International Business News - Logging http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Standing by stacked 16-foot logs that hours earlier were 100-foot Norway spruce, foresters tried to explain why cutting down these old trees was an essentially green activity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/foresters-cutting-trees-helps-keep-planet-green.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:55:26 EDT Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills and confiscate wood in a government crackdown on illegal logging less than three months ago. But now tractors are moving logs again in this Amazon town and locals are back to turning wood scraps into charcoal, an example of the difficulty of stamping out illegal cutting. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48365-brazil-logging-crackdown.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/brazils-illegal-logging-hard-to-combat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/brazils-illegal-logging-hard-to-combat.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 11:46:34 EDT Guyana says it will ask giant neighbor Brazil for access to satellite monitoring technology to help police illegal logging. Agriculture and Forestry Minister Robert Persaud says Brazil's satellite system can help gauge the rate of deforestation by licensed timber concessions and illegal loggers who tear down tracts of Guyana's Amazon forest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/guyana-seeks-help-to-combat-illegal-logging.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 15:16:55 EDT A U.S. logging company has won the rights to harvest trees in a large portion of Guyana's Amazon rainforest, the company said Tuesday. The timber concession, awarded to Simon & Shock International, is one of Guyana's five largest, covering 988,400 acres near the Brazilian border. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/guyana-awards-michigan-company-large-logging-concession.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 15:04:55 EDT Authorities seized 10,600 cubic feet of wood and shut down three saw mills in the Amazon as part of crack down on illegal logging, officials said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080303/brazil-claims-victories-in-logging-fight.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:31:59 EST More than 3 million acres in Alaska's Tongass National Forest would be open to logging under a federal plan that supporters believe will revive the state's timber industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080125/plan-to-allow-logging-in-alaskan-forest.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:26:57 EST The Bush administration has dropped its appeal of a 2007 court decision that had overturned new management rules for 191 million acres of national forests. Opponents to the rules had argued they weakened protection for wildlife and the environment to the benefit of the timber industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080108/white-house-drops-appeal-on-forest-case.htm Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:23:11 EST The Bush administration has dropped its appeal of a 2007 court decision that had overturned new management rules for 191 million acres of national forests. Opponents to the rules had argued they weakened protection for wildlife and the environment to the benefit of the timber industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080108/environmentalists-score-victory.htm Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:20:41 EST A U.S. logging company has won the rights to harvest trees in a large portion of Guyana's Amazon rain forest, the company said Tuesday. The timber concession awarded to Simon & Shock International is one of Guyana's five largest, covering 988,400 acres near the Brazilian border. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080108/us-company-wins-guyana-timber-concession.htm Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:31:01 EST