When the military junta took forcible control of Myanmar in February, many environmental commentators voiced grave concerns about the potential recommencement of mass deforestation and removal of teak wood from…
Category: Forest Management
In recent years, the use of wood biomass in Europe has grown rapidly driven by massive subsidies granted to energy firms to encourage a switch to renewable energy. Much of…
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Europe’s Path to Sustainability
A recent study published by Forest Trends, based on a survey of forestry professionals, has revealed the varied successes and stumbling blocks generated by the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR)…
Sitting outside a luxury hotel on the Costa Smeralda in Northern Sicily, watching a superyacht cruise effortlessly across the water, would be an unlikely time to recall harrowing images of…
Every year the ITTO and FAO send a questionnaire to tropical wood producing nations in order to ascertain harvesting data and every year the responses are minimal. This lack of…
On the 25th November, John Clegg Co, TilHill Forestry and Strutt & Parker, published the UK Forestry Market Report; detailing a rapid upsurge in investor demand for UK forestry. What…
The past week has seen the publication of two inflammatory and critical reports by the BBC and Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Both focus on the flourishing trade in illegal tropical…
On the 5th October, the Indonesian House of Representatives approved a new economic recovery law aimed at aiding the country bounce back after months of economic decline following the global…
The citizens’ assembly group ‘Climate Assembly UK’, has recently published a report detailing a path to net-zero. Guided by recommendations made by the public, it features timber and responsible forestry…
On the 22nd of September, the European Forest Institute held an informative Zoom webinar on the Future of Forest Policy Post-2020. Much of the discussion revolved around the impacts of…