data on Japan's timber consumption patterns and exposed Japanese corporations» contribution to rainforest destruction.

(09/10/2013) Japanese companies are failing to keep illegally logged timber from entering their supply chains, international human rights and environmental watchdog Global Witness said in a report released today.

But we're not talking about sourcing this kind of timber from old - growth forests, but from thinner «weed» trees that are crowding out a stand of trees in the forest, or diseased trees which have fallen.

Timber from a single clear - cut might go to a half - dozen different mills and plants, of which a wood pellet plant is only the newest buyer.

The agreement aims «to promote the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests and to promote the sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests.»

If you're looking to buy products using sustainably harvested timber from Brazil and it comes from the state of Pará, you may want to reconsider.

Global Witness» investigations reveal that China is the lead importer of timber from Burma which amounts to more than one million cubic metres a year at a value of around US$ 250 million.

In the latest edition of the Magazine Wired, Reporter Richard Conniff tells the full story of timber barons, investigators, enforcement efforts and the improbable voyage of stolen timber from the Peruvian Amazon to the US port of Houston and other international destinations.

Science and brawn are to - day work - ing together in systematic haste in the heart of the yellow - pine forests ofSouthern Oregon and Northern California to save ten billion feet of merchantable timber from the relentless ravages of the Western pine beetle, writes the New York «Outlook.»

Siakor and his SDI colleagues are now campaigning against a government plan that would allow timber from agricultural concessions to be exported as a legal, sustainably produced product, thus accelerating the rate of deforestation.

Aside from what they found within the structure, they sourced timber from a nearby deconstruction and purchased FSC - certified, sustainably harvested wood — itself an expression of the work Ecotrust does to support healthy working forests.

In 2000, the United States alone imported over $ 450 million worth of timber from Indonesia, which given Indonesia's illegal logging rate could represent $ 330 million worth of timber from illegal sources.

The leading German news magazine, Der Spiegel, has concluded that Austrian - based wood products company Holzindustrie Schweighofer (Schweighofer) repeatedly agreed to accept illegally harvested timber from undercover...

«The theory is, we'll supply our own timber from it,» he explains.

The new legislation makes it a criminal offense for Australian businesses to import timber from illegal operations.

(07/12/2009) A Brazilian federal prosecutor is leading an investigation into charges that illegal timber from the state of Pará is being laundered as «eco-certified» wood and exported to markets in the United States, Europe, and Asia, reports Sunday's edition of O Globo.

In November, Australia passed the Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill, joining the U.S. in outlawing the importation of illegal logged timber from abroad.

When we think of timber from lush, tropical forests, it conjures up images of valuable old - growth trees pillaged by logging companies and illegal...

But is that also true of tropical timber from rainforests?

Timber from domestic forests is a natural and renewable resource which is both modern and environmentally friendly.

This case follows a history of wrongdoing in Liberia, where DLH purchased timber from a company that helped finance (now convicted war criminal) Charles Taylor's regime during the country's brutal civil war.

Timber from tropical deforestation, and particularly illegal deforestation, undercuts landowners who are managing their forests sustainably.

During the second civil war in Liberia from 2000 - 2003, DLH bought timber from Liberian companies that provided support to Charles Taylor's brutal regime.

Global Witness» investigations show that DLH purchased 1,281 m ³ of timber from two Liberian companies in 2012, which was cut under logging contracts called Private Use Permits (PUPs) and exported to Bangladesh, China and France.

«DLH must stop purchasing illegal timber from Liberia — there is no excuse for this.

«Until the timber sanctions enter into full effect in July, importers should respect the Security Council's intentions and immediately cease all import of timber from Liberia,» says Blondel.

Gibson Guitars» agreement to pay a $ 300,000 fine for its role in importing illegal timber from Madagascar is a major breakthrough in the fight to end the multi-billion dollar global trade in illicit wood, said Global Witness today.

The flood control service of trees standing, they said, was three times as valuable as the timber from trees cut.

The logging company Atlantic Resources has shipped millions of dollars worth of illegal timber from Liberia in breach of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's August order to halt timber exports, Global Witness revealed today.

Green materials: Cellulose insulation and all timber from PEFC certified sources.

CIMI's complaints about the Surui project were based on an interview with a Surui member who is involved in the sale of illegally harvested timber from the Surui territory.

There is a group of primitive hand tools variously from the stone, bronze and iron ages; medieval floor tiles and an anglo - saxon skull, a 19th century boat nail and fragments of timber from a Roman barn.

The Aida Maria is comfortable and stylish, and was handmade in the Galápagos using timber from local farms.

The only one and the most unique style of villa on Gili Trawangan Lombok Indonesia, Gili Exotic Villa was built in within five months using top quality of timber from old phinisi boats, wooden house and recycle antique woods that exist over 100 years old.

Walls are clad with reclaimed timber from local farmhouses, the floors are wooden but fashioned from curved pieces that follow individual trees» natural shapes.

Every piece of material for the building is a work of art, the furniture is made from the finest quality antique wood, using top quality timber from old phinisi boats, wooden Javanese houses and recycled antique woods that are well over 100 years old..

The rooms in Casa Sombra all have beautiful wood paneled walls constructed from fallen timber from our farm.

In the 19th century, the river was used as a way to quickly transport timber from the forests inland all the way to the ports near Belize City.

She is helped by Jake Timber from the mysterious ARKANE, a British government agency specializing in paranormal and religious experience.

Street Furniture is dedicated to best practice in environmental management and its products are made from premium materials, locally sourced where possible, and it uses eco-certified timber from sustainably managed forests.

It was built with earth and timber from the estate, boasts a meadow roof and huge windows and is both sustainable and contemporary - quite stunning.

... Exporters in Peru and importers in the United States and around the world are currently integral parts of a systematic flow of timber from the Peruvian Amazon.

«That's probably the biggest problem — people could have gathered timber from the woods or lived downstream of the land grabbed,» Wolford said.

That difference in population pressures, along with Frances hunger to import more timber from Haiti, magnified the influence of geographic factors.