The company Baikal Nordic has prepared a solid background for the project implementation: it has concluded the lease agreements which will allow to harvest and process more than 500 tsnd cu m of timber annually. The experienced personnel jointly with the Canadian forest experts have examined the...
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RUNA |
13 years 8 months ago
Manila Bulletin |
13 years 8 months ago
MANILA, Philippines – A total logging ban would only worsen the rate of deforestation of the country's meager forest cover. Dr. Rex Victor Cruz, dean of the UP College of Forestry and Natural Resources in Los Banos and part of the UN Working Group on Climate Change team that won the 2007 Nobel...
The Ecologist |
13 years 8 months ago
In an interview with the Ecologist, WWF Brazil CEO Denise Hamu says increasing productivity can help combat deforestation in the Amazon More intensive beef production can limit deforestation in Brazil where the space used to rear cattle is ten times what you see in other countries, according to...
People Daily |
13 years 8 months ago
A new report on Thursday said Australia can meet its carbon emissions target by doing nothing more than claiming offsets from re-vegetation of cleared land, regional forest agreements and ending logging of native forests. Australia has set its target of a 5 percent cut in carbon emissions by...
IISD |
13 years 8 months ago
25 February 2011: The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has published the first issue of an e-newsletter on FCPF activities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Paperindex Times |
13 years 8 months ago
Stockholm, Sweden, Feb 25, 2011 - The world's first pilot plant to produce nanocellulose was inaugurated yesterday by research company Innventia in Stockholm. The facility makes it possible to produced nanocellulose on a large scale for the first time and is an important step towards the...
Timber Community |
13 years 8 months ago
By 2020, half of all energy in Sweden will come from renewable resources since carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced. A new report from the Forestry Research and SLU made on behalf of the Swedish Energy Agency focus on fast growing trees. Higher production, shorter orbital period, higher ROI...
RUNA |
13 years 8 months ago
During 2011-2014 the Perm Territory is going to implement a wide range of investment projects at such enterprises as ООО «Capital-3», JSC Solikamskbumprom, OOO Perm plywood mill, OOO "Uralpaper", ООО «Kamabumprom», OОО «Gazcom», «Perm DSK». The privately owned funds invested in these companies...
RUNA |
13 years 8 months ago
According to the Government of the Leningrad Region, the increase in production of the timber industry complex exceeded 22%. The gross price of products amounted to RUR 45.2 bln. The sawmilling and woodworking increased by 40%, pulp and paper cooking by 17% and timber harvesting grew by 25%. The...
RUNA |
13 years 8 months ago
IESCO |
13 years 8 months ago
ISESCO commenced its National Training Workshop on "Forest Carbon Stock Assessment for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) on 14th February, 2011, at Islamabad.
Mongabay |
13 years 8 months ago
The Indian government has approved a bold plan to expand and improve the quality of its forests as a part of the nation's National Action Plan on Climate Change. The reforestation plan, dubbed the National Mission for a Green India (NMGI), will expand forests by five million hectares (over 12...
Pöyry received the notice to proceed for the EPC Open Book BOP contract announced on 8 February 2011
Helsinki, Finland, Feb 24, 2011 - In early February 2011 Pöyry's Industry business group was awarded an assignment by MWV Rigesa Ltda., Brazil for the expansion of its paperboard mill in Três Barras, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. The total value of Pöyry's contracts is about BRL 325 million (...
Mongabay |
13 years 8 months ago
The U.S. government announced the first grants under the first phase of its 2009 Tropical Forests Conservation Act agreement with Indonesia. USAID will provide five grants over the next three years to local NGOs working to conserve and better manage forests and peatlands in Sumatra. The five...
Timber Community |
13 years 8 months ago
Seattle, USA. Sawlog prices have trended upward in almost all regions of the world for the past two years. The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached $80.88/m3 in the 3Q/10, which was the highest level since the beginning of the financial crisis in late 2008, according to the Wood Resource...
The World Link |
13 years 8 months ago
People called them bulls of the woods -- the logging company bosses who could out-chop, out-saw, out-spit, out-cuss and out-brawl any man in the camp. Those were the days, too, when clear-cutting money trees such as Douglas fir, spruce and hemlock left behind great piles of debris, called...
Stock and Land Farm Online |
13 years 8 months ago
AN urgent imperative exists to change how the Australian landscape is managed, for food security and climate change reasons, especially farmland, according to former Governor General, Major-General Michael Jeffery. But in that transition, farmers must be viewed not only as food growers but as...
International Forest Industries |
13 years 8 months ago
The North American lumber market is poised to take-off due to recovering U.S. housing starts, improving repair and remodelling activity, and surging demand in China reports WOOD Markets Group.While the timing is probably the only question, increased price volatility is already a reality where...
The Jakarta Post |
13 years 8 months ago
JAKARTA: The European Union (EU) and Indonesia are preparing to sign a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA), a joint statement said Wednesday. “We are nearly there,” Forestry Ministry business development director general Iman Santoso said in...