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Service life of poplar, a low durability hardwood
2024 - IRG/WP 24-41007
Hybrid poplar is the most common plantation hardwood of the temperate climate zone and is complementary to natural stands of aspen with mainly plantations in Europe and China. Poplar wood has been considered as a valid alternative for many of the construction applications of softwoods especially when considering engineered wood products.
The natural durability of hybrid poplar is low and for a ra...
J Van Acker, X Jiang, L De Ligne, J van den Bulcke
Quantitative assessment of wood preservative emissions to waterways
2024 - IRG/WP 24-50393
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Emission Scenario Document (ESD) for Wood Preservatives provides methods to quantify the release of active substances from treated wood for various scenarios including sheet pilings in a flowing waterway (OECD 2013). The ESD is used for environmental risk assessment of wood preservatives according to the Biocidal Products Regulation...
K J Rader, R Carbonaro, C Mackie
State of U.S. forests: Status and projections from the 2017 forest resources report and the 2020 resources planning act assessment
2024 - IRG/WP 24-50399
This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of the state and trajectory of America’s forest land, drawing from the “Forest Resources of the United States, 2017” and the “Future of America’s Forests and Rangelands: Forest Service 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment.” It describes the current status and historic trends of forest land area, ownership, and volume and then expand...
S Oswalt