Which source of renewable energy is most important to the European Union? Solar power, perhaps? The answer is neither. By far the largest so-called renewable fuel used in Europe is wood. Source: The Economist
Sawlog prices in North and Central Europe have trended downward the past two years, while prices in Eastern Europe have increased slightly, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Scoop Independent News
Access to Waipoua Forest in New Zealand and its giant kauri Tane Mahuta could be closed to the public to protect the trees from a fast spreading killer disease. Source: The New Zealand Herald
A national forestry initiative with roots in Marlborough has won more than NZ$200,000 in additional government funding to set up eucalypts in some of New Zealand's driest regions. Sources: Stuff, The Marlborough Express
Plans by a statewide timber manufacturing organisation to build a new $7m facility on Mount Gambier’s fringe has hit a stumbling block after the proposal failed to receive vital Federal Government funding. Source: The Border Watch
An attempt to secure Tasmania's specialty timber industry by adding a last resort harvesting clause into the forest peace deal legislation has been added to the list of deal-breaking amendments by environmental groups. Source: The Examiner
The Woodland Trust and forestry body Confor have brought together 17 signatories to a letter to Defra Secretary of State Owen Paterson, calling on him not to merge Forestry Commission England with Natural England or the Environment Agency. Source: Horticulture Week (UK)