It’s not just a buoyant day for equities – China excluded – but lumber prices are on the up. Source: Fast FT News of a rise in new home sales in the US last month has helped push lumber prices up 2.5% to US$246.10 per 1000 board feet. And the advance in lumber, which

International forestry experts now warn policy makers all over the world should make sure to check into the protection policies for boreal forests. Source: Science In fact, they made a note in an article that was published in the journal Science, an article that was part of a special

The Center for Global Development warns an area of forest equivalent to the size of India will be cut down by 2050 without urgent efforts to bring an end to illegal logging. Source: Business Green Pressure is mounting on government and businesses to deliver more effective anti-defores

New research at Lincoln University in New Zealand suggests bio-waste can be used on former pine plantations to generate economic returns. Sources: Timberbiz, Forestry Expo NZ Four years of research in a greenhouse environment found the waste, which might include sewage and dairy shed

There has been a growth of 67% in the number of Indian students going to study in New Zealand. Source: Hindustani Times Also, instead of opting for traditional management and IT courses, they prefer to major in what New Zealand is famous for – agriculture and forestry. As per 20

Throughout September 2015, officers from the Department of Agriculture’s Targeting and Enforcement and Forestry branches will be visiting key capital cities to hold free information sessions on Australia’s illegal logging laws. Source: Timberbiz The illegal logging session

The man accused of New Zealand’s first forestry-related manslaughter is being used by WorkSafe New Zealand to “lay down a marker” and the case is not based only on evidence, a court has heard. Sources: Manawatu Standard, Stuff.co.nz In the High Court at Palmerston No

The average wharf gate price for New Zealand A-grade logs dropped from NZ$86 a tonne in July, to NZ$84 a tonne this month. Source: Radio New Zealand Forest Owners Association technical manager Glen Mackie said it was due to stock piles building up again in the main market, China, and