One of the world’s largest brands of cut-sheet paper has earned Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody certification from the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program. Xerox Corporation will now be able to purchase and sell FSC-certified paper at 77 distribution centres in 17 countries in North America and Europe – covering the greatest geographic area of any[…]
Forestry Tasmania’s operating profit had been cut from A$25 million to just over $500,000 in the past four years, the company revealed at Government Business Enterprise hearings last week. Forestry chief executive Bob Gordon blamed the loss on tough trading conditions with a volatile market, a substantial drop in wood sales, and rising contractor costs,[…]
Ghana’s forest cover has declined by more than 75% since the country gained independence in 1957, according to a report in the Accra Mail. Ghana’s Forestry Minister, Esther Obeng Dapaah, told the annual general meeting of the Ghana Timber Association that forest cover in the country now stood at below 2 Mha, compared to 8[…]
Peru President Alan Garcia has criticized those who question Peru’s active natural resource utilisation, and emphasized the need for Peru to continue its utilisation of such resources, the Tropical Forest Trust reported. President of Peru’s Exporters Association Lumber Committee, Herbert Frey, said exporters in the sector accepted the President’s challenge to better use natural resources,[…]
A group of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) member companies is calling for public policies that make the best use of the forestry sector’s carbon profile and carbon cycle. The Sustainable Forest Products Industry (SFPI) working group proposes six key points that those responsible for devising forestry and carbon policies need to know,[…]
The provincial government is capable of stabilising the forest industry in New Brunswick, Canada, but is dragging its heels, New Brunswick Forest Products Association head Mark Arsenault has been quoted as saying. The comments related to the time taken for the Government to issue its biomass and long-term wood supply policies, the Telegraph-Journal said. “I[…]
For years, Indonesia has made money by chopping down its forests. Now it wants to earn billions by preserving what is left, according to a report from Planet Arc in the lead up to this week’s UN climate change talks in Bali. The huge archipelago, with about 10% of the world’s tropical rainforests, is pinning[…]
For years, Indonesia has made money by chopping down its forests. Now it wants to earn billions by preserving what is left, according to a report from Planet Arc in the lead up to this week’s UN climate change talks in Bali. The huge archipelago, with about 10% of the world’s tropical rainforests, is pinning[…]
Vocational training should fortify the ability of workers to handle a wide range of different jobs, while university education should be honed to ensure that training and teaching coincide more closely with the forest industry’s future needs, according to the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. “The forest industry’s vocational and university teaching should come more closely[…]
The National Association of Forest Industries in Australia has welcomed incoming Prime Mininster Kevin Rudd’s move to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Rudd reiterated his intentions at the Bali Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which started this week. NAFI CEO Catherine Murphy said forestry was the only carbon positive industry[…]