Planting restrictions cause timber shortage

Albatrossie via [[https://pixabay.com/en/wood-pile-forest-timber-industry-403977/ pixabay]]</span>The government's stringent restrictions on the issuing of forestry and planting permits have led to a timber shortage. About 70% of the sawn timber in SA is used for construction purposes. The rest is used in the furniture sector, the joinery sector and the packaging sector, with a little also going into industrial use.