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British wasps protect from pests

July 11, 2011 by timbercommunity

Scientists have found that a native British parasitoid wasp (Aphaereta debilitata) has been found to be very effective at controlling the shore flies that infest lettuce and celery greenhouses, damaging crops and annoying farmers reports PlanetEarth Online. The experiment showed promising results: In all three units where the wasps were introduced, the number of shore flies was significantly reduced, along with the amount of crop damage observed, says Tilley.

UPM Shotton's materials recovery facility officially inaugurated

July 8, 2011 by timbercommunity

UPM CEO Jussi Pesonen and the Ambassador of Finland to the United Kingdom officially opened the £17m Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at UPM’s Shotton paper mill today. The state-of-the-art facility, supported by a £1.7m investment by the Welsh Government, has the capacity to sort 270,000 of comingled material and has been designed to achieve the highest recovery rates in the UK of 99 per cent. In addition to a unique design, the facility has the latest sorting and screening equipment in the market.

UK: Public forest sale scrapped

February 17, 2011 by timbercommunity

The UK government on Thursday scrapped its controversial plans to sell the bulk of England's publicly owned forests after intense public opposition reported Reuters. In most degrading forms of forced Prime Minister Mr Cameron to announce that the British government's plans to sell off state-owned forests are put on hold after large public protests. "I am sorry, we got this one wrong."