by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
STANFORD UNIVERSITY -If you indulge in truffles, or porcini and chanterelle mushrooms, you have enjoyed a product of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Forming symbiotic relationships with plants – including pine, birch, oak and willow tree species – these fungi have...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
CHICAGO — With a focus on creating connections to empower the success of its global network of distributors and customers, Komatsu will debut several product and technology advancements to support the construction, waste, forestry, energy and aggregates industries at...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
Wood raw-material costs for the world’s pulp manufacturers have fallen the past year with the biggest decreases for wood chips and pulplogs occurring in Europe, reports the WRQ. Softwood pulplog prices fell in the key markets of Europe in the fall of 2019. This price...
by Working Forest | Jan 22, 2020 | Archives
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, ASSOCIATED PRESS, PWC — Climate issues are set to be one of the main talking points at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos this week, but a survey of CEOs released Monday shows that they are not even ranked among the top ten...
by Working Forest | Jan 22, 2020 | Archives
EDMONTON, CTV NEWS — Albertans may have survived last week’s extreme cold snap, but experts are hoping mountain pine beetles did not.In recent years the tree-killing pests invaded the forests of Jasper National Park, leaving red, dead pines in their wake,...
