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Wood fibre costs, the major cost component when producing wood pulp, increased in practically all major pulp-producing regions around the world in the 2Q/08, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). This was both a result of a continued weakening of the US dollar against most major currencies and because of higher transport[…]

Wood Resource Quarterly reports that softwood sawlog prices increased in Russia during the second quarter, in contrast to the sharp decline noted during the first. Contrary to earlier price movements, this time it was the domestic market rather than the export market that was the main price driver as the housing market in western Russia[…]

MagForestry recently commissioned wood chip plant located in the port of Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo is operating successfully (IFI, February 2008, pp32-35). Production has achieved a target rate of about 2,000 t/d of eucalyptus chips with total production to date of approximately 70,000 t. The annual production target is 500,000 t of wood chips. De-barked[…]

Like most resources in China, wood use has boomed recently. According to the latest news issued by the State Forestry Administration (SFA), China’s outputs of forestry and major forest products rose significantly in 2007. The total forestry output value of the nation reached RMB1.25 trillion yuan, up RMB188.12 billion yuan or 17.66% over the last[…]

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has launched an online survey to monitor the implementation of the Standard for Company Evaluation of FSC Controlled Wood (FSC-STD-40-005 V2-1). As of January 2008, all chain of custody (CoC) certificate holders using non-FSC certified material for their FSC mixed production are obliged to implement the standard. FSC invites all[…]

Family forest owners in the USA, who own nearly two-thirds of the country’s forest lands, have 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[…]

Congo, home to the world’s second largest tropical forest, has launched a review of all timber contracts in an effort to clean up a business rife with corruption and to recoup millions of dollars in lost taxes, according to a report by Environmental News Network (ENN). The World Bank-sponsored initiative will look at 156 deals,[…]

The Tembec and Kruger joint venture, Marathon Pulp., has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its forestry practices on the Big Pic Forest in Ontario, Canada. “This certification demonstrates our desire to expand Tembec’s 2001 commitment to seek third-party FSC certification for all of its forest operations by working with external supply partners to[…]

Today’s view on our planet from space is the clearest ever – land cover changes such as forest fires and concession roads can be easily detected with the latest Earth Observation (EO) technologies. A project of FSC, the European Space Agency (ESA) and several partners shows how the latest EO technology improves its potential as[…]

Fourteen states have been selected as the first developing country members of an innovative partnership and international financing mechanism to combat tropical deforestation and climate change. The 14 developing countries include six in Africa (the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar); five in Latin America (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Panama); and[…]