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  • In US forests, push to develop bio-energy raises fears of wood demand exceeding supply 25 Nov 2009 10:50 GMT
    ... PARK FALLS, Wis. - Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and ... over the place," said Marvin Roberson, a forest policy specialist with the Sierra Club environmental ... development called Frontier Renewable Resources will convert timber into 40 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol ...

  • Planting forests across Britain will reduce CO2 emissions, say scientists 25 Nov 2009 06:15 GMT
    ... has suggested that the creation of new forests and woodlands across Britain will help reduce ... bringing a total of 16 per cent forest in Britain. In flood plains and upland ... and coal, and by substituting sustainably produced timber for less climate-friendly materials." "While so many ...

  • Planting forests across Britain will reduce CO2 emissions 25 Nov 2009 09:05 GMT
    ... for trees, bringing a total of 16% forest in Britain. In flood plains and upland ... willow and poplar, and more mixed deciduous forests of sycamore, ash and birch. The Scottish ... and coal, and by substituting sustainably produced timber for less climate-friendly materials." "While so many ...

  • Forest corporation sees green with tender system 25 Nov 2009 03:52 GMT
    ... felling trees has brought the Punjab State Forest Corporation out of the woods. Listed for ... when the tendering system was introduced. Punjab Forests Minister Tikshan Sud told The Indian Express ... labourers for felling and then auction the timber. It got only 20 per cent of ...

  • ACCC opposes Gunns' timber acquisition 25 Nov 2009 05:23 GMT
    ... - would face lower prices for their timber should the proposed acquisition go ahead. "The ... SmartFibre Pty Ltd, a woodchip joint-venture with Forest Enterprises Australia Ltd. ...

  • ACCC blocks Gunns' timber deal 25 Nov 2009 05:21 GMT
    ... Gunns wanted to buy ITC Timber for $100 million. (ABC News: file photo) ... main farming body, the TFGA, and the Forest Contractors Association had opposed the move saying it ...

  • Walk of the week: Forest foray 25 Nov 2009 01:05 GMT
    ... and the Hermitage to the south, Craigvinean Forest covers an extensive area; a possibly confusing ... a delightful wooded area to reach a forestry track. Cross that track and follow another ...

  • LA County leaders vote to urge Forest Service to allow nighttime aerial firefighting 25 Nov 2009 02:50 GMT
    ... Fire voted Tuesday to urge the U.S. Forest Service to allow helicopters to battle wildfires ... and noted that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as well as Los ...

  • Defending Bio-Mass 25 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... claiming that bio-mass plants will strip our forests clean, and that the removal of large ... actual potential impact on our regional forests. Forest owners who look for any reasonable return ... soft maple, hemlock, beech and crooked/damaged/diseased trees). Timber harvesting also generates a huge amount of ...

  • Greenpeace Wants To Help President Meet Climate Commitment 25 Nov 2009 05:27 GMT
    ... Greenpeace Southeast Asia campaigned to protect Sumatra`s forest recently, local security authorities tried to crack ... set up the camp to protect the forests in Kampar Peninsula which have considered been ... Greenpeace non-violent direct action in Riau, new Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan in Jakarta on November ...

  • Tree planting urged over emissions 25 Nov 2009 07:50 GMT
    ... - which store more carbon than older forests - mature, so tripling tree planting on ... and coal, and by substituting sustainably produced timber for less climate-friendly materials." The study also ... play in reducing our carbon emissions. Greater forest cover can help us achieve this either ...

  • Tree planting urged over emissions 25 Nov 2009 08:47 GMT
    ... - which store more carbon than older forests - mature, so tripling tree planting on ... and coal, and by substituting sustainably produced timber for less climate-friendly materials." The study also ... play in reducing our carbon emissions. Greater forest cover can help us achieve this either ...

  • Stalking the wily wild Christmas tree 25 Nov 2009 05:53 GMT
    ... Mountain National ) telling about their "National Forest Christmas Tree Program." The Green Mountain National ... in or near campgrounds, picnic areas, experimental forests, wilderness areas, timber sale areas, within 100-feet of a state ...

  • Logging plan another blow to Gold River 25 Nov 2009 09:16 GMT
    ... Fallers for Western Forest Products started work this week on a ... on one of two fair-sized stands of timber around Scout and Antler Lakes. They have ... allow commercial logging in a provincial park." Forests Minister Pat Bell stressed that it's private ...

  • ACCC opposes Gunns' acquisition of ITC 25 Nov 2009 05:52 GMT
    ... Gunns Ltd's proposed acquisition of the ITC timber processing division from rural services company Elders ... the SmartFibre woodchip export joint-venture. The ITC forestry and managed funds divisions were not part ... SmartFibre Pty Ltd, a woodchip joint-venture with Forest Enterprises Australia Ltd. SmartFibre has a woodchip facility ...


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