According to the WWF’s ‘Climate Solutions 2’ report, which has been released in advance of the Climate Change forum taking place in Copenhagen later this year, forestry needs to play a large part in slowing climate change. [more]

Last night Kilkenny Castle played host to the 2009 Irish Forestry Awards, presented by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s minister Tony Killeen. [more]

Marcus Derham, the chief executive of Willmott Forests has predicted that the Australian forestry industry investment market will rise by AUS$300 million in the coming year. [more]

The World Forestry Congress is being held in Buenos Aires at the moment and some 5,000 delegates from international forestry industries are attending, with the attention firmly set on sustainable forestry. [more]

US-based renewable energy firm Coskata has opened a new 50,000-gallon demonstration plant to show its innovative approach to biofuel production. [more]

Canada’s Financial Post recently published an article talking about the abundance of opportunity for the Ontario forest industry that remains despite the recession. [more]

A new £20 million sawmill has started operation in southern Scotland. [more]

British Columbia’s government has pledged to increase its forestry investment by an extra 17 per cent in order to enable the region to promote its products to the Chinese market. [more]

A major forestry investment fund, owned by US based Global Forest Partners, has spent AUS$345 million on the forestry assets owned by failed Australian agribusiness firm Timbercorp. [more]

A leading UK property investment consultancy has described its new forestry investment in Sri Lanka as "somewhat of a no-brainer", mainly because of the growth in demand for tropical hardwood products. [more]