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Opportunity for Wood Fuel Suppliers If you supply local wood fuel from a sustainable source that is reasonably priced and available from a convenient pick-up point or can be home-delivered then you may be interested in the East Sussex Wood Fuel Buyers’ Club. You are invited to an evening for suppliers and buyers of wood fuel organized by the National Energy Foundation. The Meeting will be held at the Community Eco Info Centre, Lewes at 7pm on Thursday 28th February 2002. This is a free event but booking is necessary. For more information please contact Sandra Hayes at The National Energy Foundation, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8NG. Tel: 01908 665555, www.greenenergy.org.uk, sandra@greenenergy.org.uk
Report Available from Woodland Certification Seminar The seminar was arranged in response to a request from French partners to share in the UK experience of timber certification. The two-day seminar was held 6th-7th September 2001 as part of the Interreg IIC Woodlands & Wood Products in Kent/Nord-Pas de Calais Project. This report provides an excellent resource for anyone with an interest in the issue of timber certification. The reasons for certification are explored at length and real experiences are shared. The differences between the English and the French experience of forestry and certification are also examined. Speakers from the Forest Stewardship Council, World Wide Fund for Nature, Woodland Trust, Tropical Forest Trust, English Woodlands Timber, TRADA, Bio-Regional Charcoal Company, Blueline Office Furniture and CRPF Nord-Pas de Calais/Picardie made contributions. The 60-page report includes full details of all the speakers with transcripts or summaries of their talks and copies of presentations, plus summaries of all discussions. For a copy of the report please contact: Debbie Bartlett, Tel: 01622 221565. (A small fee for postage required.)
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one day course for managers and owners seeking timber marketing skills
The day will cover:
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Basic information about species, quality groups and end uses of timber
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Existing market outlets in the South East
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Do’s and Do Not’s when dealing with buyers
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What really sells timber (quality, quantity, location, access, ease of extraction, restrictions, timing etc).
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Methods of marketing and selling
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The effects of changing markets
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Implications for managers of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
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Simple techniques for estimating quantities
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Measuring the size of individual saw logs
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Measuring parcels of standing and felled timber
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Visit to a local sawmill
Bore Place, deep within the Kentish countryside, provides a peaceful rural location. The morning session is seminar based, whilst the afternoon will be spent in the woods and visiting a local sawmill. Places are limited - if you are unable to make this date please register your interest as later dates are possible. This course is supported by KCC Biodiversity Unit and forms part of the Kent/Nord-Pas de Calais Multipurpose Woodland Project funded by Interreg II. Tuesday 26th March at Bore Place, (OS TQ505490), Chiddingstone, Kent, 9am to 4.30pm. £35.00 + VAT per person (£41.12). Refreshments are provided, please bring your own lunch. If you are interested in attending this one day course please call David Rossney, Tel: 01580 892180, leaving full contact details.
Gridshell structure at the Weald &
Downland Open Air Museum
Weald WoodNet was created in 1995 by East Sussex County Council with support from Timber Growers Association, Forestry Commission and Penrose Wood Industry Ltd. Over the past five years the partnership has been successful in promoting the sustainable development of woodland resources in South East England, and has also secured substantial European funding by working with French forest industry partners to undertake research, and develop local marketing initiatives, including WoodLots, Weald WoodFair, Woodland Enterprise Centre and www.woodnet.org.uk .
NSCA were encouraged by the way that this partnership has joined forces to raise awareness about the importance of woodland management, and the role of trees in absorbing pollution and carbon sequestration. Current developments include research into the generation of heat and power from waste wood & forestry residues at a small and medium scale. For more information contact: Weald WoodNet, Woodland Enterprise Centre, Hastings Road, Flimwell, East Sussex TN5 7PR, Tel: 01580 879552 info@woodnet.org.uk