Januar 2010

Chinese to buy a stake in Canadian viscose rayon fibre producer

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

China's largest producer of rayon fibre has bought an ownership position in a northern Vancouver Island pulp mill, providing it with needed capital and assured access to the Chinese market.

Port Alice's Neucel Specialty Cellulose announced Friday that it has entered into a deal with Zhejian Fulida Ltd. that will inject new capital and ownership into the northern Vancouver Island pulp mill. Part of the deal includes a long-term supply agreement.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
January 30, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.vancouversun.com
Autor: 
Gordon Hamilton
Author e-Mail: 
ghamilton@vancouversun.com
Reference-Link: 

http://www.vancouversun.com/Chinese+stake+Vancouver+Island+pulp+mill/250...

Energieholzpreise: Achtung bei "günstigen Angeboten"!

Was bedeutet ein Preisangebot von 60.- EUR pro to atro für Energieholz? Was kostet dann der Festmeter des gleichen Energieholzes?

Ein Beispiel:

Ein Waldbesitzer hat für den Verkauf von Energieholz zwei verschiedene Kaufanbote vorliegen:

Kaufanbot von Händler A: 60.-/to atro EUR
Kaufanbot von Händler B: 33.-/fm EUR
Beide Händler liefern an den gleichen Abnehmer und für beide gilt im Werk das atro Gewicht bei der Übernahme als Verrechnungsbasis.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
2007-02-25
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.bwv.at
Autor: 
DI. Herbert Sattler
Author e-Mail: 
sattler@bwv.at
Reference-Link: 

http://www.bwv.at/news.php?id=19

Satellites being used to track illegal logging, rosewood trafficking in Madagascar

Forests / Waelder: Illegal logging, Illegale Holzschlägerungen, FLEG

Analysts in Europe and the United States are using high resolution satellite imagery to identify and track shipments of timber illegally logged from rainforest parks in Madagascar. The images could be used to help prosecute traders involved in trafficking and put pressure on companies using rosewood sourced from Madagascar.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
January 28, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://news.mongabay.com/
Autor: 
Rhett A. Buttler
Reference-Link: 

http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0128-madagascar.html

UK to plant eucalyptus in order to rise renewable energy share

Britain’s forest cover could double under a plan to map every underused piece of land for potential conversion to plantations to feed wood and crop-burning power stations.

Millions of fast-growing trees, such as eucalyptus and willow, could be planted on moorland, hillsides, former industrial areas and even land owned by conservation bodies such as the National Trust .

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
January 21, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
Autor: 
Ben Webster, Environment Editor
Reference-Link: 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6995796.ece

Sino-Forest Signs Long-term Master Agreement to Acquire Trees in Guizhou Province

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie, Plattenindustrie, Pulpwood, Holzfaser/Faser+ Schleifholz, Biomasse, Fibre, Pulp- and Paperindustry, Panel Industry, Boardindustry

 TORONTO, Jan. 28 /CNW/ - Sino-Forest Corporation (TSX: TRE) ("Sino-Forest"), a leading commercial forest plantation operator in China, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sino-Panel (China) Investments Limited has entered into a Master Agreement for the Purchase of Pine and Chinese Fir Plantation Forests (the "Guizhou Master Agreement") with Guizhou Sen Li Industry Company Limited ("Guizhou Sen Li"), which will act as the authorized agent for the original forest rights holders.

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Issue date: 
Jan. 28, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.newswire.ca
Reference-Link: 

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/28/c4632.html

REDDucing the Effects of Climate Change

Forests / Waelder: REDD+

Article series

It’s been a month after COP 15, the UN Climate Change conference that was supposed to give the world a new system for reducing carbon emissions.

A month to reflect, regroup, and respond to this reporter’s questions about what happened, and what didn’t, in Copenhagen.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
January 27, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://capenews.net
Reference-Link: 

http://capenews.net/blogs/under_the_lens/2010/01/27/the-month-after-cope...

Swaziland: Sappi in talks with potential buyers for closed Usutu business

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

Paper and pulp producer Sappi, which is in the final stages of closing its Usutu operations, in Swaziland, has received approaches from several interested buyers, but it could not disclose the nature of the bids at this stage.

Sappi CEO Ralph Boëttger said that the decision to close Usutu by the end of January, had been a "tough and unfortunate" one for the group, but he also stressed that it was the "right business decision".

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
28th January 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Autor: 
Terence Creamer
Author e-Mail: 
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/author.php?u_id=13
Reference-Link: 

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sappi-in-talks-with-potential-b...

Report: British Columbia to spent 50% of it's land for forest conservation

Forests / Waelder: Naturschutz, Conserveration, Biodiversität, Biodiversity

Nature, Carbon and Climate Change in British Columbia
by Dr. Jim Pojar; Commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of ENGOs including ForestEthics
January 28th, 2010

New report and accompanying letter signed by top international scientists and environmental thinkers urges government to integrate nature conservation into provincial climate action strategy.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
January 28th, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.forestethics.ca
Autor: 
Dr. Jim Pojar
Reference-Link: 

http://www.forestethics.ca/new-climate-for-conservation-report

Reforestation vital for Africa & climate: Developer

Forests / Waelder: REDD+

Forestry / Forstwirtschaft: afforestation, Aufforstung

A forest carbon developer has claimed the first validation of a reforestation project to the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), using the opportunity to argue for what it sees as the critical role for forest planting in a sector where attention is turning very much to avoided deforestation, or REDD.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.carbonpositive.net
Reference-Link: 

http://www.carbonpositive.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=1862

Using woodlands to cut emissions

Forests / Waelder: Senke, sinks, LULUCF, Carbon, Kohlenstoff

The UK is one of the least forested countries in Europe. The growing maturity of UK woodlands means that carbon sequestration is falling rapidly. From Carbon Commentary, part of the Guardian Environment Network

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
Monday 25 January 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk
Reference-Link: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/25/woodlands-cut-emisssions

Kolumbien: Biosprit gefährdet Mensch und Natur

Wien (pte/27.01.2010/12:50) -

Agrotreibstoffe aus Palmöl oder Zuckerrohr gefährden die Umwelt und bringen zahlreiche soziale Probleme mit sich. Das betont die kolumbianische Politologin Paula Alvarez Roa, Expertin für Organisationen im Bereich Umwelt und ländlicher Raum bei der NGO Grupo Semillas http://www.semillas.org.co, gegenüber pressetext.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
27.01.2010/12:50
Publisher-Link: 
http://pressetext.at/
Autor: 
Johannes Pernsteiner
Author e-Mail: 
pernsteiner@pressetext.com
Reference-Link: 

http://www.pressetext.at/news/100127112/kolumbien-biosprit-gefaehrdet-me...

Malaysia to sign FLEGT agreement with EU

Forests / Waelder: Illegal logging, Illegale Holzschlägerungen, FLEG

MALAYSIA'S timber products will use the "green lane" to the European market next year, in line with the implementation of the European Union's (EU) timber trade legislation, says the EU ambassador Vincent Piket.

Malaysia is undertaking a bilateral voluntary partnership with the EU under its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action plan to ensure that only licensed and certified timber enter the EU markets.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
2010/01/26
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.btimes.com.my
Autor: 
Rupa Damodaran
Reference-Link: 

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/rup250c2/Article/

Firms Partner to Develop Carbon Offsets From Forests in Arkansas, Missouri

Forests / Waelder: Bindung, sequestration, Senke, sinks, stocks, Vorrat, Carbon, Kohlenstoff

SAN DIEGO - A California firm and a Missouri company are collaborating to develop carbon offsets from more than 300,000 acres of privately owned forest in the Ozarks Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
1/15/2010 8:52:49 AM
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com
Reference-Link: 

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=119652.54928.131775&vie...

Vyborgskaya Cellulose and Ekman & Co collaborate on the world's largest wood pellet plant in Russia

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Pellets, Pellets

Moscow. Jan 26, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Vyborgskaya Cellulose is building the world's largest wood pellet plant at its facility in Russia near the border with Finland. Production capacity will be over 900,000 tons per year. Construction of the plant is underway and productionis planned to start in the 3Q of 2010, the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
Jan 26, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://wood.lesprom.com
Reference-Link: 

http://wood.lesprom.com/news/42578/

Forestry sector needs transparency to reduce risks of REDD

Forests / Waelder: REDD+, Land tenure rights, Landnutzungsrechte

A new project aims to increase transparency in the forestry sector, an area long plagued by corruption and mismanagement.

The Forest Sector Transparency Report Card, launched by Global Witness, an environmental NGO, assesses 70 transparency indicators, evaluating the public availability of land use maps, logging contracts, and other forestry-related information in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Peru. The effort will eventually be expanded to other countries.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
January 25, 2010
Publisher-Link: 
http://news.mongabay.com
Reference-Link: 

http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0125-transparency.html