Family forest owners in the USA, who own nearly two-thirds of the country’s forest lands, today cheered the endorsement of the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC). This step that will open the door to new green markets for wood that is sustainably produced on[…]
South-east Australia’s natural forests are among the most carbon dense in the world and store three times more carbon than Australian and international climate change experts realise, a world-first study released today at The Australian National University revealed. The largest stocks of carbon are found in the tall wet eucalypt forests of Victoria and Tasmania.[…]
The news the sawmilling fraternity was waiting on has arrived, with major North American sawmill supplier USNR swooping in to snatch up fellow supplier Coe Newnes McGehee (CNM) for an undisclosed sum. The only stakeholders more pleased by the result than CNM’s customers would be the CNM employees and the community at the company’s Salmon[…]
Forest2Market has available a new resource study, The US South Forest Biomass: An Emerging Industry in Wood Fiber Markets. This delivers a comprehensive, quantitative assessment and forecast of the economic affects of rising energy costs and changing public policy on the forest products supply chain. Until now, while much has been said about the potential[…]
WWF has announced that more than 1 Mha of Congo Basin forests have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme. The world’s second largest block of rainforests, the Congo Basin is a haven for indigenous peoples and endangered species like elephants and gorillas. It is also important in sequestering carbon and safeguarding water[…]
APF 2008, the UK’s largest arboricultural, woodland and forestry exhibition will be the biggest yet according to Exhibition Secretary Ian Millward. “We have already had a record number of Exhibitors book with us, including many who are exhibiting for the first time. We have sold 4,250 m of demonstration frontage, that is over 2.5 miles[…]