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 ...

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 ...

This is the EXPAND R5090, a mechanical tarpaulin that can speed up the harvesting process by 25% according to its creators. It can work in conjunction with the Pellenc Buggy 5000 Shaker to harvest a ...

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.