In this post, Ivan Luketina is presenting the results of his research work. He is answering very important question, i.e. why does New Zealand export sawn timber and logs to different markets? If you want toContinue reading
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Wrong people, bad results – an interview with professor Sun Joseph Chang
During the Fifth International Faustmann Symposium, I had a pleasure to listen a presentation, and meet personally professor Sun Joseph Chang, from Louisiana State University (USA). Professor Chang agreed for short interview, where we discussed,Continue reading
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
China overtook Canada and USA in wood production
According to FAO, year 2014 was very successful in global production of all major wood products. Since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, all major forest products exceeded levels seen prior to economic crisis.
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
Fight illegal timber production, not consumption!
Would it be better to eliminate illegal timber consumption or production? Which one is better for the whole forest sector? Researchers from China tried to answer these questions in their recently published article. Check what theyContinue reading
RE(D)D is BAD!
My view about the UN-REDD is very straightforward: it simply does not work and will never do, as it is based on wrong premises. I mean here that it will never realize targets included inContinue 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