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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[…]

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[…]

Recent allegations made by Greenpeace that Danzer Group evaded paying taxes in the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo are totally without foundation, the company, the world’s largest manufacturer of hardwood veneers, says. “They are an absurd, populist gimmick designed to cloud the current public discussion surrounding tax evasion in a misleading[…]

The US Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) has announced an open call for Requests for Pre-proposals (RFPs) under its initiative, “Forest Investment Zones: Co-creating Innovation and Learning at the Regional Level.” This initiative will serve as a signature programmatic focus of the Endowment’s investments. “Forest Investment Zones” is envisioned as a four-year initiative[…]

In Canada, Ontario will protect at least 225,000 km2 of the Far North Boreal region under its Far North Planning initiative. Scientists, First Nation and Métis communities will collaborate to map and permanently protect an interconnected network of conservation lands across the Far North. The McGuinty government will work with all northern communities and resource[…]