Forest rangers in Latvia say they are being overwhelmed by large numbers of people illegally cutting down Christmas trees near the capital Riga.The number of wild Christmas trees is dwindling fast in the city's protected forest, the rangers say. The rangers say they are catching at least 20...
Finnish forest industry group UPM and Russia's
Sveza Group, controlled by Aleksey Mordashov, have agreed to invest $US
1.5 billion in a pulp mill joint venture.
The companies will build a state-of-the-art forest industry facility in the Vologda region of north-west Russia.
The...
Indonesia’s wood panel exports are
expected to rise as a result of declining raw materials in competitor
countries, according to Antara News. The Deputy Chairman of the
Indonesia Wood Panel Association, Abbas Adhar, also noted that the rise
in ecofriendly products was giving Indonesian...
Finnish forest owners are preparing to meet the forest industry's
increased demand for domestic timber. Russian export duties on timber
will continue to increase next year. Finland imports 20 — 25 % of its
raw timber from Russia.
The Russian
government sticks to its...
Uganda will plant millions of trees in the next
four years at a cost of $253 million, as it tries to restore dwindling
forest cover to 30 per cent of its area from 22 per cent, the
government announced.
Like many African countries, Uganda suffers from rampant
deforestation that dries...
Phytophthora, or sudden oak death disease, has been found in two public gardens in Scotland, prompting fears it could spread
A parasitic fungi described as the "foot and mouth" of the plant world
has been discovered in two National Trust gardens in Scotland.Arduaine...
The Bentayan Wildlife Reserve covers, on paper, 23,220 hectares. But it is an hour’s drive through the conservation area to the start of the natural forest. Locals have cultivated some of the intervening land, but the vast majority has been turned into a wasteland by illegal loggers.An...
The RF Government approved the schedule of increasing export duties for
round timber, according to which from January 1, 2009 each cubic meter
of exported unprocessed timber will cost the exporters up to EUR50.
According to Rosleskhoz specialists, in 2009 the RF budget could...
The world has surpassed a UN goal of planting 1 billion trees in 2007 to help slow climate change, led by huge forestry projects in Ethiopia and Mexico, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Wednesday.The global tree-planting drive, inspired by Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel...
Wales's thriving timber industry sees a massive opportunity for
companies to be market leaders in low carbon building – boosting income
and creating new jobs
The Welsh timber sector is all set to help the Welsh Assembly
Government meet its target of making all new buildings zero...
