The seven-year deal, which came into force last October, ended a protracted dispute over whether Canadian provinces were illegally subsidizing their lumber industries. It may be that some of the industry on the other side would like to see the discussions more formal. industry groups, who say the provinces are not sticking fully to the deal, want Washington to take action. The Vancouver Sun said last month that Schwab had sent Emerson a letter raising industry concerns about Quebec's...

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Some of the largest swaths of natural forest left on the planet are being dismantled at an alarming pace to feed a global wood-processing industry centered in coastal China. He handed a rice sack stuffed with $8,000 worth of Chinese currency to two agents with connections in the Burmese borderlands, the men said in interviews. Mountains of logs, many of them harvested in excess of legal limits aimed at preserving forests, are streaming toward Chinese factories where workers churn out such...

Each time a news report about a timber conviction appeared, the phones at the forestry commission would start ringing, said Ken Cabe, a spokesman for the South Carolina agency. Without the threat of possible jail time or a big money judgment against them, timber thieves operate unchecked, police and experts say. But theft, especially when timber prices are up, is also booming. The first thing they're going to ask you is, 'What murder case or drug case do you want me to drop to look into...

Forest Service is removing dead trees and planting new ones, but officials say it will take decades for the forest to recover. Forest Service's long-term plan for burned areas of the Sitgreaves National Forest: removing what burned from selected areas, planting anew and letting nature handle the rest. What was lost in a matter of days in Arizona's largest wildfire will take more than 100 years to replace, and the forest won't ever look like it once did, according to Gayle Richardson, a...

But in the 1980s, federal forest policy shifted away from logging, and timber sales plummeted. When the stopgap expired last year, counties like Alpine -- where 92 percent of the land is national forest -- found themselves short by $425 million nationwide. That aid was a stopgap measure to replace an older program that gave them 25 percent of the timber harvest money from forests in their boundaries. Alpine is one of the mountainous counties where schools could be facing big budget cuts...

He was instrumental in the settlement of the softwood lumber dispute, which returned billions of dollars to the Canadian lumber industry. He has guided the Company through difficult markets and operational challenges and has positioned Canfor to take advantage of growth opportunities by having one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry. At the annual general meeting, eight directors will stand for election, five current directors and three new nominees. Apr 06 2007 With its annual...

And face it, everybody has better things to do than try to remember when they bought that stray can of kidney beans or opened the mystery jar of pasta sauce. That's because some of those old ingredients in the back of your pantry likely have lost flavor or potency, or worse yet, could make you sick. During the past five to 10 years, it's become almost standard practice in packaged food industry to include some sort of date coding, says Allen Matthys, vice president of federal and state...

The huge construction boom taking place across the UAE is fueling the demand for wood and wood products, giving rise to a market that is seeing unprecedented levels of growth. Statistics from the department of Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) reveal that imports and re-exports of all types of timber into the region are at an all time high; a demand that has increased the need for specialist woodworking machinery and tools. Statistics from the department of Dubai Ports,...