The export quotas for 2014 were updated for Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Peru, Romania and Uganda on 25 September 2014.

Sweden estimates that wood valued at as much as 600 million kronor ($87 million) was destroyed in the country’s largest forest fire in modern times as fire-fighters managed to contain the spread of

NAGPUR: Most of the conservation effort in tiger range countries is concentrated on a few, relatively large protected areas (PAs) but it is high time governments focused on forests outside the PA n

A new policy by the Himachal Pradesh Government to allot trees, instead of timber or wood, at subsidised rates for constructing or repairing houses has streamlined the process in the State, an offi

Environment and Forests Minister B.

A ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ hub for Asia and Pacific was launched on Wednesday aimed at mobilising investment and finding innovative ways to bring clean, modern energy to people in the region.

Japan, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of timber products, needs to introduce laws and stricter oversight to stamp out imports of illegally logged wood, said the Environmental Investigation Agency

Southampton-based plastic manufacturer Biome Bioplastics has released ground-breaking research that demonstrates the feasibility of creating low-cost, high-performance bioplastics using lignin deri

Beetles are obliterating forests throughout Colorado and the U.S.

This study focuses on evaluating and improving the assessment of forest wealth. In its broad purpose, the study is intended to help improve the current forest wealth assessment methodology by the World Bank to enable more accurate estimates of forest wealth and other related indicators.

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