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Tembec has started up a new biomass boiler at the pulp mill in Tartas, France. This €33.8 million investment will supply 85 t/h of steam to the pulp mill which produces 155,000 t of specialty cellulose pulp annually. The fluidised bed boiler will burn biomass from the industrial process, bark and other harvested wood residuals[…]

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[…]

The Finnish Forest Industries Federation and the Finnish Paper Workers’ Union have concluded a new collective agreement covering workers in the paper industry for the period 1 June 2008 – 31 March 2010. Wages will rise by about 4% at the annual level, the pay system will be reformed and workers’ job security will be[…]

Chilean forestry and paper company CMPC SA CAR.SN plans to invest around $340 million in 2008, and will scale back investment in coming years due to energy shortages, according to a Reuters report. “We are coming down from an average of more than $500 million (in annual investment) because we are coming out of a[…]

New Forests Pty, a specialist investment management and advisory services firm, has reached agreement on the sale of a minority equity position in the company to Generation Investment Management. Generation Investment Management is a London-headquartered fund management business dedicated to long term investment and integrated sustainability research. The link between the two companies will explore[…]

Skogsnolia – one of Sweden’s most important industry trade fairs – is strengthening its collaboration with the trade association, MaskinLeverantörerna Forestry Section, for the supply of mobile machines. “We have long wanted the timing of the different trade fairs in Sweden to result in a fair every other year,” said Björn Bäckström, MaskinLeverantörerna’s CEO. “Nolia[…]

This year is an important one for Komatsu Forest. “Having spent time mustering our strength, we’re now ready to launch our new harvesters, forwarders, control systems, harvesting heads, and fellers on a broad front,” the company reports. “This is actually the most extensive update to our product range for very many years. I’m very proud[…]

Despite the slowing housing market and subsequent downturn afflicting lumber mills, forests in the Pacific Northwest remain a valuable resource with important products that are still in demand. The lumber industry is down 20% from normal production levels as many mills reduce shifts, take downtime or permanently shut down, said Gordon Culbertson, Pacific Northwest region[…]

Paso Pacifico, Carbonfund.org, the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and the Rainforest Alliance have announced an innovative reforestation project, Return to Forest, aimed at combating climate change, conserving biodiversity and supporting local communities in Nicaragua. This project uses carbon finance to restore approximately 410 ha of tropical forest in Central America’s most critically endangered[…]

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[…]