New federal laws could “lock up” timber land for decades at a time, raising concerns big companies could elbow out smaller competitors and that timber revenue for counties could be delayed for years.
HULETT—Jim Neiman says that the best-case scenario for his family’s timber mill at the base of the Bear Lodge Mountains is that it doesn’t shutter. The Crook County sawmill in 2022 shrunk to one shift ...
Timber harvests would be taxed based on value, rather than log volume, under a controversial Oregon bill that aims to raise more money for wildfire protection. For the past three decades, Oregon ...
The largest timber companies operating in Southeast Alaska want the Tongass National Forest to sell them more old-growth timber, and they’re suing the federal government to get it. The Department of ...
Sustainable forest management plans in the Brazilian Amazon are intended to ensure compliance with strict environmental rules, but many are used fraudulently as cover for illegal logging, according to ...
A year-long Mongabay investigation shows that one of Cambodia’s most notorious logging companies likely illegally exported rare tree species to Vietnam and China for years. We found evidence Angkor ...
* Illegal logging down 22 pct - Chatham House * Still a problem in nations such as Brazil, Indonesia * China top illegal timber importer, feeds western demand By Alister Doyle, Environment ...
Timber is the sustainability solution of our dreams, on Tuesday, kicked off with the passion and nuanced debating points we have come to expect from this important material for the sustainability ...
OSLO (Reuters) - Illegal logging has fallen by 22 percent worldwide in the past decade but remains a huge problem from Brazil to Indonesia, a study showed on Thursday. It also said that China was the ...