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PEFC (The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) is an international organisation with the main focus of endorsing national forest certification systems to ensure the verifiable, sustainable use of forests. ...
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Despite the critical circumstances resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, we continue the production of new machines at full speed. Since the start of this year we have completed many new and interesting installations. We produce forest forwarder sets and skid-steer loaders in various colour designs, with various adapters, and always according to our ...
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the work of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance formed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, FMI – The Food Industry Association, National Alliance of Forest Owners, National Association of State Departments of ...
Providing a path for family forest owners to benefit from carbon markets will continue to ensure that forests remain ...
Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry hosted a hearing on the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act, where prominent agricultural leaders urged passage of the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act. U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Committee, and Mike Braun (R-IN), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and ...
Richard Vlosky, director of Louisiana Forest Products Development Center The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges. ...
How hard is it for roots and farm equipment to get through? Soil sustains crops, forests, animal production, urban development, and even projects like building silos, dams, and greenhouses. ...
Bullfrog Power, Canada’s leading green energy provider, is announcing a new partnership that will see both the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the Canadian Wood Council (CWC) choose 100 per cent green electricity and 100 per cent green natural gas for their head offices in Ottawa. ...
Focusing on 'Forests and Agriculture: Land-use Challenges and Opportunities,' the 2016 SOFO explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the complex interrelationship among forests, agriculture and sustainable development. ...
Climate change is threatening cork production in the forests of Spain and Portugal, making it more difficult to produce traditional wine bottle stoppers and putting an ancient and valuable industry at risk. ...
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) had resumed incentives for farmers and foresters producing biomass for renewable energy and biobased products. ...
Do you have experience in sustainable forest management? Are you ready and eager to get involved in our standards revision process? ...
” At nearly $9 billion in industry output impacts, forestry and forest product manufacturing make up the biggest commodity sector of Florida’s agricultural economy. Next is environmental horticulture – the nursery, greenhouse and landscaping industries – and third is fruits and vegetables, including citrus. “The ...
“The MENFRI project is therefore a great opportunity to discuss how forest certification could help Mediterranean forests and their products to be better ...
The China Forest Certification Council (CFCC) has announced that the Chinese Government has passed and is enacting immediately its new national forest certification regulations. These important rules set out the scope, framework, and requirements for all forest certifications operating in China. All forest certification ...
The research in Forest Chemistry focused on three tracks of the chemical-making operations: Production of butanol, olefins and methanol extracted from the sulphate process of pulping operations. ...
The decline can be slowed down only by combining drastic changes in production modes in these sectors with long-term policy commitments. ...
“Here at the Carrefour du Bois we can really work with the different actors to create more demand for certified sustainable forest products from both the tropics and the entire world,” highlighted Sarah Price from PEFC International on the transition2020 roundtable. “It is this demand that motivates the forest producers, and is ...
Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced that it has completed the sale of its North American consumer foil products business to Reynolds Consumer Products LLC for $33.75 million. ...
Valtra’s Unlimited Studio has created a pink tractor that is all about “passion”, which is this year’s theme among the Young Farmers of Finland, an organisation of MTK (Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners). The theme is reflected in both the interior and exterior styling of this customised tractor, which has been dubbed “Pink Cat”. Options ...