High inventory levels in Chinese ports have now converted to a lowering of in-market (CFR) pricing for New Zealand logs. A similar situation occurred this time last year when China was importing what were then record volumes of logs. In the January to April 2011 period China imported over 9 million...
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International ForestIndustries |
13 years 6 days ago
News India MSN |
13 years 6 days ago
New Delhi, July 3 (PTI) What constitutes a forest in India? There is no answer for this simple and plain question even 62 years after independence if one goes by a RTI reply from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The reason cited by the ministry in its reply is that "definition" of forests...
ForestCarbon Asia |
13 years 6 days ago
The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum took place from 24-25 June 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Forum was organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, in collaboration with other multilateral development bank (MDB) partners. It brought together...
The Indonesian |
13 years 6 days ago
Theindonesiatoday.com - First Growth Funds Limited group reports its joint venture with Greencollar Group (GCS), First Growth Forests (FGFJV), has commenced the world’s first program to develop forestry carbon projects for the whole of a province in West Papua. “Developing projects at the landscape...
EU |
13 years 6 days ago
Unclear and/or insecure forest tenure has been identified by many as an indirect driver of deforestation and forest degradation. Consequently, reforming tenure is considered an important measure in order to control deforestation. Clarifying tenure is also seen as a way of promoting equitable REDD+...
PHE Ethopia |
13 years 6 days ago
By 2025, children who are 18 years or younger today will represent more than half of the world‘s workforce. A critical strategic opportunity exists to ‗insure‘ the resiliency, effectiveness, and overall return on investment on 20-30 year REDD projects by investing in innovative school-based...
Timber Community |
13 years 6 days ago
Seattle, USA. Global demand for softwood lumber increased by over 10 percent in 2010. This came after a year when wood consumption worldwide was the lowest it had been in almost 50 years. This upward trend in consumption has continued thus far in 2011, with total volume consumed being more than 15...
IIED |
13 years 6 days ago
This briefing discusses the opportunities and challenges involved in the creation of a new form of private property that can be bought and sold in domestic and international markets — the ‘carbon right’. It looks at how equity and fairness can be built into this new commodity so that carbon trading...
Timber Community |
13 years 6 days ago
PwC release the Net Earnings Summary Q1 2011. The quarterly report is prepared by PwC from financial statements issued by the companies. The summary identifies trends in performance by comparing financial results with previous periods. Key highlights include: Canada: Most Canadian forest and...
Go For Wood |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Family forestry seeks solutions to the current challenges by continuing to uphold the forest owners’ commitment to sustainable forest management (SFM). The CEPF General Assembly 2011 dwelled on several major policy developments affecting forestry. Integration of SFM into these was indicated as...
Philippine Information Agency |
13 years 2 weeks ago
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 30 (PIA) -- The foreign funded campaign Reducing Emission from Deforestation of Forest Degradation (REDD) Plus is now gaining ground as various activities by the participating local government unit are underway.
Environmental Expert |
13 years 2 weeks ago
NAIROBI, June 29, 2011 /African Press Organization/ -- On the eve of the Africa Union (AU) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai is calling on African leaders to respond to the global climate change crisis—a crisis that disproportionately impacts Africans,...
The New Age |
13 years 2 weeks ago
An enviromental organisation has been established in Port St Johns to assist communities in sustainable forest management. Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) and the Wild Coast Farm and Forest organisation in Port St Johns have recently established the Wild Coast Forest...
Insurance News |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Phnom Penh Post |
13 years 2 weeks ago
A forest in Oddar Meanchey province is facing environmental “disaster” after thousands of people destroyed up to 1,000 hectares of natural habitat, putting revenues from a carbon credit scheme worth tens of millions of dollars at risk. Proceeds from a United Nations-backed Reduced Emissions from...
Ghana Web |
13 years 2 weeks ago
A study, described by its authors as the most comprehensive analysis of tropical forests, has disclosed that Ghana has the highest rate of deforestation, out of 65 nations, apart from Togo and Nigeria. The illegal act of felling trees has become one of the commonest offences in Ghana today, some...
Timber Community |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Last year global demand for softwood lumber increased by more than 10 percent after having hit a 50-year low in 2009. The rise in demand has pushed lumber prices in North America, Asia and Europe to their highest levels in ten months, reports the WRQ.
Timber Community |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Pulpwood prices in Western US were up almost 50 percent in 2Q/11 compared to 2Q/10, while wood prices were unchanged in the US South, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. Wood costs for pulp mills in Western US have increased over the past 12 months, reaching their highest level since...
Forestry Invest |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Charcoal prices are rising in the Brazilian region of Minas Gerais, according to new reports citing investment in infrastructure as the reason behind the increase. In June 2011, the value of the charcoal produced through sustainably-managed forests in the region rose in response to demand...