The mild weather this winter is becoming a major problem for the
forest industry in Southern Sweden and Southern Finland. It is
difficult to get the timber out of the forest when the ground is
thawing and wet after all rains.
Mr
Leif Brodén, group manager of the...
In 2007 companies of the Forestry Ministry of Belarus exported $132
million worth of products, up by 48% on 2006, BelTA learnt from Ivan
Silkov, the chief of the sales and marketing department of the
ministry. According to him, in 2008 the companies intend to preserve
export upward...
The Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said on
Wednesday recent forest fires in Sumatra Island have left at least 48
hot spots, 35 of which were located in Riau province.
Johanes Sudrajat, head of the BMG's analysis section, said the hot spots were detected by the "NOAA...
Finland’s forest industry purchased a record amount of wood from the country’s privately owned forests in 2007. The total, almost 53 million m3, was some 25 % more than in 2006. Forest owners selling the wood received more than EUR 2 billion earnings.“Finland’s forest industry will, however,...
VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ton Quyen, Deputy Chairman of the Wooden and Forestry
Products Association, talked about the problems of the wood processing
industry.
What would you say about the business results of
wood processors in 2007?
Botanists have discovered a new species of giant self-destructing palm in Madagascar which is so large that it can be seen in satellite photos.The plant, which only exists in the remote north-west of the island, is unlike anything else ever found on the island before.Although villagers had...
Sierra Leone's government has banned the exportation of timber after "indiscriminate destruction" by Chinese and other foreign businessmen, a senior official said on Monday.Hassan Mohammed, deputy director of the forestry ministry, said Chinese loggers had wreaked havoc in the savannahs of...
Federal Forest Management Agency (Rosleskhoz) head Valery Roshchupkin admitted 18.12.2007 that measures in the new Forest Code to attract investment in the logging and lumber milling
industry are insufficient to create any qualitative change and a
program to raise duties gradually on...
In 2006 Danish forestry showed an average
deficit of 600 DKK (80 €) per hectare. This is an improvement from 2005
when the deficit was as high as 1,000 DKK (135 €).
The main reasons for the improvement are extensive felling and better
timber prices. The deficit is caused by accumulated...
