timber log News
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Government responds to report on illegal logging
The Rudd Government has taken another step towards implementing its election promise to combat illegal logging. The Centre for International Economics (the CIE) today released its final report to inform the government's Regulation Impact Statement for the proposed new policy on illegally-logged timber. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke said the Rudd Government is ...
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SGS Fforestry Monitoring Programme is awarded a five-year contract in DRC
SGS Forestry Monitoring Programme (GIS) is pleased to announce that, on January 20, 2010, it signed a five year contract with the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to initiate implementation of an integrated forest control system to monitor and verify forest logging, timber chain-of-custody and forest product exports. DRC’s ...
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Growth-oriented logging: a new concept in forest management
Deforestation in the tropics has both local and global effects, but conservation remains a major challenge. New research describes a method for measuring tree growth and timber harvesting, which can lead to sustainable management of tropical timber resources. The method tailors cutting cycles according to accurate growth rates of different tree species. Research explored the Mamirauá Sustainable ...
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Wood from illegal harvesting in EU markets estimated
Illegal timber imports into the EU were between 8 and 18 million m³ in 2009, representing 6-13% of total imports, new research suggests. Although figures for illegal logging are associated with high uncertainties, the authors claim that these figures provide the best available estimates for policy and decision makers. Illegal logging is a worldwide problem, which exacerbates climate change ...
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Russia plans timber tracking to control illegal logging
By 2011 there will be a unified information system in operation in Russia for controlling timber circulation that may help the government combat illegal logging, according to a report in 'Russian Forestry Review' magazine. The new system was announced by Valery Roshchupkin, head of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resource's Federal Agency for Forestry, or Rosleskhoz, at a meeting of the ...
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Cowdray Estate prosecuted for Midhurst river pollution that killed 4,000 fish
The Environment Agency has prosecuted the Cowdray Estate for polluting 5km of a West Sussex watercourse which resulted in the deaths of 4,000 fish at a Fernhurst fish farm. The Cowdray Estate of Cowdray Park, Easebourne, Midhurst, West Sussex appeared at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 9 October. The Estate pleaded guilty to the offence and was fined £5,000, ordered to pay ...
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Fin Whale, Mountain Gorilla recovering thanks to conservation action - IUCN Red List
Conservation action has brought renewed hope for the Fin Whale and the Mountain Gorilla, according to today’s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Fin Whale has improved in status from Endangered to Vulnerable following bans on whaling, while the Mountain Gorilla subspecies has moved from Critically Endangered to Endangered thanks to collaborative conservation efforts. ...
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