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[…]
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[…]
People with an interest in the developing woodfuel industry are invited to register for an important international conference and workshop entitled ‘The Woodfuel Supply Chain – Sharing Experience’, in Warwick, England in September this year. It is being jointly organised by the Biomass Energy Centre and IEA Bioenergy to share experience and knowledge among practitioners[…]
Total forest, paper and packaging (FPP) deal values increased to $27.6 billion in 2007, up $1.9bn on 2006, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Branching Out report. Deal values were well up in the first quarter of 2008 reaching $11.8bn, although the outlook for the rest of this year is more uncertain. North America’s share of deal activity[…]
A team of scientists may have solved the riddle of why plants that work with bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen gas into an essential biological nutrient (ammonia) tend to prevail in the world’s tropical regions rather than higher latitudes. In a paper published this week in Nature, the authors – including Dr Ying Ping Wang[…]
UPM estimates the result for its sawn timber business will be weaker than forecast in the second quarter of 2008. Also the full year profitability outlook for the sawn timber business within the Wood Products Division is expected to further weaken markedly. UPM will start employee negotiations for the possible closure of Leivonmäki sawmill in[…]
Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB) and the Tropical Forest Trust (TFT) announced that the major timber company has more than doubled the amount of certified rainforest it operates in the Congo Basin, creating the largest ever tract of contiguous certified tropical forest in the world, a total of 750,000 ha. To meet the standards for[…]
Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2008 has been released by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The 2008 report was prepared by the Montreal Process Implementation Group for Australia (MIG) on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments. It can be viewed on adl.brs.gov.au. A3P CEO Neil Fisher said, “The report is[…]
The world’s oldest known living tree, a conifer that first took root at the end of the last Ice Age, has been discovered in Sweden, according to an online National Geographic report. The visible portion of the (4 m ‘Christmas tree’ isn’t ancient, but its root system has been growing for 9,550 years, according to[…]