| August 2008 Headlines  Russia - Sawlog prices rebound in Russia during the 2Q of 2008, reports Wood Resources International
Wood Resource Quarterly reports that softwood sawlog prices ...
| 21 Aug 2008 |
 China - Value of China’s forest products up 14%
According to the latest statistics from China’s customs
age... | 20 Aug 2008 |
 Australia - Forestry Tas defends its wedge-tailed eagle monitoring
Forestry Tasmania has defended its monitoring of the endange... | 20 Aug 2008 |
China - China's Shandong Chenming Paper to buy 194 mln eur of equipment from Metso
Shandong Chenming Paper Co Ltd said its wholly-owned unit Z... | 20 Aug 2008 |
Mexico - National Forestry Agency to expand commercial forest plantations
According to the National Forestry Agency CONAFOR,
the agen... | 19 Aug 2008 |
 Peru - Peru redirects furniture to new markets
Although Peru’s exports of wooden furniture to the US fell
... | 19 Aug 2008 |
 Canada - Russian tax could boost B.C. forestry
A looming Russian tax on log exports could push markets for ... | 19 Aug 2008 |
 Brazil - Government works to collect more environmental fines
The Brazilian government intends to change a law on
environ... | 18 Aug 2008 |
 Malaysia - MTIB to build furniture hub in Johor
Bernama reported on the Malaysian Timber Industry
Board’s (... | 18 Aug 2008 |
 New Zealand - Foresters and environmental groups join forces over imports
Environmental groups and forest owners have joined forces to... | 18 Aug 2008 |
 Guyana - Guyana posts strong results for July 2008
Log exports recorded for July 2008 are 11% greater by
volum... | 15 Aug 2008 |
 Indonesia - EU grants Indonesian imports duty-free facility
The EC recently stated in a press release that the EU will
... | 15 Aug 2008 |
 Global - WWF: Towards a biofuel standard to sort the green from the ungreen
A global panel of experts have today lent their support to a... | 14 Aug 2008 |
China - Accsys expands capacity in China as Diamond Wood extends its exclusivity with a license option for an additional 250,000m3
Accsys Technologies PLC (“Accsys” or “the Company”) announce... | 13 Aug 2008 |
 UK - Government makes sustainable timber mandatory
Anyone hoping to sell timber or timber products to governmen... | 12 Aug 2008 |
 USA - PEFC: Oldest and Largest US Tree Certification Program Endorsed
Family forest owners in the United States, who own nearly tw... | 11 Aug 2008 |
Canada - Domtar Rises Most in 17 Months as Paper Prices Gain
Domtar Corp., the world's second- largest maker of office pa... | 11 Aug 2008 |
China - Sino-Forest Signs Long-term Tree Acquisition Agreement in Fujian Province
Sino-Forest Corporation(“Sino-Forest”), a leading commercial... | 11 Aug 2008 |
Malaysia - Ta Ann expanding to Europe, Mid-East
TIMBER giant Ta Ann Holdings Bhd plans to ride on the recove... | 11 Aug 2008 |
Canada - AbitibiBowater Q2 loss $251M, more cuts possible
Forest products firm AbitibiBowater Inc. is prepared to cut... | 08 Aug 2008 |
UK - Bank of England holds interest rates at 5%
Not surprisingly the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committ... | 07 Aug 2008 |
UK - CANADA - Coulson Forest Products shows 3 British Girls how to Log in new Channel 4 series
Coulson Forest Products logging team in North West Canada ha... | 07 Aug 2008 |
Indonesia - Greenpeace protest targets Indonesian forestry ministry
Environmental group Greenpeace hung a banner reading "Stop D... | 07 Aug 2008 |
UK - Phaunos Timber ups investment in Uruguay joint venture by $5 mln
Phaunos Timber Fund Ltd., the closed-ended investment compan... | 07 Aug 2008 |
Australia - Timber group rejects call for harvesting rethink
A peak timber industry body has rejected claims native fores... | 07 Aug 2008 |
UK - Timber firm logs profit boost
TIMBER merchant James Donaldson & Son has seen profits rise ... | 07 Aug 2008 |
USA - Weyerhaeuser to cut 1,500 jobs at headquarters, posts loss
Timber company Weyerhaeuser says it will cut 1,500 jobs at i... | 06 Aug 2008 |
Australia - Higher wood chip export prices in Australia in 2008 as wood supply tightens around the Pacific Rim
Export prices for both pine and Eucalyptus wood chips have
... | 05 Aug 2008 |
Brazil - Brazil launches forestry investment fund
The Brazilian government has launched a new international in... | 04 Aug 2008 |
USA - Weyerhaeuser Completes Sale of Assets to International Paper
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced the completi... | 04 Aug 2008 |
