Timber prices in Kenya have increased because of a crackdown on logging. Commercial exotic forests in Kenya have been subject to a logging ban since 1999. [more]

A Scandinavian investor has written about the reasons behind her decision to move her money out of stocks and shares and into forestry. [more]

Forestry investments are gaining momentum as a result of an increased interest in alternative investments, says forestry company ITC. [more]

The media is full of gloomy stories about stock market falls, company failures, bank bail-outs and people losing millions in a blink of an eye. Forestry, on the other hand, is an alternative investment option, and offers peace-of-mind and stable returns. [more]

President Barack Obama has announced that he will be setting up a Biofuels Interagency Working Group to help boost research and commercialisation in the industry. [more]

Investment website WhatInvestment.co.uk says that investing in forestry has never been ‘more popular or more accessible.’ [more]

Although steps have been made to reduce deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, the burning of tropical forests still contributes seven billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. [more]

Last year, the Gainesville City Commission approved plans to build a 100-megawatt biomass-powered energy plant in the Florida city, bringing increased demand for forestry in the area to feed the plant. [more]

Peregrine Energy, an energy consulting business, has revealed plans to invest some US$135 million in developing a new woody biomass cogeneration facility which is to be located in Sonoco’s Hartsville Manufacturing Complex. [more]

Achim Steiner, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has spoken out to urge the world’s governments to try to safeguard the planet’s future by investing in a new ‘green economy.’ [more]