The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) will host a gathering of more than 60 international representatives in Lisbon, Portugal on 7-10 May, 2008. The goal of the meeting is to identify expanded opportunities for meeting the needs of small forest operations that are seeking FSC certification. mehr...
Stora Enso's operating profit in the first quarter of 2008 excluding non-recurring items is expected to be close to the level achieved in the fourth quarter of 2007 and therefore considerably lower than in the first quarter of 2007. This is due to the high costs of already purchased sawlogs, particularly relative to the weakening market in Europe as a consequence of excessive sawlog supplies due to recent storms in Central Europe. mehr...
Pöyry has acquired the remaining 30 per cent of the shares of ZAO Giprobum-Pöyry (formerly ZAO Giprobum Engineering), based in St. Petersburg, Russia. mehr...
CSIRO is collaborating in a NASA-funded project, using a CSIRO-designed instrument, to help develop new methods of measuring forest carbon stores on a large scale. mehr...
Stora Enso's joint venture Veracel in Brazil received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its tree plantations on 13 March 2008. An FSC chain-of-custody certificate was simultaneously granted to the mill. Both certificates are valid for five years. mehr...
