Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions (Newark) unveiled new recycled products for the construction industry at the 2013 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo. Source: Lesprom
A recently published study by US Forest Service researchers evaluates potential revenues from harvesting standing timber killed by mountain pine beetle in the western United States. Source: The Almagest
Forestry software firm Treemetrics is hoping to secure a major contract in South America with a multinational logging firm as it nears completion of a €1m fundraising round that will help it expand its sales force. Source: Independent
China is poised to pour substantial money into Canada’s forestry sector with a series of companies seeking new ways to transform British Columbia trees into furniture, fuel and profit. Source: The Globe and Mail
A new US$280m initiative to help save the world's remaining forests was launched by the UK, the US and Norway at the United Nations climate change talks in Warsaw. Source: The Guardian (UK)
The Department of Agriculture in Ireland has announced the immediate availability of financial approvals for forestry planting. Source: Independent.ie (Ireland)
California businesses covered by the state's cap-and-trade program will be able to use forest conservation projects to offset the carbon emissions from their plants and factories after the state issued the first batch of credits. Source: The Business Spectator