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tropical hardwoods selected to show variations
Geographic distribution of the world's forests by categories of wood
harvester on a tree plantation in Finland
forwarder with logs for transport
deforestation
band saw breaking a log down into lumber
diagram of basic log-sawing patterns
types of plywood
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The energy-saving potential of transparent wood
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