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  • How bamboo farming galvanises the Made-in-Rwanda campaign

    Posted on :Thursday , 8th September 2016

     It might be a policy in Rwanda that bamboo trees are fully integrated into forestry and overall development strategies, but a section of society still feels that little attention has been paid regarding bamboo’s potential to offer solutions to the country’s employment challenges.

     
    Jean Bosco Uwizeyimana, the managing director of Bambousa Ltd, said a. . .

  • The Effort to Restore Tropical Forests Gets a Massive Cutting Edge

    Posted on :Saturday , 27th August 2016

     Research by scientists from the UK and Tanzania has revealed that assisted ecological restoration can lead to dramatic increases in growth of new and established trees—helping to mitigate climate change and boost biodiversity.

     
    All that is required, they say, is effective control of lianas, the fast-growing, woody climbing vines that, left to their own de. . .

  • UAE home to 36% of furniture factories in GCC, and controls significant imports in timber sector

    Posted on :Tuesday , 12th January 2016

    Dubai WoodShow scheduled for April 2016 will see major expansion

    Dubai, UAE, January 2016: Organisers of the Dubai WoodShow, the largest exhibition in the Middle East for timber, machineries and tools, have revealed that the UAE is home to nearly 36% of the furniture factories of the GCC, reflecting the growth in the domestic furniture sector and increase in demand for imported t. . .

  • Zimbabwe: Furniture Makers Target to Raise Capacity Utilisation

    Posted on :Monday , 19th October 2015

    FURNITURE manufacturers are targeting to increase capacity utilisation from the current 30 percent, but say Government should implement measures it proposed to turnaround the sector's fortunes.

     
    Some of the measures mooted by Government include introduction of a manufacturers' rebate for duty free importation of selected raw materials by approved manufacturers.
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  • Demand for Wood in Africa Could Triple by 2050

    Posted on :Wednesday , 7th October 2015

    The demand for forest products and services in Africa is growing rapidly, fuelled by a growing population and an expanding economy. By 2050, domestic demand for industrial roundwood could double or even triple from the current annual level of 96.2 million m3 found a report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

    Such pressure, coupled with the encroachment o. . .

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