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Forest products industries: Losses or earnings?

Earnings or losses? Have a look how your favourites have performed recently...


Fraser Papers Inc.Fraser Papers has posted a net loss of $13.1 million in its first quarter 2010.

UK government is still struggling to understand deforestation and illegal logging

"Cutting down the worlds forests is responsible for about a fifth of global carbon emissions, but what many people may not realise is that this is linked to the illegal trade in timber. This is a major problem for many timber-producing countries in the developing world. It not only causes environmental damage, but costs governments billions of dollars in lost revenue, often involving corruption and funds armed conflict."

POST Copenhagen: state of affairs in Mid January 2010

January 21, 2010: Copenhagen deal falters as just 20 countries of 192 sign up to declare their global warming strategies

Farmers protect climate by doing Forestry

Austrian Farmers have taken care of both - Farmland and Forests - since centuries because of the close interconnection of agriculture and forestry. Holistic land use management is obligatory for every Austrian farmer. Therefore it's not quite new for Austrian Farmers what the World Agroforestry Centre is concluding:

Critical/valid climate negotiation issues as of September 2009

On the other hand, as one reads through this newsletter, one can see a number of clear pointers as to how the future is likely to look. These are:

Don't Demonize Deforestation - sovereignty matters as well!

October 2012, a note by the editor of ForestIndustries.EU: Although we wrote this article years ago, recent studies proof us to be right. The study "Forests or Agriculture: not necessarily an ‘all or nothing’ trade-off" came up with some interesting conclusions although the authors put higher emphasis on "emission reductions" than an "povertry reductions"...

UK: Woodland creation part of national Low Carbon transition strategy

July 15, 2009: The UK has released its Low Carbon Transition Plan. The Plan plots out how the UK will meet the cut in emissions set out in the budget of 34% on 1990 levels by 2020.

EU grants € 4.5 million to EFI in order to push FLEGT

June 23, 2009: European Commission contributes € 4.5 million to EU FLEGT Facility hosted by EFI to fight illegal logging

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