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April 27th, 2011

$8.4 m pilot plant for stronger structural materials

Tembec, an integrated forest products company with operations in Canada and France, has announced plans to build a C$8.4-million pilot plant to develop stronger and more durable structural material made from pulp and modified phenolic resin.

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April 27th, 2011

China’s Imports Soar in 2010 - led by Logs (+22%) and Lumber (+49%)

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April 27th, 2011

Speed construction demonstrated in Beijing

Three storeys, nine apartment units, 8,352 sq. feet and in just 60 hours. Green Home Canada was built at the Beijing International Convention Centre between 24 March 24 and the evening of 27 March to demonstrate the speed, ease and environmental benefits of modular wood construction at the Beijing Green Building Show.

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April 23, 2011

Time for reform of Cameroon’s domestic timber sector

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (23 April, 2011)_The trade in illegally harvested timber provides a living for more than 45,000 people, a major source of income for corrupt officials and not a cent for the state. Follow this 5-part series as I explore Cameroon’s hidden harvest.

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April 18, 2011

Corruption threatens to destroy Cameroon’s domestic timber industry

AOUNDE, Cameroon (18 April, 2011)_The trade in illegally harvested timber provides a living for more than 45,000 people, a major source of income for corrupt officials and not a cent for the state. Follow this 5-part series as I explore Cameroon’s hidden harvest.

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April 20 2011

Swiss water firm taps Kenya’s carbon market

A Swiss water treatment firm is seeking a piece of Kenya’s carbon market through distribution of water purifiers to reduce the use of firewood and kerosene for water treatment in western Kenya.

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21 April 2011

Progress with formal REDD-plus planning in Cameroon

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April 23, 2011

Counting up the carbon captured

Redd Forests, a little company 20 per cent-owned by the Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron, is proving that threatened native forest in Tasmania can have more value standing than if it was logged, by generating carbon credits from it.

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21 Apr 2011

Nearly Half of Amazon Is Protected But Vulnerable

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Apr 23, 2011

Lumber Demand is Increasing Worldwide

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by Dr. Radut