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Bioenergy awards candidates named

24 April 2012
Six final candidates have been chosen for the World Bioenergy Award 2012, the winner will be announced on May 29 at the opening of World Bioenergy 2012 in Sweden. This will be just the second time that this award is to be presented. Source: World Bioenergy 2012.
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Asia hits back against environmental groups

24 April 2012
Representatives from Asia's paper and timber industries are gathering in Bangkok amid harsh criticism from western environmental organisations. These groups claim, despite evidence to the contrary, that Asian timber and paper companies are harming the environment. Source: Bangkok Post
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Ta Ann bonus issue of shares

24 April 2012
Ta Ann is proposing a bonus issue of up to 61.796 million new ordinary shares of Ta Ann on a 1-for-5 basis on an entitlement date yet to be determined. Source: The Malaysian Insider
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Ta Ann bonus issue of shares

24 April 2012
Ta Ann is proposing a bonus issue of up to 61.796 million new ordinary shares of Ta Ann on a 1-for-5 basis on an entitlement date yet to be determined. Source: The Malaysian Insider
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Sanctions dropped against Burma

24 April 2012
European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg agreed to suspend sanctions against Myanmar/Burma for one year, based on wide-ranging democratic reforms over the past year and democratic elections April 1. They are encouraging the government to begin a dialogue with the EU on ways to e
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Gunns losses court bid and says ignore financial information

24 April 2012
Gunns has lost its court bid to have the Tasmanian Conservation Trust pay upfront for its legal costs in its challenge against the Tamar Valley pulp mill. The company has also told investors to ignore financial information it provided about the Bell Bay pulp mill. Sources: The Mercury
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Timber investment by QIC

24 April 2012
Australian institutional investor QIC's Alternative Beta Fund has invested in US timberland specialist Molpus Woodlands Group according to a report in The Australian.
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Collie concerns aired over forestry practices

24 April 2012
Western Australia’s opposition leader Mark McGowan said he would follow up conservationists’ concerns about logging and poisoning of non-jarrah trees in the Arcadia and Yabberup forests after a recent visit to the area. Source: Collie Mail
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Make durability durable in Tasmania

24 April 2012
Any durability clause agreed to as part of the Tasmanian forest negotiations must be committed to by all anti-forestry groups, not just those inside the talks, Coalition Forestry Spokesman Richard Colbeck said. Source: Timberman
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Bioenergy stories at International Biomass Conference

19 April 2012
Reaching the point of ground breaking is no easy task for a bioenergy project developer. Panelists in the second-day general session discussion at the International Biomass Conference & Expo held April 16-19 in Denver, Colo., shared their ground breaking stories with attendees, d
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