There has been much reported concern recently about continuing deforestation in Amazonia. But there are of course some sustainable operations there. One reported recently by Reuters is a plantation operation on the Jari River in northern Brazil, which ”is being hailed as a model for preserving the world’s largest rain forest.” Located in the heart of […]

 Unprecedented levels of new investment and the ability of wood processors to fight off fierce global competition is a  “major success story” for the timber industry in Scotland, according to Environment Minister Michael Russell.

 The co-determination negotiations at UPM’s timber components and planing mills in Luumäki have been concluded with the company deciding to close the operation.

The goal of a 38% increase in the use of renewable energy, would be extremely demanding and costly for Finland to implement. An increase of just one percentage point here is roughly equivalent to the volume of wood used by one pulp mill in an entire year, according to the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.