A Bill making its way through parliament has serious implications for farmers and other landowners who wish to harvest timber on their properties. It shows how much power the environmental NGOs have acquired and why negotiating with them over ‘sustainability’ is so dangerous. Source:
A Bill making its way through parliament has serious implications for farmers and other landowners who wish to harvest timber on their properties. It shows how much power the environmental NGOs have acquired and why negotiating with them over ‘sustainability’ is so dangerous. Source:
The University of British Columbia's (UBC) Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility is one of six Canadian projects picked as some of the 100 most innovative and inspiring urban infrastructure projects in the world in KPMG's Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition. Source: The J
Log and lumber imports to China were down 19% during first eight months of 2012, year-on-year, with the biggest declines seen of logs imported from Russia and the US reported the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Timberbiz
The Sri Lankan government together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Australian government launched a community forestry program. Sources: Lanka Business online, Colombo Page
An Australian-led logging company in Papua New Guinea has been involved in arrangements which have seen more than two million hectares of land, much of it pristine forest, taken out of customary ownership according to the ABC. Sources: ABC News
Carbon-dating results revealed a 600-year-old karri tree was logged in Western Australia and woodchipped according to green groups. This has lead environmentalists to start a campaign. Sources: The Australian, ABC News
Korea’s Sunchang Corp is the latest foreign corporate to show interest in New Zealand’s highly sought-after forestry land, as the wood products manufacturer looks to shore up its supply chain. Source: Deal Journal Australia
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