Momentum behind forest, paper and packaging deals set to continue driven by sustainability trends: PwC report
Toronto, June 27, 2008 — Total forest, paper and packaging (FPP) deal values increased to US$27.6bn in 2007, up US$1.9bn on 2006, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Branching Out report.
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A3P & New Zealand Forest Owners’ Association Inc. contribute to the international forestry industry
A3P, the peak body for Australia’s plantation products and paper industry, and the New Zealand Forest Owners’ Association (NZFOA) were today invited to address the 49TH meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products outside Johannesburg, South Africa.
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A3P supports international industry leadership
A3P, the peak body for Australia’s plantation products and paper industry, congratulates the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) for developing and formally endorsing the ICFPA fact sheets on Sustainable Forest Management, Certification (forest), Illegal Logging and Plantations.
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Log costs in Finland among the highest in the world in the 1Q/08
12 June 2008
Wood Resources International
The Finnish forest industry has had a tough year. The wood supply has been tight and the country is having some of the highest sawlog and pulpwood costs in the world, according to the market report, the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ).
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Worldwide trade of wood pellets reached a record three million tons in 2007
06 June 2008
Wood Resources International
With the increasing demand for woody biomass, global trade of particularly wood pellets has gone up substantially the past few years as reported in the latest issue of the Wood Resource Quarterly. Global trade of wood pellets reached over three million tons in 2007.
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Proposals for slimming down the UK Woodland Assurance Standard
New criteria for defining ‘small woodlands’ should make certifying woodlands simpler for 95% of the UK’s woodland owners under proposals published today.
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As Papua New Guinea Pushes for Payments for Forest Conservation, New Analysis Says Nation May Be Running Out of Forests to Protect
01 June 2008
University of Papua New Guinea Remote Sensing Centre
Satellite Images Show that PNG is Rapidly Losing its Extensive Forest Cover - Under Pressure from Industrial Logging, Agricultural Expansion and Forest Fires
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A3P member company HVP Plantations protects Gippsland native forest
A3P, the peak national body for Australia’s plantation products and paper industry, welcomes the announcement by member company HVP Plantations of a landmark agreement with the Brumby Government to protect more than 20,000ha of native forests in Gippsland’s Strzelecki Ranges.
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Global trade of woodchips increased 6% in 2007, reaching new records
27 May 2008
Wood Resources International
Pulpmills in both Europe and the Pacific Rim are increasingly sourcing their mills with wood from fast-growing plantations. This has resulted in a major expansion of worldwide trade of both wood chips and pulplogs the past few years, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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World's Largest Contiguous Tropical Forest Certified in Congo Basin
Pygmies Use GIS Mapping Technology to Partner with Timber Company; Resulting Certification to Safeguard Massive Central African Forest Area
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CSIRO fails the Forest and Wood Products Industry
A3P, the peak national body for Australia’s plantation products and paper industry, has today characterised the CSIRO’s decision to integrate the Forest Biosciences Division into other Divisions as a massive setback and disappointment to the forest and wood products industry.
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Global pulpwood prices reached new records in 1Q 2008, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly
21 May 2008
Wood Resources International
Tight residual supply, higher fuel costs and unfavourable weather were all factors that pushed wood costs for the world’s pulp industry to new record levels in 1Q/08.
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A3P Welcomes new report ‘Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2008’
A3P, the peak national body for Australia’s plantation products and paper industry, has today welcomed the release of Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2008, which was released by the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
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New Market For Tree Growers
15 May 2008
F&W Forestry Services, Inc
Commercial Trading In Forest-Based Carbon Credits Set To Begin
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SFI® INC. announces new officers and board members
The independent Board of Directors for the non-profit Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Inc. (SFI) recently elected four new members to support its balanced approach to responsible forest management, including two environmental representatives.
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A3P welcomes new Managing Director of Forest and Wood Products Australia
A3P, the peak body representing the plantations products and paper industry, has today congratulated Mr Ric Sinclair the newly appointed Managing Director of Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA).
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Rainforest Alliance Announces 2008 Honorees to be Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Support of Conservation Work
12 May 2008
Rainforest Alliance
The Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit conservation organization, is pleased to announce the 2008 honorees that will be recognized at its annual gala on May 15 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The annual gala recognizes companies and individuals for their work with the Rainforest Alliance on making sustainable supply chain decisions or for their longtime support of conservation work.
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A3P hosts consultation to ensure whole of industry inclusion in ‘Forestry and Climate Change Action Plan’
A3P, the peak body representing the plantation products and paper industry, has brought together over 60 representatives from the forestry sector, both industry and government from Australia and New Zealand, for the first industry consultation workshop to shape the direction of the Forestry and Climate Change Action Plan, a report to help industry respond to climate change.
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Russian sawlog and pulpwood prices fell 20% in 1Q as log export taxes reduced foreign shipments
08 May 2008
Wood Resources International
Russian domestic log prices fell sharply in the 1Q 2008 from their peak in the 4Q of last year, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. Pine sawlog prices declined 22%, softwood pulpwood prices were down 20% and hardwood pulpwood costs fell just over 15%. The major reasons for the price declines were an improved log supply thanks to favorable logging conditions and a substantial reduction in log exports.
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Currency issues plague forest and paper industry, but good news coming from southern hemisphere and emerging markets
08 May 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers
vancouver, May 8, 2008 /ForestNewswire/ -Currency is one of the biggest issues facing the forest, paper and packaging industry around the world, in particular Canada and Europe. But the news is not all bad for the global industry. According to findings released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) at its 21st annual Global Forest and Paper Industry Conference in Vancouver, the southern hemisphere and other emerging markets (Central America, South America and non-Japan Asia) are prospering, in particular due their use of new technologies, fertile soil and low wood costs.
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