21 February 2013, CIFOR news - Forests in southeastern Peru are threatened by a hodgepodge of overlapping land-use concessions — in part because of imprecise mapping of boundaries and lack of coordination among government agencies that hand out permits. A new Forest and Wildlife Law could help, but it will not take effect...

23 February 2013, Ttjonline news -The Finnish forestry industry is calling for firm action on competitiveness and government policy against a backdrop of further economic gloom. Production and prices continued to fall while the economic downturn in Finlands main markets in Europe showed no sign of relenting, said Timo Jaatinen...

10 March 2013, Sciencedaily news -Tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass -- plants and plant material -- in response to greenhouse gas emissions over the twenty-first century than may previously have been thought, suggests a study published online this week in Nature Geoscience. In the most comprehensive assessment...

1 February 2013, Congo Biodiversity Initiative news - The Congo Basin Forest Fund, launched by the Governments of Norway and the UK, through the African Development Bank (AfDB), is funding a regional initiative to help ten Central African countries to set up advanced national forest monitoring systems. The initiative will focus...

5 February 2013, Ttjonline news - EU tropical sawn timber imports dropped 12% to 778,000m3 in the first nine months of 2012, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO). ITTO says the level of imports last year (with Q4s figures still to come) was almost certain to be lower than in 2009 - the previous low...

21 January 2013, Ttjonline news - Between 50-60 Ghanaian timber companies have collapsed due to the economic downturn and tougher forestry regulation and many survivors are trading below capacity, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO). In his state of trade announcement, Ghana Timber Millers...