Scientists
from University of Texas at Austin generated bacteria producing
cellulose. According to the researchers, the cellulose is to be turned
into ethanol and other biofuels, Russian forestry review informed. The
microorganisms were developed by Malkolm Brown and David Nobles...
Russian
domestic sawnlog and pulpwood prices fell 20% in the 1Q 2008 as taxes
on softwood logs increased 20 to 25% of log value, ITTO reported. Since
Russian taxes and thereby the cost of logs are expected to increase
further, forest companies in Europe, the Nordic countries and...
Swedish forests absorb twice as much carbon dioxide as total Swedish
emissions — more than 110 million tons. The parliament wants to take
this into account in making Swedish climate policy.
In climate policy making the advantages of Swedish forests, i.e....
Beech
plywood prices have declined again on the whole on European sales
markets over the past few weeks, manufacturers and importers report,
Euwid Wood products and panels informed. The latest contracts for
retail deliveries of standard and multiplex grades, in particular,
featured...
There is no doubt that current economics in the Canadian forestry
sector are grim. However, when you look out at the horizon, at where
global economics are quickly going, it's clear that the industry's
longer-term prospects are excellent. And strangely, the future of
Canada's most...
In
January-March 2008 forest industry production in Finland is estimated
to have fallen by 5%. In the wood products industry production fell by
one-fifth, Finnish Forest Industries Federation informed. Production of
paper and pulp, on the other hand, was roughly the same as the...
Now that’s a hell of an idea to attract customers.
This Okinawa Tree-House restaurant, on Highway 58 at the entrance in
Onoyama Park in the south of Japan. What may look like a genuine tree
is actually a man-made concrete structure, just like the French used to
build in the lathe 19th...
Swedish Minister for Trade Ewa Björling
met representatives of the Swedish forest industry on Wednesday to
discuss and identify potential measures and strategies with which to
counter Russian timber tariffs that were raised by 50 per cent on 1
April.
"The latest rise was a...
Starting from the forest fire season, about 5,000
wildfires have been registered in Russia. According to the Federal
Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz), 4,852 fires were registered as of 21
April, starting from the beginning of the fire season. Actually, this
is seven times more that last...
The cut in the number of border customs processing points by Russian officials has not yet slowed the import of raw timber. In
northern parts of the country, the paperwork has to be taken hundreds
of kilometres for processing, but for the time being shipments
themselves still following...
