National Hardwood Magazine - May 2022

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AHEC REPORT The Granite Valley Difference The The Granite Valley Difference The Granite Valley Difference SEASON TWO OF AHEC’S “WORDS ON WOOD” PODCAST EXPLORES NEW TECHNOLOGIES REVOLUTIONIZING WORKING FORESTS Developed by the American Hardwood alongside academics and forestry practitioners such as Dr. Galina Churkina of the Export Council (AHEC) in collaboration with Disegno, the quarterly design magazine, Potsdam Institute for Change Impact Research Climate, Dr. Constance McDermott, Words on Wood is a podcast taking an indepth look at some of the big issues surrounding forests and our relationship with iver, technical consultant to the EU’s FLEGT from the University of Oxford, and Rupert Ol- them, exploring how management decisions scheme to tackle illegal logging. and the use of Hardwood products affect our In Season Two, engineer Andrew Lawrence and architect Lina Ghotmeh discuss society. 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