Amerindians will comply with forest rules – TAAMOG
The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG) has hailed Guyana’s receipt of the US$45 million for climate services provided by Norway, while noting that Amerindian communities are following guidelines for sustainable forest management. In a re
Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from promoting a diversity of tree species, new study finds. Modern forestry is largely based on monocultures—in Sweden usually pine or spruce—mainly because it is considered more rational.
The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso has become the second Brazilian state after Acre to create a regulatory framework for rewarding those who combat climate change by saving endangered rainforest. Acre, meanwhile, will receive 50 million Real ($24.2 million) for REDD+ from KfW, the German develo
On Tuesday, real estate and timberland management company Rayonier announced it is selling one of its four operating divisions, its wood products division, to Vancouver, Canada-based International Forest Products Limited (Interfor).
Brazil – the world’s largest industrial eucalypt estate
There are 7 million ha of industrial quality planted forest in Brazil with almost 2 million ha of pine and 5 million ha of hardwood, principally eucalypts. This plantation base has formed the basis for most of the forest industry expansion.
