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02 February 2010

New pellet facility in Russia

CJSC North-West Group of Companies finished works on construction of pellet mill worth 300 mln RUR (€ 7.14 mln) in Podporozhye (Leningrad region) with Anritz (Denmark), BRUKS (Germany) and Komforts (Latvia) machinery installed.

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Feb 5, 2010

Assisted natural regeneration of forests

The need for an effective and low cost forest and biodiversity restoration and rehabilitation methods is now highlighted in the face of climate change and the global phenomenon of rapid loss of forests and biodiversity. An estimated 850 million hectares of degraded forests exist globally.

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February 2, 2010

Uganda: Roads to Ruin

It is possible that the environmental challenge in Africa that will have the biggest impact on the rest of the world is the degradation of the Congo Basin rainforest.  According to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, in her 2009 book

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

International Paper Puts $2 Billion on Its Black Liquor Tab

Studying the fine print of tax legislation helped International Paper earn more than $2 billion last year in black liquor credits from the federal government.

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Feb. 3, 2010

Wood WORKS! BC congratulates four BC communities on adopting Wood First Resolutions

 

VANCOUVER, Feb. 3 /CNW/ - Wood WORKS! BC executive director

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February 3, 2010

Ghana: Cross River inches toward carbon credit facility

An international forestry monitoring group, Nature Conservation Resource Centre (NCRC) has completed an 11- day study tour of the carbon stock of forest projects in Cross River State in line with the state’s agitatio

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February 3, 2010

Guyana: Climate Change Funds

 

 

Issue date: 
04 February 2010

Statistics: Russian timber industry in 2009

According to the Ministry of Economic Development, fiberboard production output decreased by 26.1%, of chipboards – by 20.7%, plywood – by 18.7%, sawn timber 12.2%, door and window units – by 33.4 and 46.1% respectively.

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February 4, 2010

THE FOREST INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE: What Will It Look Like?

I was recently asked to speak at the North Carolina Forestry Association’s annual meeting in Myrtle Beach on the above captioned topic. Before agreeing to the talk, I had to think about it for a while. The quote “Its tough to make predictions, especially about the future” attributed to Yogi Berra, as most quotes are, hung in my mind for a few days. But I took a shot at it and later agreed to share some of those thoughts with TMS readers.

Issue date: 
04.02.2010

Palm oil plantations are now 'forests,' says EU

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission and some EU member states hope to redefine palm oil plantations as "forests," according to a leaked document from the EU executive.

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