A Ghanaian forestry leader has urged his government to look to the example set by Brazil to learn how to improve the country's forestry industry. [more]

The Third International Timber Trade Federation Day will highlight the marketing of legal and sustainable timber as its key topic when it takes place in Switzerland in the autumn. [more]

Brazilian paper and pulp producer, Suzano, has revealed plans to invest up to US $1.3 billion in the creation of a renewable energy unit, that would sell wood pellets to European biomass stations. [more]

The deflation of a short-lived 'mini-bubble' in Brazil's economy is creating a more stable economy, according to economists. [more]

Ten-year figures for the Brazilian timber industry show that production in the Amazon has fallen by 50 per cent. [more]

The Irish Parliament is calling on the EU to agree that the country can used forest carbon sinks to offset its non-Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) emissions. [more]

Timber investments will be the subject of a two-day trade fair due to be held in London this October. [more]

Illegal logging in Brazil has shrunk by between 50 and 75 per cent since 2002, according to one of the most thorough investigations into the illegal timber trade. [more]

Leading global timber company, Weyerhaeuser Co., has seen its company shares jump more than eight per cent, after it revealed a record $5.6 billion dividend pay-out on Monday. [more]

The northern state of Pará remained Brazil's largest producer of timber in 2009, generating a total harvest of 6.5 million cubic metres of tropical roundwood during the year. [more]