Zimbabwe could be harvesting timber faster than it is replenishing the plantations, raising fears that the country could soon run out of supply, an industry executive has said. Rutima Holdings ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since timber was added to a list of commodities running short in Zimbabwe's crisis-hit economy late last year, carpenter Josh Mbuyazwe has ...

Although some companies have resorted to harvesting their trees at a young age, there is insufficient timber available for all mills to operate at full production. "Accordingly two of Zimbabwe's ...

Due to a slump in construction and high production costs, the timber industry in Zimbabwe has been struggling to survive. To make things worse, illegal miners in some of the country's forests have ...

ZIMBABWE’S national timber sales volumes surged 44,5% to 267 888 cubic metres for the year ended December 2012 due to increased demand in both local and export sales, latest industry statistics ...

CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe, Feb 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F rom the mountaintop at Skyline in the Chimanimani district of eastern Zimbabwe, a mosaic of scorched trees and timber can be seen ...

ZIMBABWE’S leading timber producer Allied Timbers says it has resolved to engage thousands of illegal settlers who have invaded its timber plantations in a bid to find an amicable solution to ...

The structural frames use timber from Zimbabwe tree plantations. Inspired by the country’s beautiful thatched roofs and the routine tradition of cutting grass to lower an area’s risk of fire ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since timber was added to a list of commodities running short in Zimbabwe's crisis-hit economy late last year, carpenter Josh Mbuyazwe has struggled.

Due to a slump in construction and high production costs, the timber industry in Zimbabwe has been struggling to survive. To make things worse, illegal miners in some of the country's forests have ...

"Most of the timber plantations (in Manicaland) are occupied (by illegal settlers)," Duwa said Also visible from the mountaintop are scatterings of crude, grass thatched huts built by the settlers ...