March 2, 2010, AllAfrica - Due to financial constraints, Uganda has still failed to meet the increasing demand for timber from the booming housing sector. The country still imports timber and paper from South Africa and even South America especially for electricity polls worth millions. Information from the National Forest...

February 27, 2010, FREETOWN (AFP) – Sierra Leones fragile mangrove ecosystem risks being depleted if steps are not taken, the countrys forestry director said Saturday after African countries adopted a plan to save coastal mangrove forests. There is (a) need to formulate and implement a sustainable policy... and a need for an...

February 26, 2010, Calcutta News.Net - By planting 2.5 billion trees since 2007, India has joined the Plant for Planet: The Billion Tree Campaign of the UN, the environment and forests ministry announced Friday. India has joined the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative, which brings the international campaigns...

December 22, 2009, The Age - After a generation of forest conflict in Tasmania, an end to old-growth logging could be in sight, forced by global market demand. Japanese customers have told Forestry Tasmania they want the state products they buy to have the green tick of approval from the strict Forest Stewardship Council. The...

January 14, 2010, Greenbiz.com news - TheSustainable Forestry Initiative(SFI), which has certified more than 180 million of acres in North America, has released an updated version of its certification standard. The new SFI 2010-2014 Standard came about after an 18-month public review process and includes updated and expanded...

May 28, 2010, ABC News - United States congressman Earl Blumenauer has called on the Australian Government to legislate to ban illegal timber imports into Australia. Mr Blumenauer, a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives for the timber state of Oregon, says Australia is part of a global supply chain and...