Global Forest Information Service Coordinator Eero Mikkola and FORNIS Webmaster Stella Britwum Acquah outline the online Forestry Research Network for Sub-Saharan Africa.
A profile of Professor Bohumil Kasal, Director of The Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research in Braunschweig, Germany, who has travelled far and wide working in the R&D of wood structures.
Zhenhua Gao of the Northeast Forestry University, China, discusses the ambient ageing of wood fibres and its effect on medium density fibreboard panels.
The European brick and tile industry is regulated by a raft of apparently complex rules. Christophe Sykes, Secretary General of Tiles & Bricks Europe, in Brussels, Belgium, explains how industry can exert influence.