South Africa, Feb 23, 2011 - The Mondi Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Harris as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 March 2011. He will replace Colin Matthews who will be stepping down at the conclusion of the Annual General Meetings on 5 May 2011....
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Paperindex Times |
13 years 8 months ago
BBC |
13 years 9 months ago
The UK is to stop direct aid to 16 countries, including Russia, China and Iraq, papers seen by the BBC suggest. A draft copy of a government review of its £7.8bn overseas aid budget - to be published this week - also reveals assistance for India will be frozen. But, overall, the international...
Greenwood Management |
13 years 9 months ago
An international technology company has received an order to supply another timber product processing system to the MDF plant of Arauco do Brasil SA. The technology group, Andritz, has been contracted by the company to provide a third pressurised refining system at the plant in Jaguariaíva. It...
RUNA |
13 years 9 months ago
Climate-L |
13 years 9 months ago
23 February 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced two projects aimed at conserving forests and promoting sustainable development in remote rural communities in Latin America and Asia, as the 2011 recipients of the Sasakawa Prize.
Daily Mail |
13 years 9 months ago
London – The UK said it will opt out of a common European Union platform for auctioning carbon permits in the next phase of the bloc's emissions-trading programme, which starts in 2013, and will develop a national system instead.
Business Day RSA |
13 years 9 months ago
ALTHOUGH politically difficult, it was important to aim for a binding agreement at climate change negotiations in Durban in December, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) climate policy advocate Tasneem Essop said yesterday. This was after top US climate change negotiator Todd Stern said in...
The Independent Nigeria |
13 years 9 months ago
Nigeria took yet another major step in its quest towards becoming a full-fledged REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) participatory nation following the authentication last Monday in Abuja of a draft REDD Readiness Programme. At a daylong National Validation...
Public Service |
13 years 9 months ago
Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development, reflects on the progress made in efforts to reduce tropical deforestation…
Timber Community |
13 years 9 months ago
The research is about getting an energy-efficient manufacture of mechanical and chemi-mechanical pulp. - The goal is to reduce electrical energy consumption in pulp production by 50 percent. Therefore, the research project have a major importance to our competitiveness, "says Örjan Pettersson at...
The Syndey Morning Herald |
13 years 9 months ago
A new inquiry can find solutions to many Australian forestry industry problems. THE Australian forestry industry is facing a ''supply squeeze-demand pull'' conundrum. Domestic and global consumption of wood and paper products is rising but a vacuum in forward thinking policies has held back the...
The Financial Express |
13 years 9 months ago
Rare Conservation |
13 years 9 months ago
Not only do tropical forests house much of the world’s biodiversity, but they also function as large carbon sinks, helping to store CO2 emitted by man-made and natural activities. Deforestation is one of the leading causes of climate change because these trees can no longer store CO2. Programs...
Forests MDPI |
13 years 9 months ago
Wanganui Chronicle |
13 years 9 months ago
Wanganui hill country farmers have a massive opportunity to use the Emissions Trading Scheme to get a return from their marginal land, Pat Hawinkels says. "Internationally, the market for carbon is huge and it will just get bigger." People registering their forests in the Emissions Trading...
VAnguard |
13 years 9 months ago
Abuja – Stakeholders on climate change mitigation converged in Abuja on Monday to prepare a draft Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Readiness Programme (REDD+). Addressing the participants, Mr Simon Adedoyin, the facilitator from the Federal Ministry of...
Georgia Pacific |
13 years 9 months ago
Georgia-Pacific previously announced it is expanding its forest protection and sustainability efforts with an updated policy to better identify and protect endangered forests in the United States; promote conservation of forest diversity; and enhance its sustainable forestry and recycling...
13 years 9 months ago
The Nicola Thompson Fraser Sustainable Forest Management Plan will foster forest management practices based on science, professional experience and local public and First Nations input that contribute to the long-term health and productivity of forest ecosystems, a strong economy and thriving...
Business Wire |
13 years 9 months ago
AKARTA, Indonesia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Indonesian-based Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) is expanding internal auditing and certification mandates for its pulpwood suppliers as part of its commitment to achieve 100 percent Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) certification by the end of 2020.