Grants for four projects to support forestry contractors and boost wood pellet production worth $2.7 million (€2.44 million) have been allocated by the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia (BC).
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Canada’s forestry sector transitions to meet climate demands
The forestry sector says it’s transforming amid Canada’s shift to a low-carbon economy. Bob Larocque, the senior vice-president of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), said the industry has begun to diversify its products to develop more environmentally-friendly materials. The result, he said, has been the emergence of new sector of bio-economy jobs.
Some forests crucial for climate change mitigation, biodiversity
A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western United States that should be preserved for their potential to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration, as well as to enhance biodiversity. Those forests are mainly along the Pacific coast and in the Cascade Range, with pockets of them in the northern […]
Rainforest Energy to produce bio-gasoline using Infinity technology
Rainforest Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Infinity Biofuels for the licensing of patented technology to produce bio-gasoline from biomass across the Americas.
Use more timber frames in new housing starts ‘to boost UK forestry’
Policy Exchange report urges next government to increase use of timber in new homes The next government must ramp up the amount of domestically-produced timber used in new housing starts across England from the current 22% to 40%, according to a new report.
UN forestry projects to help countries meet climate change commitments
More than two dozen countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America are set to benefit from a UN project to help tackle climate change through better forestry management. Under the scheme, announced on Monday by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 26 nations will soon be able to provide improved data on forest and land […]
What is the future of Britain’s forests?
What will Britain’s forests look like in 100 years? Here is Countryfile’s expert guide to Britain’s forests, looking at the history of forestry in the UK, the environmental importance of trees and how much new woodland you can expect to see planted in the future. There is something most of us agree on: Britain needs […]
Merkel promises €500m to revitalise German forests
Storms, drought, beetles and fires have destroyed equivalent of 250,000 football fields Angela Merkel’s government has promised more than half a billion euros to revitalise the country’s crisis-hit forests in the fight against climate change. A third of Germany’s landmass is covered in woodland, and forests play an important role in the country’s national folklore, […]
Trump pushes to allow new logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
President Trump has instructed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to exempt Alaska’s 16.7-million-acre Tongass National Forest from logging restrictions imposed nearly 20 years ago, according to three people briefed on the issue, after privately discussing the matter with the state’s governor aboard Air Force One.
AMF makes first direct forestry investment with €1bn deal
Sweden’s third biggest pension fund is making its first direct investment in forestry, in a deal worth an estimated SEK11bn (€1bn). AMF – which manages SEK632bn in assets – announced this week that it was to acquire 89.9% of the outstanding shares of BSÖ Holding from Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer BillerudKorsnäs Skog & Industri. BSÖ Holding’s […]