A report recently published by the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network provides an overview of the European Union’s biofuel, wood pellet market and biogas production. Without any doubts, the EU is the world’sContinue reading
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The Faustmann Symposium was held this year in China
The Fifth International Faustmann Symposium was successfully held on October 17-21 October, 2016 in Beijing, China. Forest economists from over nine countries came to present their recent work, discuss recent findings and celebrate the next 167th anniversaryContinue reading
Ecological civilization in China – dreams or nightmares?
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) prepared a report entitled “Green is gold: The strategy and actions of China’s ecological civilization”. In this report, one may find that forests will cover nearly a 25% of China by yearContinue reading
The Internet harms global demand for paper products
The Internet together with other information and communication technologies, such as personal computers and cellular phones, have provided an electronic alternative to newspapers and printed materials in recent decades. Researchers from the United States examinedContinue reading
50,000 years old forest discovered under water
Near the coast of Alabama, scuba divers discovered a primeval underwater forest. The cypress forest was protected in an oxygen-free environment for more than 50 thousands years. Most likely, the forest was uncovered from oceanContinue reading
Faustmann formula discovered before Faustmann
Nowadays, foresters cannot imagine timber valuation without the Faustmann formula. But, did Faustmann discover it really as the first one? Researcher from Natural Resources Institute in Finland found that not, as the valuation of forestsContinue reading
300-Million-Year Old Forest preserved like Pompeii
Have you imagined how the forest 300 million years ago looked like? Scientists from USA and China found an old forest buried intact under a coal mine near Wuda, in Inner Mongolia, China. The ancient forest is almostContinue reading
New manager of the Hoffmann Forest
A controversial saga about selling the Hoffmann Forest by North Carolina State University, that began more than three years ago, is almost over. Last Friday, N.C. State University officials announced that they had reached an agreement withContinue reading
Brexit will not harm forests in Europe
The Brexit is just around the corner and it seems to me that arguments from forest experts against Brexit have no much support in reality. I would say even more, what looks good to meContinue reading