Pulp and peel promotes new growth forest
24 August 2017
In the mid-1990s, 1000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park. Today, that area is covered in lush, vine-laden forest. Source: Timberbiz A team led by Princeton University researchers surveyed the land
Continue Reading →Toyota turns to wood
17 August 2017
Car designers could turn to wood in a bid to make cars lighter, stronger and cheaper. Source: The Sun UK A material made from wood pulp is five stronger than steel but weighs 80% less, according to researchers in Japan. And a leading supplier to Toyota is working alongside the boffins
Continue Reading →Hawaii tree disease a threat to NZ
17 August 2017
A disease wiping out native forests in Hawai’i could do the same to pōhutukawa and rātā here if biosecurity measures are not stepped up, leading botanists warn. Source: Radio New Zealand Rapid ōhi’a death has killed hundreds of thousands of Hawai’i’s native pōh
Continue Reading →Solomon Islands logging illegal?
10 August 2017
A conservationist in Solomon Islands is calling for an investigation into the legality of a logging operation that allegedly destroyed two hectares of mangroves in Malaita province. Source: Radio New Zealand John Atitete helps run a conservation initiative in East Are’Are in Sou
Continue Reading →EU warns Poland to stop logging primeval woodland
10 August 2017
The EU has warned Poland to obey a ban on logging in Europe’s last primeval woodland, saying it would add any breach to a broader Brussels case against Warsaw over democratic standards. Source: Yahoo 7 News Poland’s right-wing government vowed that logging would continue i
Continue Reading →Local forestry firefighters deployed to Canada for bushfire emergency
10 August 2017
Forestry Corporation firefighters from Eden, Walcha, Grafton and Casino have been deployed to Canada as part of a 100-strong Australian taskforce assisting in bushfire fighting in British Columbia, Canada. Source: Timberbiz Amba Addinsall from Eden, Matt Hagon from Grafton, Brian Lync
Continue Reading →US buying illegally sourced PNG wood
03 August 2017
American consumers may be fuelling logging linked to illegal land grabs in Papua New Guinea which have devastated local communities and the world’s third largest tropical rain forest, Global Witness said. Source: Yahoo 7News Timber logged in the impoverished Pacific nation is ex
Continue Reading →Almost 126,000 employed in renewable energy UK
27 July 2017
The UK’s renewable energy industry, including heat, power and transport, employed a record 125,940 people in 2015/16, according to a new report. Source: Bioenergy News The report is called REView 2017 and is the sector’s annual publication. The number of jobs grew by 2.5% between 201
Continue Reading →Supersized firefighter
27 July 2017
The Global SuperTanker – the largest, fastest, and most technologically advanced aerial firefighter in the world – has received interim approval from the US Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) to fight fires in the United States. Source: Timberbiz The 17-month approval is si
Continue Reading →Brazil to open 860,000 acres of protected Amazon forest
20 July 2017
The Brazilian environment ministry is proposing the release of 860,000 acres in the National Forest of Jamanxim for agricultural use, mining and logging. Sources: Reuters, The Independent UK The government’s order was a compromise measure after protests from local residents and ecolog
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