This Event was held at Serena hotel Nairobi on the 28th of June 2022 hosted by Gatsby Africa. Representatives from the forestry sector, furniture industry, and government institutions from Kenya and Uganda were in attendance. The event was organized into various sessions representing sections of the wood value chain from […]
Wood properties
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The climate crisis is the most serious crisis of our time, and it affects all of us. The rate of evaporation increases as the temperature of the Earth rises. It causes precipitation to increase in some areas while decreasing in others, and it causes the rain that does fall to […]
Due to the high population growth rate in East Africa and the widening poverty gap emphasized by the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of decent housing has increased. This is evidenced by the expansion of slums on the peripherals of most urban regions in Uganda. This has created the need for […]
The Project What you can see in the picture below is an artistic demonstration of what fast-growing timber can be used for, right behind two of our amazing colleagues. This construction was built by Fairventures Worldwide in 2019, as a first showcase of just one application of the so-called “Glulam” […]
“Climate neutral by 2050!” We hear and read this statement at multiple outlets these days. Whether the EU climate target, national or corporate climate strategies – they all aspire towards this goal. With all the world at stake, you might wonder: How are decision-makers and local actors going to monitor […]
Paraserianthes falcataria L. (also: Albizia falcataria L.) is a pioneer tree species, which is able to make soils usable again and enrich them with nitrogen due to its characteristic as a legume. Paraserianthes f. (Sengon) is already widely processed on Java, but mainly into standard products such as plywood, other […]
Mechanical and physical properties of timber can vary greatly from species to species. But they can also vary greatly within one species itself. Especially fast-growing plantation timber, such as Sengon, which has a high degree of juvenile timber, has a great range of properties (Please also see the article on […]
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how we selected local, fast-growing wood species. These species should have potential in the field of agroforestry as well as potential as timber for use as a building material. To achieve this objective, two sets of criteria have been put in place, […]
In order to increase product innovation in the Indonesian lightwood processing industry, the relevant stakeholders along the value chain need to understand the importance of sorting and grading of the lightwood. A crucial aspect is to understand that fast-growing plantation wood with a short cutting cycle, contains large portions of […]