21 June 2012
Global sustainable development is the focus of the United Nations Rio+20 conference. By providing food, fuel, fiber, medicines, and other necessities, forests and the forest products industry present a solution for a viable, sustainable future for our planet and its citizens.
25 June 2012
Sustainable forest management and the timber products it creates were championed at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, last week.21 June 2012
Fire researchers at Scion have developed an android-based smart phone application that helps fire managers to predict fire behaviour.MAF predicts the harvest from New Zealand plantation forests will be relatively stable at between 26 to 28 million cubic metres a year until 2016. Thereafter, there will be the potential to increase the harvest from maturing plantations by an additional 10 million cubic metres a year.
Climate change no longer has its own vote in the government’s Budget, but has been merged with Vote Environment. Budget documents show that the total appropriation for climate change policies have been cut from $9 billion this year to $7.8 billion next year.
