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A group of nine non-governmental organisations, including Greenpeace, has launched a proposal for a national agreement to end Amazon deforestation at an event attended by the Brazilian Minister of Environment and State Governors in October. The proposal aims to achieve a broad commitment from sectors of the Brazilian Government and civil society for measures to[…]

Some 13 million people were formally employed in the forestry sector worldwide in 2000. The Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-based Products: An introduction, produced by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Resources Institute, represents a significant step forward in helping organizations of all sizes and types find their place in ensuring[…]

The Forest Dialogues, a multi-stakeholder initiative whose objective is to improve the sustainable management of forests, has published its findings and recommendations following a discussion surrounding European smallholdings. The scoping dialogue took place in Brussels at the end of June 2007 and brought together 35 leading players from the forestry sector in a discussion aimed[…]

The US Forest Service has revised its guidelines for management of wildlife on national forests in Arizona and New Mexico, and in doing so has rejected a decade of restoration-based forest management, according to a ENN report. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has filed a formal objection to the first logging project to be[…]

An ecologically strategic piece of one of the world’s most threatened habitats – the Atlantic Forest of Brazil – will be reforested and protected as part of a partnership brokered by Rainforest Alliance and organisers of the Transat Jacques Vabre, according to an ENN report. Jacques Vabre – the coffee brand behind the transatlantic yacht[…]

With deforestation as the second leading source of climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, experts are focusing the discussion on the viability of compensating countries for protecting their forests, according to information from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The proposal ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation’ (RED) was not included in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)[…]

A Forestry Financial expert says the crunch that will determine how long the US lumber crisis lasts will not hit until March or April of 2008, according to a report from online news service, Opinion250. “The sub prime mortgage issue will hit home next spring when all of the mortgages become due” says the analyst.[…]

Metso are to supply Keuruun Lämpövoima Oy with a biomass boiler plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the town of Keuruu, Finland.The boiler plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture MW Power Oy. Equipment related to environmental systems will be delivered by Metso’s Power business line. The total value of the investment[…]

Anders Ragnarsson is a Swedish-born forester who won’t settle for second best. He spoke with editor Chris Cann following World Bioenergy 2012 about climbing giant trees in the snow, the problems with the green energy movement and riding his Harley Davidson through the Italian Alps. International Forest Industries: How did you get start in the[…]

GradeScan was installed in Anthony Timberland’s, Bearden, Arkansas, mill in January of 2013.  This project moved the mill from partial auto-grading with a linear geometric-only grading system to total automated grading.  The company ordered a second scanner for its Malvern, Arkansas, site in May.  Their production results while operating the scanner during such a brief[…]