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At the world premiere on June 8, 2022, we will be introducing a new harvester, a new forwarder and several new features to improve the everyday life of a forest machine operator. Environmentally friendly timber harvesting guides Ponsse to develop solutions while listening to the needs of its customers, taking responsibility into account. The global[…]

Ponsse introduces state-of-the-art innovations to improve the productivity of responsible timber harvesting. The new solutions have been developed together with the customers, listening to their wishes. The PONSSE Scorpion Giant harvester and the PONSSE Mammoth forwarder meet the highest demands of modern timber harvesting in terms of both ergonomics and productivity. The products now on the market[…]

Södra is launching a major initiative to develop family forestry. Södra will invest in innovative companies that introduce new technologies for forest estates and enable a more multifaceted approach to family forestry. Södra’s mission is to create markets for the products of its members’ forest estates – today and in the future. Södra will harness[…]

Astara Capital Partners, LLC (“Astara”) announced May 24, 2022 that it has formed Camden Timbers, LLC (“Camden Timbers” or the “Company”) to acquire and restart the assets of Victory Lumber, LLC (“Victory”), a Southern Yellow Pine sawmill located in Camden, AR. Camden Timbers is Astara’s second sawmill investment in the ACP Lumber Holdings, LLC (“ACP Lumber”) platform following its acquisition[…]

(Gisborne) A hybrid approach of planting both exotics and natives will produce more socio-economic and environmental benefits, says regional leadership governance group Rau Tipu Rau Ora. At a meeting last week the group presented its “position statement” on managing exotic afforestation incentives consultation submission directly to Minister of Forestry Stuart Nash, who was in Gisborne.[…]

New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, has announced Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui) and Nomura Holdings, Inc (Nomura), have entered into an agreement to purchase a 100% shareholding of New Forests. The agreement, which is subject to regulatory approval and expected to be completed by December 2022,[…]

Stora Enso, Tornator and WWF Finland have launched a three-year cooperation to improve the condition of Finland’s freshwaters forest streams and to conserve and protect their species. The first voluntary work will take place in summer 2022. The aim of the cooperation is to restore habitats in small waterbodies, mainly in forests, closer to their[…]

Beating the Bark Beetle with Satellite Analytics Berlin, 25 May 2022 Managing and monitoring forests is challenging. They typically cover vast areas while problems like bug infestations occur locally, with devastating effects to the ecosystem and economic damage to the owners. Satellite analytics and solutions company LiveEO today announced a product based on satellite data[…]

Mirax Group has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Interfor Corporation’s Avalon Dryland Log Sort (“Avalon”) assets located in Port Mellon, BC, and will operate through a wholly-owned affiliated company, Avalon Log Sort Inc. Pursuant to the Agreement, Mirax Group will acquire all real property assets of Avalon and will retain all[…]

As governments around the world turn to the benefits of sustainable forest management and forest products to support climate action and post-pandemic economic recovery, a new agreement struck recently at the World Forestry Congress in Seoul will help advance forestry solutions and policy dialogue around the world – The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)[…]