Firefighters worked furiously Monday to save a line of mountain communities in eastern Arizona from a gigantic blaze that has forced thousands of people from their homes and cast a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa.Strong winds and lightning storms were expected to make matters worse...
The big blue and yellow building so eagerly awaited during its construction is gearing up for a major birthday celebration marking five years of operations in June. IKEA, the Swedish-based furnishings store, is very pleased with its decision to call Canton its home.The Canton store, located...
Moscow. May 31, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Stora Enso is taking a significant step forward in renewable materials innovation by building a pre-commercial plant at Imatra in Finland for the production of microfibrillated cellulose. The new type of renewable material will be used in existing and...
Campaign promotes wood fuel as a cheaper alternative to fossil fuel heating for Scottish companies.Scottish firms are being urged to burn wood for heating as part of efforts to reduce energy bills, cut greenhouse gas emissions and support rural businesses.A campaign launched today aims to...
Poland is the fourth largest exporter of furniture globally, with exports amounting to 5.6 billion euro in 2010.Poland comes fourth behind Italy, Germany and export leaders China, according to Tuesday’s Puls Biznesu daily.While both Italian and German furniture exports are for exclusive...
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday signed a
decree authorising a two-year moratorium on new logging concessions,
under a billion-dollar climate deal with Norway."He signed it this morning," Agus Purnomo, presidential advisor on climate change, told AFP.No
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A voluntary agreement between the EU and Indonesia to stop exports of illegal timber and related products from the South East Asian nation will only work if corruption is tackled head on, forestry campaigners have warned.From 2013, Indonesia will only permit the export of timber products,...
Experts convened for a seminar in Geneva on 21 March 2011 titled How
successful is Sustainable Forest Management in the UNECE Region? State
of forests and forest management in the UNECE region in the context of
current needs and challenges. The aim was to review the status of
and...
This year Metsähallitus, the Finnish State Forest Enterprise, will
employ about 1.000 young summer season workers. Most of the jobs are
available in Northern Finland but workers are needed in Southern Finland
as well. This year the number of summer season jobs has been increased...
The Romanian timber industry could be set to enjoy a successful 2011, as
experts reassessed their economic growth estimates for the country.Timber
is one of the leading exports from the eastern European nation and
Oxford Economics believes the sector could be more profitable this year...
