PALLISCO - a subsidiary of PASQUET Group - achieved FSC certification for its concession in Cameroon. This is the fourth FSC certificate issued in Cameroon for forest management. However, as of February 23, ICILA is no longer allowed to sign new contracts or issue new FSC certificates during a suspension period. Current FSC certificates issued by […]

The global wood pellet industry has developed remarkably fast, evolving from being practically non-existent 15 years ago to being an important wood fibre consumer which is increasingly competing with pulp and wood-panel industry for wood raw-material. Global pellet production was close to 10 Mt in 2008, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). It is […]

Global Witness is testifying before the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) today on the subject of economic crimes committed during Liberia’s civil war. Since 2000, Global Witness exposed the way in which exploitation and trade of natural resources fuelled armed conflict in Liberia and across the region. The focus was former president Charles Taylor’s harnessing of […]

 ESRI has joined forces with Microsoft to support the longtime efforts of the Kenyan-based Green Belt Movement. “Helping the world reforest and using technology to improve the effectiveness of strategies for helping heal our planet are essential in helping people and nations improve their local and the world’s environment,” says Rob Bernard, Microsoft Chief Environmental […]

The first FSC certificates ever to be granted in Gabon were issued in October 2008 for two tropical forest concessions that span a combined area of 1,304,962 ha. Home to the second largest forest in the Congo Basin in Africa, Gabon holds some of the world’s most biodiverse rainforests.