Forestry & Logging

Investors Seek to Avert Timber Crisis

Uganda: Investors Seek to Avert Timber Crisis Posted to the web 1 December 2008 Charles Kakamwa Kampala UGANDANS must embrace commercial tree farming in order to meet the country's high demand for timber. Allan Amumpe, the...

'A way of life is gone' - off to China

Pulp-mill parts at Nanaimo port symbolize the struggling forestry sector and the sting felt around the province JUSTINE HUNTER Globe and Mail Update VICTORIA — The skeleton of a pulp mill that provided work for generations in...

Primary sector recognised as economic driver

Monday, 1 December 2008, 2:30 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Primary sector recognised as economic driver in briefing The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Biosecurity, David Carter, has today released the...

Executive Impact › Looking good on paper

TOKYO — The chances are that somewhere in your office, the paper you are using came from UPM-Kymmene Japan KK, the Tokyo-based unit of the global forest products group with core businesses in printing papers, specialty papers,...

Insurers Ponder Risk of Encouraging Trees to Fight Global Warming

Paying landowners to let forests grow is promoted by the United Nations as a viable way to fight global warming, but experts first have to puzzle out how to insure trees against going up in smoke. RISING DEMAND Demand for...

Sierra Nevada climate changes feed monster, forest-devouring fires

Indian Valley resident John Shower, whose home narrowly escaped the 2007 Moonlight fire in Plumas County, walks through a stand of charred pine trees in June that were a victim of Moonlight's wrath. About 65,000 acres...

ROLLING ALONG: Ailing economy hasn't hurt local golf courses

By Bob Tompkins • btompkins@thetowntalk.com • November 30, 2008 Golf is taking a hit in other parts of the country because of the ailing economy, but not in Central Louisiana, according to local golf club pros. "We have yet to...

Tree houses cater to all ages

Families have long treasured their tree houses, with parents and their children working together to build one in the backyard and building memories as the kids enjoy it as they grow up. From the famous tree houses belonging to...

Visitors to National Forests on the decline

Could it be gas prices, park fees or video games? In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into the national forests to hunt, fish, and hike. Top...

Your Guide to Installing Junckers Clip System Flooring

in your business or workplace. Many colours are available and there are several different finishes. Junckers have been using smaller logs that were viewed as unusable, saving wood and causing less environmental damage, since...

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Logging , Timber