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March 2011

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Mar 14, 2011

Harper Government Invests in Canada's Forest Sector - Catalyst's Powell River Mill

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14 March 2011

Conservation of forests set to get a push increase efforts in conserving forests

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15 March 2011

The timber harvesting volume in the Republic of Bashkortostan is projected to increase by 30%

The timber harvesting volumes will increase by 30 %, as estimated by Rajap Nabiullin, the Minister for Forestry Complex of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This index was accepted by the Forest Plan and the  Program of Development of the regional Timber Industry Complex.

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02 February 2011

Web-based learning for forestry professionals

Internet resources for knowledge sharing among the forest community are offered by Andy Alm and Jack Byrne of IUCN CEC.

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16 March 2011

Ilim Timber Industry having acquired Tolleson Lumber becomes Top-10 largest global sawmill producer

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16 March 2011

Cash alone will not slow forest carbon emissions

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15 March 2011

UPM Applies for FSC certification for its Own Forests in Finland

UPM, Helsinki, 15 March 2011 at 11:00 EET) - UPM applies for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification for its forests in Finland. At the same time UPM also extends its forest service portfolio to cover FSC-certification
services to Finnish forest owners. UPM's forests and most of the privately owned forests in Finland are already certified under PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes).

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Mar 15, 2011

Ilim Group Receives FSC Forest Management Certificate

St. Petersburg, Russia, Mar 15, 2011 - OJSC Ilim Group received a multi-site FSC Forest Management Certificate, which also applies to the Group’s harvesting operations in Siberia (the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk District Branches). This FSC Certificate covers that largest area of certified forest in Russia and the second largest in the world, 3.7 million hectares.

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March 17, 2011

Stora Enso, SCA and International Paper named among The World's Most Ethical Companies

Stora Enso, SCA and International Paper have both been honored by the Ethisphere Institute as Ethical Companies for 2011. Stora Enso has now been selected for the list for the fourth time running, out of a record number of nominee companies and International Paper was recognized by The Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies For the fifth consecutive year. 

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March 17th, 2011

First commerical US biofuels plant planned this year

Recently, the banned alcoholic drink Four Loko was being recycled into car fuel, and today, it’s non-food waste from crops and wood scraps. Cellulosic ethanol is by no means a new idea, but no one has been producing it in bulk amounts.

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