Tree harvesting is a destructive business by design. The machines trample the forest floor, leaving pulverized tracks in their wake. Christian Knobloch, a German industrial designer, wanted to build a ...

Watching the Ponsse Beaver tree harvesting machine in action is nothing short of mesmerizing. The machine makes giant trees look like nothing more than toothpicks. Ponsse is a Finnish company that ...

Tree harvesting is a destructive business by design. The machines trample the forest floor, leaving pulverized tracks in their wake. Christian Knobloch, a German industrial designer, wanted to build a ...

March 8, 2007 The logging of forests is a very expensive affair, and when there’s a lot of money involved, you can always count on some very special machinery. Two perfect illustrations of this are ...

Thinning in planted forests can be beneficial for ecosystems and industry. So why isn’t the province doing it yet? Zoë Yunker is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics.