publications - Special reports

BC Mountain Pine Beetle:

Evolving Impacts & Opportunities

The mountain pine beetle in BC will continue to have a massive effect on global timber and wood products supply/demand. However, it is creating some viable alternatives for new wood biomass entrepreneurs.

This report forecasts the impact over the next 20 years of the BC Interior wood fibre availability and the impact of the reduced output of traditional commodity wood products.

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BC Interior Mountain Pine Beetle Report
Impact and Outlook of BC Timber Availability and Wood Products Production

The mountain pine beetle (MPB) has devastated the pine forests of BC - one of the largest wood products producing regions in the world. This is becoming one of the world's largest natural disasters; causing North American shortages of timber and wood products. Learn about the impact and forecasts ....

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U.S. 1" Board Market Survey - 2009 Summary - Now Available!!!

For board producers and supply chain intermediaries involved in the board market, this report clearly has strategic importance. This report includes: regional analysis, production species, shipment details, grade mix.

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Russia Log Export Tax: Global Implications - Now Available!!!

Press Release:
January 27, 2009  China facing the brunt of a pending log supply shortage
While Russia’s move to an 80% log export tax has been delayed to late 2009, the projected reduction in Russian log production and exports in combination with higher log export costs ....
there are some potentially attractive opportunities for those log and lumber exporters that can create a competitive fit with China, especially during the global market downturn .... MORE.

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The latest global investigative report is now underway to assess the current 25% and the expected 80% Russian log Export tax on January 1, 2009. Russia Log Export Tax - Global Implications is an assess ment on how large the "ripple effect" will be beyond main impacted markets ...

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MPB 2012

Release Date: April 2012

Starting at US$1,495

Key information:

  • propietary modeling of BC fibre availability & production after the beetle
  • new forest sector opportunities - bio-energy, pellets outlook to 2031
  • assessment of sawmilling economics who process MPB-kill trees

 

Release Date: March 2010

Starting at US$$1,095

Key information:

  • propietary modeling of BC timber fibre, lumber & panel production
  • impact on supply/demand in North America
  • how producing regions/countries should benefit

 

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Summary update

Release Date Jan. 9, 2009

Starting at US$4,950

Key information:

  • assessment of price increases & supply shortages
  • assessment of countries most impacted
  • evaluations of outcomes & scenarios
  • business care proformas

 

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