Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2008 has been released by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The 2008 report was prepared by the Montreal Process Implementation Group for Australia (MIG) on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments. It can be viewed on adl.brs.gov.au. A3P CEO Neil Fisher said, “The report is a […]

The world’s oldest known living tree, a conifer that first took root at the end of the last Ice Age, has been discovered in Sweden, according to an online National Geographic report.

Chilean forestry and paper company CMPC SA CAR.SN plans to invest around $340 million in 2008, and will scale back investment in coming years due to energy shortages, according to a Reuters report.

Catalyst Paper plans to cut employee numbers at its two largest mills in British Columbia, Canada, as it tries to cope with rising input costs and a relentless fibre shortage made worse by recent sawmill closures.