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German power giant RWE intends to further extend its biomass activities and in particular the use of wood as fuel in cogeneration power stations. To support this strategy, RWE Innogy Cogen, a subsidiary of RWE Innogy, has signed a contract with the tree nursery P&P, based in Eitelborn, Germany. The agreement forms the basis for[…]

Deere & Co has announced plans to significantly expand its presence in Russia, one of the most important growth markets of the company in both agriculture and forestry. Deere has signed an agreement with the Government and local authorities to invest approximately $80 million in a central operations centre which includes a distribution, replacement parts[…]

Financial incentives for cutting carbon emissions could earn developing countries up to $13 billion in carbon credits per year – but there are several issues for policymakers to tackle first, says a new study. The study, published in the latest issue Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, analyses the best ways to reward developing[…]

Ponsse’s Board of Directors has decided on the new compositions of the Group Management Team and the Sales Management Group as of June 1, 2008. Mikko Laurila was appointed as a member of the Sales Management Group and Vice President responsible for the North European Business area and Sales Director for Finland of Ponsse Group.[…]

The Center for Biological Diversity says one-third of America’s national forests are protected from road-building and other industrial development by the Roadless Area Conservation Rule — but now the administration is working state-by-state to open these treasured places to logging, mining and other development. “As it gets ready to head out the door, the Bush[…]

The plunging demand for lumber will lead to significant losses of residual chips, crucial input to North American pulp and paper mills. “This will likely be the worst-ever,” a company analyst has told International Woodfiber Report. “The chip slump, predicted for several quarters but realised to only a lesser degree through 2007, will arrive in[…]

Procter & Gamble and Domtar Corp have joined the North America Forest & Trade Network (NAFTN) in a bid to make their wood-based products more sustainably sourced. This announcement from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is the second development to cast a spotlight on the issue of sustainable forest sourcing. On Tuesday, ForestEthics and Dogwood[…]

The PEFC Council has issued a position paper on the carbon issue and forest certification. The paper outlines possible links between the mitigation of global climate change and carbon emission and their interactions with forest certification activities. PEFC believes that any credible mechanism of carbon credit trading must recognise and reward the carbon sink created[…]

The World Bank will embark on afforestation program in 12 northern states of Nigeria, an official of Nigerian Forestry Association (NFA) has been quoted as saying, according to an online report out of China on ChinaDaily.com. The states included are said to be Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Borno, Bauchi, Zamfara, Yobe, Niger, Sokoto and[…]

Finnish wood supplier, the Ruukki Group, will continue with attempts to establish a business base in Russia after following the rejection of its previous proposal was rejected, according to Bloomberg report. “If we’re not able to finalise the overall agreements and priority-investor status by the end of this year, I’ll be very disappointed,” CEO Matti[…]