Wednesday, 01 June 2016 06:28
Resolute Files Racketeering Suit Against Greenpeace in U.S. Federal Court
Resolute Forest Products Inc. has just announced a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia against Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace Fund, Inc., STAND (formerly ForestEthics) and a number of their associates. The…
Read 1732 times
Published in
Forest
Tuesday, 03 May 2016 04:53
Rayonier Upgrades Pacific Northwest Timberland Portfolio
Rayonier Inc. (NYSE:RYN) has just announced the company has completed two separate transactions to enhance its Pacific Northwest timberland portfolio. The transactions include the acquisition of approximately 61,000 acres of well-stocked, highly-productive timberlands in Oregon and Washington, and the disposition…
Read 1769 times
Published in
Forest
Tuesday, 19 April 2016 08:33
Shredding technology presents new opportunities for wood recycling and biomass sector
A new electric-drive shredder designed and engineered by Austrian headquartered UNTHA, is set to increase capacity, profitability and safety levels in the pioneering wood recycling and biomass market. And, unusually for this sector, the ground-breaking technology is now available as…
Read 1645 times
Published in
Forest
Monday, 18 April 2016 07:01
Resolute President and CEO Takes Strong Position in Support of Free Trade before Canadian House of Commons Committee
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Garneau appeared in Ottawa, Canada, before the Canadian Parliament's Standing Committee on International Trade. Testifying in support of free, unencumbered access for softwood lumber exports from…
Read 1653 times
Published in
Forest
Wednesday, 06 April 2016 05:27
Södra acquires Crown Timber
On 31 March, Södra acquired the remaining shares in Crown Timber Group Plc (Crown Timber). Södra previously held approximately 20 percent of the shares in the company. "The UK is our principal export market. This acquisition gives us valuable control…
Read 1715 times
Published in
Forest
Tuesday, 29 March 2016 07:37
Innovation and business development increasingly on forest industry’s agenda – new study reveals
IT barometer 2016 of forest industry, an annual report that studies how the Swedish forest industry assesses developments and trends within the business and IT has been published. The report has been conducted by Imano, a Swedish consulting company which…
Read 1568 times
Published in
Forest
Tuesday, 29 March 2016 07:30
Forest Products Society to Gather Wood Products Industry to Discuss Technology Advances and Market Opportunities
Wood remains one of the most important renewable resources that contribute to the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of our planet. Under the theme “New Horizons for the Forest Products Industry,” the Forest Products Society (FPS), the global network for…
Read 1565 times
Published in
Forest
Wednesday, 23 March 2016 10:22
UPM joins WWF Earth Hour: concrete actions and long term responsibility targets
UPM joined WWF's Global Earth Hour 2016 climate event by turning off the lights at the Biofore House in Helsinki, Finland, on 19 March 2016 from 20:30 to 21:30 local time. "WWF's Earth Hour reminds us all of the importance…
Read 1565 times
Published in
Forest
Friday, 26 February 2016 08:42
Brazils new forest code: guide 2016
The Forest Code in Brazil is a piece of legislation on land management that legally requires that landowners in the Brazilian Amazon should permanently maintain a proportion of the land (80%) as forest. It was passed in 1965 but with…
Read 1887 times
Published in
Forest
Monday, 22 February 2016 08:22
Exported jobs, illegal timber
EUTR implementation report fails to tackle loophole on printed products The implementation report of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) published yesterday is a missed opportunity. It does not recommend the inclusion of printed products strongly enough in the regulation’s scope.…
Read 1782 times
Published in
Forest
Monday, 22 February 2016 08:13
RusForest Provides Update on Operations and Financial Position
RusForest AB (publ) (“RusForest” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ OMX: RUSF), a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, announces preliminary Q4 2015 production and sales results for its Magistralny and Ust-Ilimsk units. Management Comments“RusForest finished the year on a strong…
Read 1676 times
Published in
Forest
Thursday, 18 February 2016 21:30
Illegal timber can still reach Europe 2 years after EU Timber Regulation created
Following a report published by the European Commission today, which shows that the EU Timber Regulation is still not being enforced effectively in several EU countries a full two and a half years after it was introduced, WWF is calling…
Read 1616 times
Published in
Forest
Wednesday, 10 February 2016 08:52
Molpus Woodlands Group Announces the Acquisition of 87,225 Acres of Timberland in Northern Florida and Southern Georgia
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC (Molpus), a timberland investment management organization headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has just announced, on behalf of clients, the successful purchase of approximately 87,225 acres of timberland in northern Florida and southern Georgia from affiliates of…
Read 1670 times
Published in
Forest
Tuesday, 09 February 2016 07:33
Participate in the Revision of PEFC's Core Standards
Stakeholders globally are invited to nominate candidates to participate in the revision of some of the core standards of PEFC, the world's largest forest certification system. The standards include PEFC's global requirements for sustainable forest management, forest certification procedures, standard…
Read 1743 times
Published in
Forest
Monday, 08 February 2016 09:32
New log sorting line improves the overall production of UPM Seikku sawmill
The new high capacity log sorting line in Seikku sawmill in Pori is now in full operation. The new investment improves the overall production efficiency of the sawmill significantly because the previous bottle neck is completely renewed. With the new…
Read 1890 times
Published in
Forest