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Edmonton Journal | vor 13 Jahre 6 months

EDMONTON - Canada’s forestry industry has been under the gun this decade, facing devastating beetle damage, softwood-lumber tariff battles with the U.S. and attention from environmental groups over logging practices and pollution. In Alberta, mills have to compete with the higher wages paid by...

International Forest Industries | vor 13 Jahre 6 months

To support President Obama’s goal of reducing America’s oil imports by one-third by 2025, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) jointly announced up to US$30 million over three to four years that will support research and development in advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-...

RUNA | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

«Russian Pellet» company was established in order to implement the investment project aimed at creation of the state-of-the-art production with the rated output of up to 32.4 tsnd tons of pellets per year. According to the project one of the major plants in the Volga Region will satisfy the...

RUNA | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

Presently the plant is conducting the works prior the installation of major equipment - a new head box that will allow for control and adjustment of the cross profile (cross-section) of 1 sq.m. paper web. The equipment will be delivered by PMT, an Italian company; JSC Volga has already entered...

Reuters | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

(Reuters) - Norway urged rich nations on Thursday to take risks and pay to slow deforestation in poor countries, saying there would hardly be a tree left in Congo if donors first wait for corruption to be eradicated.

Google News | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

BRUSSELS — There will be no binding deal on emissions at this year's UN climate summit as the South African hosts and other economic powers are simply "not ready," the United States and Europe said on Wednesday. "It is not a necessary thing to have right away," top US climate official Todd...

Stabroek News | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

A report by the Times of India earlier this month that an Indian company, Vaitarna Holdings, controlled 1.82M acres of Guyanese forest deservedly captured media scrutiny here.

Baltimore Sun | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

OSLO (Reuters) - The shift in manufacturing to emerging nations is doing more to curb rich countries' greenhouse gas emissions than measures they are taking to meet the U.N. pact to fight climate change, a study showed. Rich nations benefit from U.N. rules which record greenhouse gases -- mainly...

RUNA | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

The Finnish company Stora Enso Oyj will decide upon the construction of Pulp-and-Paper-Mill (PPM) in the Nizhny Novgorod Region by the end of 2011, announced Valery Shantsev, the Governor of the region.

Vancouver Sun | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

For more than a century, British Columbia's forests have been the cornerstone of the province's economy. At 60 million hectares, equivalent to 148,000 Stanley Parks, the province's publicly-owned forests are a vast and valuable asset, sustaining rural and first nations communities, providing...

HelenA IR | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

While he was touring England, a friend of mine visited a famous university with a dining hall that was built in the late Middle Ages. Peeking into the building, he observed workmen hoisting an enormous wooden beam toward the high, vaulted ceiling.

Forest Blade | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

Landowners in Emanuel County who grow timber expect that, with time, those trees will be cut, the logs sold, processed, and used for building, paper products or energy.  In 1936, there were 21.4 million acres of forestland in Georgia and, in 2004, 24.8 million acres.  To borrow a phrase from the...

Ghana WEB | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

Akyawkrom (Ash), April 28, GNA - Participants at a workshop that sought to define the different roles of stakeholders in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) have underlined the need for a clear focus in the management of forest resources. They said it was...

Climate-Connections | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

Silvia Ribeiro is a researcher with ETCgroup; this was translated from her article in La Jornada, 23 Apr 2011.  Source: http://mecteam.blogspot.com

International Forest Industries | vor 13 Jahre 7 months

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...

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