September 2009

Radiata Pine shortage crimps U.S. domestic market

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Sägeindustrie, Schnittholz, Lumber, Holzprodukte, Sägerundholz, sawlogs, Woodworking industry, Saw milling industry, Timber products

By  Sam Sherrill, Deputy Editor, Crow's, RISI

PORTLAND, OR, Sept. 28, 2009 (RISI) - Few people within the industry five years ago would have thought there would be any possibility of a Pine shortage in U.S. markets. But few people would have believed housing was on the brink of an implosion, either. The last five years have brought about dramatic changes in both production levels and demand volumes that have totally redefined Pine availability for U.S. remanufacturers.

Mayr-Melnhof Holz GmbH and LSR Group to launch the largest wood-processing plant in Northwest Russia

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Sägeindustrie, Woodworking industry, Saw milling industry

September 25, 2009 Phase 1 of the LLC MM-Efimovsky wood-processing plant was officially launched in the village of Chudtsy, Boksitogorsky district, Leningrad region. The joint project of the Austrian company, Mayr-Melnhof Holz GmbH and LSR Group was realized by MM-Efimovsky with the support of the Leningrad Region Government.  Total investment volume amounted to EUR 80 billion.

Roads and Rainforests - of course they matter...

Forests / Waelder: REDD+, FLEG

Forestry / Forstwirtschaft: Forststraßenbau, road construction

Chainsaws, bulldozers, and fires are tools of rainforest destruction, but roads are enablers.

REDD plans move forward despite concerns

Forests / Waelder: REDD+, Klimawandel, Klimaänderung, Climate change, Land tenure rights, Indigenous people, Local communities, Landnutzungsrechte, Lokale Bevölkerung, Ureinwohner

As part of the programme for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD, see Update 57), Guyana, Panama and Indonesia submitted readiness preparation proposals (R-PPs), necessary for funding through the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. The Bank's technical advisory panel and NGOs have raised concerns about the R-PPs, especially regarding indigenous rights and the identification of the key drivers of deforestation.

Norske Skog to sell Hebei mill in China

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie, Pulp- and Paperindustry

Sept 24 2009  Norske Skog has entered into an agreement with Chinese Shandong Huatai Paper to sell Norske Skog Hebei mill in Zhaoxian, China. The price is around 800 million Norwegian Kroner.

Woodplantations will help developing countries to establish Sustainable Forest Management

Forestry / Forstwirtschaft: Forstplantage, Industrial forest plantation

“The world needs more effective and focused international action on tropical forests. That will help
reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and also mitigate the effects of climate change.” 

Kanadische GLV will Christ Water Technology kaufen

Kanadische GLV will Christ Water Technology kaufen

Ein öffentliches Übernahmeangebot ist geplant. Der größte CWT-Aktionär, die WAB Privatstiftung, unterstützt das Angebot.

Wien - Der kanadische Technologiekonzern GLV Inc. beabsichtigt die börsennotierte Christ Water Technology mit Holding-Sitz in Mondsee zu einem Barkaufpreis von 3,35 Euro je Aktie zur Gänze zu übernehmen.

GLV to Purchase the Shares of Austria-Based Christ Water Technology AG (CWT)?

MONTREAL, Sept. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - (All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.) GLV Inc.

Germany to pay $ 650 million in order to protect Rainforests in Ecuador

Forests / Waelder: REDD+, Klimawandel, Klimaänderung, Climate change

Germany has apparently agreed to fund a significant portion of Ecuador's scheme to leave Amazon rainforest oil reserves in the ground, according to Business Green.

Social causes of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

Forests / Waelder: Deforestation, REDD+

Understanding the web of social groups involved in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is key to containing forest loss, argues a leading Amazon researcher writing in the journal Ecology and Society.

EU and US to dissent on how to agree a new climate deal

Forests / Waelder: Klimawandel, Klimaänderung, Climate change

The dispute between the US and Europe is over the way national carbon reduction targets would be counted. Europe has been pushing to retain structures and systems set up under the Kyoto protocol, the existing global treaty on climate change. US negotiators have told European counterparts that the Obama administration intends to sweep away almost all of the Kyoto architecture and replace it with a system of its own design.

Forest certification in war - some interesting insights...

Forests / Waelder: Forest certification, Forstzertifizierung

Now that the forest-certification movement is running out of steam, two groups involved in promoting sustainable forestry have responded by declaring war on each other.

Biomass plant plans in Wisconsin

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Bark, Waldhackgut, Wood residues, Wood chips, Hackgut, Bioenergie

A proposal by We Energies to generate power by burning waste wood at a Wisconsin paper mill comes at a time when the paper industry and environmentalists have raised concerns about another wood-burning power plant in northern Wisconsin.

China is the major importer of forest products globally

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Holzprodukte, Timber products

Imports of Logs, Lumber and Pulp to China Increased Substantially in the 2Q/09 as the Country’s Economy Grow by Almost 8%, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
China became the major import destination for many globally traded forest products in 2009. The country is the world’s largest importer of wood pulp and logs, and was the 2nd largest importer of softwood lumber in the world in the 2Q/09, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.