Sierra-Leon’s authorities announced about the prohibition on wood
export. This measure was taken in connection with the high rise of the
illegal lumbering. The humid tropical forests are abolished on 90% in
accordance with the times of the British colonial sway. The most suffer
came to...
Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry has elaborated amendments to the Forestry Code aimed at opposing illegal deforestation that accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the authorized forest procurement. The State Duma has the draft already but the dates of its passing are yet unclear...
In 2007 a total of 8.2 million m3 of
timber for industry uses was felled in Norway. This is 850,000 m3, i.e.
12 % more than in the previous year. The reason for the increase was
the good timber prices. Felling has not been that extensive since the
years 1994/1995 apart from the exception...
In
2007 Belorus increased the volume of furniture export by 2.9 %, to
178,2 thousand tons as compared with the 2006, The ministry of
statistics and analysis of Belorus informed.In 2007 the volume of wood fiber panel export was 51,9 million square meters (-0,4 %).Lesprom.ru
The Norwegian government has decided to protect a coherent area of
coniferous forest of 147 km2 (14,700 ha) in the Buskerud county in
Southern Norway. The municipalities and forest owners concerned
together offered an area of 99 km2 for protection. The environment
protection organizations...
New Zealand — South Island retailer
Smiths City is embroiled in a row with Greenpeace over a report
critical of its outdoor-furniture imports.
Smiths City Group managing director Rick
Hellings said the report, produced by Greenpeace and Indonesia's Human
Rights Committee, was a...
At the beginning of January, many distributors were selling plywood at
lower prices and plywood movements continued to be slow, said the Japan
Lumber Journal.It was noted that some producers in Malaysia and
Indonesia reduced plywood production for Japan, since producers
could not cope...
With the aid of the forest industry, Finland will be able to treble its
use of wood chips. This increase would boost renewables’ share of
Finnish energy production by three percentage points from the present
record level of 28.5 per cent.Production of renewable energy from biomass can be...
