Why are tropical forests better at converting nitrogen?

A team of scientists may have solved the riddle of why plants that work with bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen gas into an essential biological nutrient (ammonia) tend to prevail in the world’s tropical regions rather than higher latitudes. In a paper published this week in Nature, the authors - including Dr Ying Ping Wang […]

Deere sets emissions goal

Deere & Company plans to further reduce its total global greenhouse gas emissions by 25% per dollar of revenue from 2005 to 2014.

Collective agreement signed over Finnish paper industry

The Finnish Forest Industries Federation and the Finnish Paper Workers’ Union have concluded a new collective agreement covering workers in the paper industry for the period 1 June 2008 - 31 March 2010.

Pöyry wins pulp contract in Russia

Pöyry has been commissioned to provide engineering services for the rebuild of  Mondi’s Syktyvkar pulp mill in Russia worth E10 million.

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