Forestry

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…)

Logset Oy have recently announced that they have entered into a new distribution agreement with their current Southern UK dealer, RJ Fukes Forestry Services. (more…)

In 2009 the national farm income in Ireland was down 25% on 2008 and the year on year fall in product prices coupled with cuts in farm schemes has provoked renewed interest in forestry. Forestry provides an attractive alternative to farmers faced with challenging times ahead as it contributes to the bottom line from the very [...]

A forest fire burning near Dunedin is highlighting the risk of natural disasters to carbon which run into millions of dollars, Carbon News reported last week. (more…)

According to Tony Hu, managing director of Toronto’s Monarch Corp. in Shanghai developers are raising less than 600 wood framed houses each year and few of the approximate 1.3 billion people living in China have the luxury of calling a house with a garden their home. “What I’m talking about is 100 per cent two-by-four housing [...]

The 11th edition of INTERFORST, International Trade Fair for Forestry and Forest Technology with Scientific Conferences and Special Shows, will be held at the Munich Trade Fair Centre from 14 to 18 July 2010 (more…)

When talking of the forests of the ocean you might be forgiven for thinking that I am talking about coral. But it is whales that are referred to as forests of the ocean due to their ability to store large amounts of carbon in their bodies. Much like when a tree is cut down, whales [...]

Matariki Forests announced on 19 February that it has completed the investment by Phaunos Timber Fund Limited in the Matariki Forestry Group. (more…)

Top bidding for Forestry Plantations Queensland Bloomberg reported last week that U.S.-based Hancock Natural Resource Group Inc., Global Forest Partners LP and Rayonier Inc. are among the top international contenders submitting bids for a 99-year lease to manage 210,000 hectares of plantations from Forestry Plantations Queensland. (more…)

It seems that community forestry programmes in Indonesia are becoming a victim of their own success. Illegal loggers in Lampung not satisfied with their territory in the Bukit Barisan Selatan and Way Kambas national parks are now targeting reforestation areas managed under community forestry programmes. West Lampung Forestry Office head Fauzi said large volumes of illegally [...]

As the Fire Paradox project is holding its closing meeting in Freiburg, Germany, two new reports are published in EFI series proving science based knowledge that can assist policy makers to develop common strategies to elaborate and implement integrated fire management policies.

As the Fire Paradox project is holding its closing meeting in Freiburg, Germany, two new reports are published in EFI series proving science based knowledge that can assist policy makers to develop common strategies to elaborate and implement integrated fire management policies.

Last week the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched a new high level group aimed at addressing climate change. Heading the group will be the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The aim is to mobilise financing to aid developing countries in order to combat the effects of rising temperatures [...]

Last week the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched a new high level group aimed at addressing climate change. Heading the group will be the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The aim is to mobilise financing to aid developing countries in order to combat the effects of rising temperatures [...]

Gunns Ltd’s first half profit slumped 98 per cent as the woodchipper moves to restructure its operations and secure long-awaited funding for its controversial Bell Bay pulp mill reports Business Spectator. (more…)

Rising commodity prices are spurring new interest by Asian forestry giant Sinar Mas in the shuttered Mackenzie pulp mill reports Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun. Tanner Elton head of the Mackenzie Pulp Mill Development Corp., said last week that talks are taking place with Sinar Mas, the parent company of Asia Pulp & Paper, to purchase the pulp mill. (more…)

It was reported that eleven tropical rainforest countries met on Tuesday. Among them were: Indonesia, Brazil, Gabon, Costa Rica, Congo, Cameroon, Colombia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Democratic Republic of Congo. At that ministerial meeting, held in Indonesia’s Bali province, they all agreed to commit to a sustainable forest management system. The group otherwise known as [...]

It has been announced that the Indonesian Forestry Ministry is drafting a decree that will include palm oil plantations in the forest sector to comply with international standards in reducing carbon emissions. Hikmat Soeriatanuwijava a Greenpeace Indonesia media campaigner warned that the policy involving converting palm oil plantations into forest could lead to massive forest [...]

Europe’s research driven clusters in sustainable forest management and wood based industries will get new co-operation opportunities within the ROKFOR project starting today, 23 February. This cooperative action project ‘Sustainable Forest Management Providing Renewable Energy, Sustainable Construction and Bio-based Products’ (ROKFOR) will join forces in which five European regions in order to create both individual and regional research agendas and action plans in the fields of renewable energy, bio-based products and sustainable construction. The regions involved are Baden-Württemberg in Germany, Aquitaine in France, Basque country in Spain, Catalonia in Spain, North Karelia in Finland, as well as Croatia and Serbia. The three-year project is based on each region’s current strengths in the forest sector. The project also aims to strengthen and promote competitiveness within the forest sectors without jeopardizing sustainability.