Leading equipment suppliers Ponsse and Tigercat have gone head-to-head on the Discovery channel’s Mean Machines program aired in Canada and the United Kingdon earlier this year. The Ponsse BuffaloKing and a Tigercat 1075 were put through their paces in tests of speed, accuracy, load capacity, precision and stability. Speed Test: The operators needed to drive[…]
A mediator has been appointed to try to broker a deal on the fate of 29,000 acres of giant, 2,000-year-old California redwood trees, which environmentalists and loggers battled over in the 1990s, according to an ENN report. US Judge Richard Schmidt expressed frustration at the slow pace Maxxam subsidiary Pacific Lumber was moving since filing[…]
Research by management consulting firm ÉEM has indicated certification for wood and paper products by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is the most effective certification system for managing Canadian forests, a GreenBiz.com report said. The results compare FSC certification to three other standards used in Canada, the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI),[…]
Swedish drying kiln and equipment supplier, WSAB, has received a large order from Sib Export Group in Russia including two progressive kilns and seven compartment kilns. The deal is a part of the largest sawmill investment program in Russia where $100 million is being poured into a green-field sawmill close to Irkutsk in Siberia. The[…]
Swedish drying kiln and equipment supplier, WSAB, has received a large order from Sib Export Group in Russia including two progressive kilns and seven compartment kilns. The deal is a part of the largest sawmill investment program in Russia where $100 million is being poured into a green-field sawmill close to Irkutsk in Siberia. The[…]
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[…]
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.[…]