Woodworkers have used spalted wood (wood decayed and coloured by fungi) for marquetry and intarsia for over 500 years. However despite the long history and ubiquitous nature of the material, the use has never been 'mainstream,' and little is known about the people who use it and how they value the...

Wood processing has been known to emit a large amount of inhalable wood dust, but the emissions of particles with diameters smaller than 10 µm and ultrafine particles (UFP, particles with diameters smaller than 100 nm), as well as their exposure levels, remain unclear. The present study measured...

The GFPMX projects forest area and stock, consumption, production, imports, exports, and prices of industrial roundwood, fuelwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood pulp, and paper and paperboard in 180 countries, and currently from 2018 to 2070. The core principle of the model is the cobweb...

The Australian forest industry generates millions of tonnes of wood residues every year as a by-product of harvesting and sawmilling operations. Harvest residues consist of stumps, bark, crown material and tree heads and butts. They are typically left in forests to maintain forest and soil health...

Many wood-based businesses rely on forklifts and pallet jacks to load, unload, or move product around facilities. The use of forklifts or other powered industrial trucks (PITs) to facilitate movement and storage of goods is expected to grow steadily over the next 10 years. Unfortunately, forklifts...

Furniture is widely used by people in all cultures at different times for various purposes in daily life. Furniture and human interaction is an important issue that needs to be examined in many ways. In order to protect the health of consumers and to fully understand their purchasing behavior,...

The paper work was aimed to explain the main categories of non-wood forest products from Buzau County, Romania. The truly value of non-wood forest were deeply studied especially because of their contribution on marketplace, enhancing in this way the economy. It is based on the statistical data...

The traditional livelihood of the Soliga, indigenous people living in Biligiri Rangana Hills, was disrupted by the Government of India through a ban on the collection and sale of non-timber forest products in 2004 and the creation of a tiger reserve in 2011. With this, State control over the...

The human demand on forest products has been getting more significant over time as people increasingly continue to convert forests to agricultural and urban uses. The consequence of these human activities is the loss of forest resources through deforestation and forest degradation as exemplified by ...

Societal Impact Statement: The impact of global warming on wood formation means that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find superior-quality resonance wood for the production of musical instruments. Using fungi, we can mimic the effects of a cold climate on wood, to produce biotech violins...