Only 30% of tropical timber products in EU market are sustainable

Sustainable timber sourcing can protect over 5 million hectares of tropical forest, says a new report on sustainability of Europe’s timber …

Round logs baked square

A motley crew of forest protectors

In Karnataka's Kodagu district, a group of people battling timber traders trying to exploit their region's virgin forests has earned the wrath of …

Shifting under a colonial past

A Myanmarese shifting cultivation technique, once perverted by British colonisers to maximise teak exploitation, is still valued for its benefits

Environmental teeth

Handy chopper

Timber travails

INDIA

Logged to fight

Trade war

Forest productivity - Lumber slumber

Forest Development Corporations are yet to keep pace with the rising demand for timber, though cultivable lands exist

Making furniture from eucalyptus wood

Though scientists have developed a way to saw eucalyptus wood without cracking or twisting it, furniture makers aren't convinced of its utility.

KAMPUCHEA

Woody travails

DECREE AMENDED

Forest-risk goods

Export-oriented commercial agriculture is the single largest driver of tropical deforestation, argues a new book

Fall of the poplar

In the backyard of Asia's largest poplar market, farmers are being forced to quit growing the soft wood as its price crashes because of overproduction

EcoCheck: Australia's Southwest jarrah forests have lost their iconic giants

When Europeans first arrived in Australia's Southwest, they found vast tracts of huge jarrah trees. Now, after logging and dwindling rainfall, …

Indigenous tree species can meet growing demand for wood

The ever-expanding population requires an enormous amount of wood, which in turn, puts intense pressure on the existing forest wealth of India

Stake in logging

Timber trouble

Malaysia is infuriated by Australia's moves to ban logging by foreign companies in South Pacific countries

IVORY COAST

ILLEGAL LOGGING

Painful cuts

Timber companiesfrom Asia stand to lose millions of dollars if a proposed law is passed by two cities in the US

US wildfire act could aid timber industry

On December 3, US President George W Bush gave the green light to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, declaring that it would "help to prevent …