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October 2011

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Oct 12, 2011

FFIF : Fairly Good Timber Sales Activity in September

September was fairly good in the timber market. Timber prices were high in comparison to long-term averages and all timber grades were in good demand.

Stumpage prices remained on the high level achieved one year ago in September, although a slight month-on-month decrease was recorded.

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October 14th, 2011

Eucalyptus from NZ port top wood export

Exports of Southland eucalyptus woodchips have according to the Southland Times doubled in the past two years and the wood is on the way to becoming the region’s main timber export.

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October 14th, 2011

Japan reconstruction draws NZ wood panels

New Zealand wood panels are being used for reconstruction in Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has just released forestry production and trade figures for the April to June 2011 quarter.

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September 30, 2011

A model biodiversity monitoring protocol for REDD projects

Emerging international standards for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) projects require a demonstrated biodiversity benefit and a biodiversity monitoring protocol.

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09/26/2011

Fuzzy forest framing favours fallacies

In a WORLDVIEW opinion piece in Nature (22 Sept 2011), Jianchu Xu argues that China’s new forests aren’t as green as they seem.

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September 26, 2011

A new opportunity for land grabbers?

Land is cheap and is perceived to be abundant in Africa. A scramble for Africa’s land, following the food and fuel crisis three years ago, is on.

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Lenzing Extends Management Board Mandate of Friedrich Weninger

Austria, Sep 27, 2011 - The Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG has extended the Management Board mandate of Friedrich Weninger (54) for a further three years until the end of 2014. Friedrich Weninger serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and is accordingly responsible for the business operations of the Lenzing Group (except Engineering). Friedrich Weninger has been working for Lenzing for 22 years.

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September 27, 2011

Compensatory afforestation has not worked, says a new study

A new study supported by the Green Party of Germany finds that compensatory afforestation has not taken off in many cases and forest conservation rules have helped industry more than environment.

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September 30, 2011

State of Forest Carbon Markets 2011

This second annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyzes trends in global transac

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September 29, 2011

Japan earmarks P5-B forestland loan

The Japanese government has earmarked the appropriation of an estimated Y9.244 billion, or approximately P5.084 billion, to strengthen forestland management in the Philippines.

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by Dr. Radut