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...
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...
The Forestry Commission today published “Forestry Statistics 2007“, an annual publication presenting statistics on woodland, forestry and primary wood processing in the United Kingdom. mehr...
An ambitious international effort has been launched today to decode the genome of Eucalyptus, one of the world’s most valuable fibre and paper-producing trees. mehr...