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Wood chip costs in Western US, which have been some of the highest in North America, declined 13% in the 3Q, but are currently still 25% higher than a year ago. Another region in the US that has experienced substantial fibre cost changes this year is the Northeast, where hardwood log prices have increased for[…]

The Vale Florestar project, one of mining company Vale’s main environmental projects in the north of Brazil, will benefit 300 Mha in the southeast of Pará. It will enable CO2 sequestration in record volumes. Altogether, more than 11 million seedlings have already been planted and 40,000 ha have been recovered; 15,000 to plant eucalyptus and[…]

Wood fibre prices worldwide have been rising steadily for the past six years, reaching record levels in 2Q/08. Expanding demand for renewable energy may potentially drive prices even higher in many countries in the near future, according to Håkan Ekström, president of Wood Resources International. Since 2002, global average prices for pulpwood have risen 67%[…]

International efforts to combat climate change received a boost in mid September with consensus amongst a diverse group of global forest leaders on a new set of principles dealing with sustainable forestry. A two-day meeting in Washington, organized by The Forests Dialogue (TFD) in conjunction with the World Bank, covered a wide range of issues.[…]

Tembec has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its forestry practices over a 711,020-ha public forest in Senneterre, in Abitibi-East, Quebec. “Achieving FSC certification is the culmination of months of hard work and represents a well-deserved recognition of the efforts of our Senneterre team,” said Dennis Rounsville, Executive Vice President and President of Tembec’s[…]

The latest Research Note from the Forestry Commission provides an update on red band needle blight (RBNB), a serious disease that is increasingly affecting conifer trees in Britain’s forests. Written by Dr Anna Brown and Dr Joan Webber, scientists from the Tree Health Division of Forest Research, it presents the latest information to help foresters[…]

The Finnish forest industry managed to purchase a total of 5.3 million m3 of wood from privately owned domestic forests in August. The industry’s wood supply situation remains dire even though the August purchase amount increased almost threefold from July. The aggregate purchase volume for January-August, 17.4 million m3, is still substantially less than normal.[…]

ConFor has set out its case to UK MEPs opposing the moves by the European Parliament to amend radically the plant protection directive. The EC propose to change the approvals systems for pesticides in Europe from one based on risk assessment to one based on hazard criteria. The effect of these proposed changes will be[…]

As just one product of the highly regulated sustainable active management of designated parts of Australia’s Native Forests, wood chips represent part of the solution to climate change and carbon management in Australia according to Timber Communities of Australia CEO, Jim Adams. It should be remembered that any areas of native forest within Australia that[…]

Tembec has announced limited production curtailments at two of its pulp mills in order to balance inventory levels. The company’s Temcell hardwood high-yield pulp mill located in Temiscaming, Quebec stopped production on August 31 for one week, while its softwood kraft pulp mill located in Tarascon, France will be idled for two weeks commencing September[…]