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IF you hear the term sustainable forestry, you may well associate it with tree plantations. It is fairly common knowledge that environmental groups want to put a stop to old-growth logging, with large plantations seen as the main alternative. (An old-growth forest is one that has never been...

Thursday 13 January 2011 – WASHINGTON – A new methodology for crediting projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) was approved for use under the VCS Program Thursday. Developed by environmental consultancy Wildlife Works Carbon, the methodology is the fourth...

$1.2 million in federal-provincial funding for the First Nations Forest Sector Technical Support Program will help First Nations with economic development in the forest and wood products industries, announced Minister of State (Sport) Gary Lunn and Minister of Forests, Mines and Lands Pat Bell.

Helsinki, Finland, Jan 18, 2011 - Stora Enso’s and Arauco’s joint-venture company Montes del Plata will build a new state-of-the-art 1.3 million tonnes per year pulp mill at Punta Pereira, in the department of Colonia, Uruguay. The total investment is estimated to be approximately USD 1.9...

..says EPA The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says a sawmilling project by Simon and Shock International – a timber company – requires an Environmental Impact Assessment before a permit can be granted for the operations to go ahead. The operation is to take place in the Upper...

The 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) 2011 held in the heritage city of Hyderabad from the 10-14th January 2011 was an eye opener with regard to the critical role that the commons such as forests, water bodies, and grazing lands play...

REDD is supposed to be about reducing emissions from deforestation. Unfortunately, if you really look at the agreements and what’s behind it, you find that that’s not exactly what REDD is designed to do. REDD is really—has been designed as a way for—and is being pushed by the United States—as a...

VANCOUVER, Jan. 18 /CNW/ - The British Columbia Lumber Trade Council (BCLTC) responded today to a request by the Office of the United States Trade Representative to seek arbitration under the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) on matters relating to British Columbia's interior forest pricing...

From today, Nijpels Meubelen B.V., the largest producer of ready-to-assemble furniture in The Netherlands, will be using the PEFC label on its products. On 12 January it was issued with a PEFC chain of custody certificate, enabling Nijpels Meubelen to demonstrate that their products have been...