| August 2008 Headlines  Canada - Market conditions force Vancouver lumber company to close Minnesota OSB plant
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (TSX:ANS) is permanently closing i...
| 28 Aug 2008 |
 UK - Wood recyclers forced to push up gate fees
Wood recyclers across the UK are being forced to raise their... | 28 Aug 2008 |
 Brazil - Aracruz to build new plant in South Brazil
Aracruz Celulose, Brazilian giant of the pulp sector, launch... | 28 Aug 2008 |
 Ghana - Submerged Ghana forest may point to timber bonanza
Logging of a Ghanaian forest submerged 40 years ago by a hyd... | 27 Aug 2008 |
 Indonesia - WWF: New hope for Sumatra’s elephants and tigers as Indonesia doubles size of key national park
The government of Indonesia today declared its commitment to... | 27 Aug 2008 |
Uruguay - Spanish pulp group admits deforesting “error” in Uruguay
Uruguay suspended a Spanish pulp mill forestry plans followi... | 26 Aug 2008 |
UK - Timber trials
Freshwater and marine construction work typically involves t... | 26 Aug 2008 |
 Malaysia - Malaysia, EU Hope To Sign Agreement For Trade In Timber Products By Year End
Malaysia and the European Union (EU) hope to sign a bilatera... | 26 Aug 2008 |
 Europe - Statistics confirm EU trade slowdown during first half 2008
An analysis of Eurostat import data for the EU-25 group
of ... | 22 Aug 2008 |
 Russia - Sawlog prices rebound in Russia during the 2Q of 2008, reports Wood Resources International
Wood Resource Quarterly reports that softwood sawlog prices ... | 21 Aug 2008 |
 China - Value of China’s forest products up 14%
According to the latest statistics from China’s customs
age... | 20 Aug 2008 |
 Australia - Forestry Tas defends its wedge-tailed eagle monitoring
Forestry Tasmania has defended its monitoring of the endange... | 20 Aug 2008 |
China - China's Shandong Chenming Paper to buy 194 mln eur of equipment from Metso
Shandong Chenming Paper Co Ltd said its wholly-owned unit Z... | 20 Aug 2008 |
Mexico - National Forestry Agency to expand commercial forest plantations
According to the National Forestry Agency CONAFOR,
the agen... | 19 Aug 2008 |
 Peru - Peru redirects furniture to new markets
Although Peru’s exports of wooden furniture to the US fell
... | 19 Aug 2008 |
Canada - Russian tax could boost B.C. forestry
A looming Russian tax on log exports could push markets for ... | 19 Aug 2008 |
Brazil - Government works to collect more environmental fines
The Brazilian government intends to change a law on
environ... | 18 Aug 2008 |
Malaysia - MTIB to build furniture hub in Johor
Bernama reported on the Malaysian Timber Industry
Board’s (... | 18 Aug 2008 |
 New Zealand - Foresters and environmental groups join forces over imports
Environmental groups and forest owners have joined forces to... | 18 Aug 2008 |
 Guyana - Guyana posts strong results for July 2008
Log exports recorded for July 2008 are 11% greater by
volum... | 15 Aug 2008 |
Indonesia - EU grants Indonesian imports duty-free facility
The EC recently stated in a press release that the EU will
... | 15 Aug 2008 |
 Global - WWF: Towards a biofuel standard to sort the green from the ungreen
A global panel of experts have today lent their support to a... | 14 Aug 2008 |
China - Accsys expands capacity in China as Diamond Wood extends its exclusivity with a license option for an additional 250,000m3
Accsys Technologies PLC (“Accsys” or “the Company”) announce... | 13 Aug 2008 |
UK - Government makes sustainable timber mandatory
Anyone hoping to sell timber or timber products to governmen... | 12 Aug 2008 |
 USA - PEFC: Oldest and Largest US Tree Certification Program Endorsed
Family forest owners in the United States, who own nearly tw... | 11 Aug 2008 |
Canada - Domtar Rises Most in 17 Months as Paper Prices Gain
Domtar Corp., the world's second- largest maker of office pa... | 11 Aug 2008 |
China - Sino-Forest Signs Long-term Tree Acquisition Agreement in Fujian Province
Sino-Forest Corporation(“Sino-Forest”), a leading commercial... | 11 Aug 2008 |
Malaysia - Ta Ann expanding to Europe, Mid-East
TIMBER giant Ta Ann Holdings Bhd plans to ride on the recove... | 11 Aug 2008 |
Canada - AbitibiBowater Q2 loss $251M, more cuts possible
Forest products firm AbitibiBowater Inc. is prepared to cut... | 08 Aug 2008 |
UK - Bank of England holds interest rates at 5%
Not surprisingly the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committ... | 07 Aug 2008 |
