/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ TORONTO, March 10, 2010 /CNW/ - Norbord Inc. (the "Corporation") (TSX:
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RICHMOND, BC, March 10 /CNW/ - Catalyst Paper Corporation (TSX:CTL) today announced the closing of the private exchange offer and consent solicitation (as amended and supplemented, the "Exchange Offer") of Catalyst's 11% Senior Secured Notes due December 15, 2016 (the "New Notes") for its outstanding 8
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Depending on our own personal perspectives we, as a society, place a variety of different values of forests. The first that comes to my mind is to value the forest in terms of its value as timber. Beyond this forests have a value as a biological reserve, recreational resource, as a spiritual touchstone and as [...]
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I have written a lot on this blog about the 'logging loophole' in the Copenhagen climate negotiations. This loophole would allow developed countries to escape accountability for forestry emissions by hiding them in a "projected" baseline, rather than measuring actual changes in emissions.The collapse of the formal UN talks in Copenhagen left accounting rules for Land Use, Land-Use Change and...
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United Steelworkers (USW) members employed by Canfor in 15 operations in the BC northern and southern interior regions have ratified a four-year collective agreement, retroactive to June 30, 2009.
Members in USW Locals 1-424, 1-427 and 1-405 voted in majority favour of the agreement that was reached on February 22, 2010.
The agreement provides union members with an unprecedented expansion of seniority retention and improved severance in the event of a partial...
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Catalyst Paper has announced that it resubmitted a proposal to the union that could allow for the restart of the Elk Falls paper mill at a labour cost, all in, of approximately $40 per hour.
This reflects current market realities and includes changes to wages and benefits similar to those already implemented with management and staff employees. The company also indicated that, to date, 63% of eligible hourly workers at the Elk Falls operation have elected the...
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Softwood lumber prices were up in both North America and Europe in the 4Q, but it was more the result of lower inventory levels and reduced production rather than an increase in demand, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The hot market for lumber last year was China, which increased imports by 75% thereby passing Japan as the largest importer in Asia....
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International Forexst Industries / SFI WASHINGTON - The independent Sustainable Forestry Initiativer (SFIr) program - one of the world’s leading third-party forest certification programs - continues to grow exponentially, recently achieving 2,000 chain-of-custody certified locations. (more…)
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Democracy Now!, 9 March 2010 | [Amy Goodman interviews Johann Hari and Christine MacDonald.] The second issue is more complex to explain and buried in acronyms, which I apologize to your viewers for, but is really important. It’s called REDD. It’s the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation program. And it’s the absolute centerpiece of how we’re going to build a global agreement to get beyond this. It failed at Copenhagen. It’s going to have to be there in any agreement. And at the...
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Current Climate Issues blog, 8 March 2010 | New research out today from Sandbag Climate Change compiled in association with www.carbonmarketdata.comreveals the top ten companies set to profit from the EU carbon market. The Carbon Fat Cats List, dominated by steel and cement companies, could share a surplus of pollution permits worth €3.2 billion by 2012 [1]. This is more than double the EU's investment of €1.5 billion in renewable energy and clean technology as part of the economic...
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TORONTO, March 10, 2010 /CNW/ - Sino-Forest Corporation (TSX: TRE) will host its fourth quarter and year-end 2009 earnings conference call and live webcast on Tuesday, March 16 at 8:30 am EST. A full copy of the company's earnings release, financial statements and
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By Marc Gunther, ClimateBiz.com, 12 February 2010 | [Interview with Jeff Horowitz, Avoided Deforestation Partners] MG: So why don't you -- let's take several categories of businesses, since this is a business audience, and try to summarize what the business opportunity is for each of these groups, starting with the regulated utilities like AEP and Duke Energy and PG&E. What's the opportunity for that group? JH: Well, I think it's very clear that these groups understand...
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RICHMOND, BC, March 9 /CNW/ - Catalyst Paper (TSX:CTL) today announced that it resubmitted a proposal to the union that could allow for the restart of the Elk Falls paper mill at a labour cost, all in, of approximately $40 per hour. This reflects current market realities and includes changes to
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Austrian-based specialist label papers and flexible packaging papers producer Brigl & Bergmeister has announced the appointment of Michael Sablatnig as its new Managing Director.
Sablatnig has 25 years extensive industry experience, having previously held the position of Chief Commercial Officer
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Western Forest Products currently leases land from the Nanaimo Port Authority for its downtown mill. The mill has been closed for a year.
Talks are now underway that may see that downtown mill move to the site of the Harmac pulp mill that is located on 500 hectares of land at Duke Point. Then the mill could be set up as an employee-owned model similar to Harmac's.
The workers at the Western Forest Products mill are represented by the...
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Chile's key forestry sector may see exports fall by around 15 percent this year after a giant earthquake destroyed processing plants, an industry executive told the daily Diario Financiero, accordong to Reuters.com.
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Fraser Papers Inc. has announced that the specialty papers business, to emerge from creditor protection under the company's restructuring proposal, will be named "Twin Rivers Paper Company".
The new specialty papers business will consist of the integrated pulp, energy and paper operations in Edmundston, New Brunswick and Madawaska, Maine, as well as two lumber mills located in Plaster Rock and Juniper...
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Abstract:
There is wider issue that why the poor become victims not only of environmental degradation but also from environmental improvements is central in community forestry programme. Based on the study of three community forestry user groups of Dhankuta district of eastern development region of Nepal I argue that there is social heterogeneity and resource diversity in the groups that has been given less attention in the programme. Also, there is...
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Stronger-than-expected growth in fourth quarter and strong demand in some emerging markets balance declining sales in regions affected by downturn TORONTO, March 9 /CNW/ - Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing
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