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Mar 11, 2011

Founding Director of FSC Switzerland Steps Down After 8 Remarkable Years

Germany, Mar 11, 2011 - Mr. Guido Fuchs has resigned from the position of Director of FSC Switzerland after 8 years in the organization. He will continue to provide project support until the new Director takes office on 1 June 2011.

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March 14th, 2011

Lumber stocks react to Japan’s earthquake

There has been a lot of analysis in the last few days concerning the impact the massive earthquake, and tsunami in Japan will have on North American timber markets.

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Mar 14, 2011

Harper Government Invests in Canada's Forest Sector - Catalyst's Powell River Mill

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15 March 2011

The timber harvesting volume in the Republic of Bashkortostan is projected to increase by 30%

The timber harvesting volumes will increase by 30 %, as estimated by Rajap Nabiullin, the Minister for Forestry Complex of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This index was accepted by the Forest Plan and the  Program of Development of the regional Timber Industry Complex.

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16 March 2011

Ilim Timber Industry having acquired Tolleson Lumber becomes Top-10 largest global sawmill producer

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15 March 2011

UPM Applies for FSC certification for its Own Forests in Finland

UPM, Helsinki, 15 March 2011 at 11:00 EET) - UPM applies for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification for its forests in Finland. At the same time UPM also extends its forest service portfolio to cover FSC-certification
services to Finnish forest owners. UPM's forests and most of the privately owned forests in Finland are already certified under PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes).

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Mar 15, 2011

Ilim Group Receives FSC Forest Management Certificate

St. Petersburg, Russia, Mar 15, 2011 - OJSC Ilim Group received a multi-site FSC Forest Management Certificate, which also applies to the Group’s harvesting operations in Siberia (the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk District Branches). This FSC Certificate covers that largest area of certified forest in Russia and the second largest in the world, 3.7 million hectares.

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March 17, 2011

Stora Enso, SCA and International Paper named among The World's Most Ethical Companies

Stora Enso, SCA and International Paper have both been honored by the Ethisphere Institute as Ethical Companies for 2011. Stora Enso has now been selected for the list for the fourth time running, out of a record number of nominee companies and International Paper was recognized by The Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies For the fifth consecutive year. 

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March 19, 2011

Wood costs for the global pulp industry have increased 17 percent the past two years

Global market pulp production increased by seven percent in 2010, which increased demand for wood raw-material. As a result, prices for wood chips and pulplogs were up in most regions of the world, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

 

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Mar 8, 2011

European Commission Opens In-depth Investigation into Proposed Merger Between UPM-Kymmene and Myllykoski

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by Dr. Radut