European timber harvests down in 2019 after six years of year-over-year increases - European timber harvests fell slightly in 2019, following six consecutive years of year- over-year increases.  An estimated 428 million m3 of logs were utilized for industrial purposes (78 percent conifer species), while 145 million m3 were used for energy, according to new data from the UN-ECE.  Log removals reached record-high levels in 2018 and 2019, driven by a combination of both a large supply of insect and storm damaged timber in central Europe, and a healthy demand for lumber ...