Forestry experts are warning that a mysterious new disease is seriously threatening oak trees in England and could cause even more impact than Dutch elm disease. [more]

What is sauce for the goose is not as always so tasty for the gander: While a rise in lumber prices is excellent news for many firms, such as forestry investment companies and wood product suppliers and softwood mills, which were hard-hit during the global economic turn-down, the news is not quite so welcome in the US building trade. [more]

Due to strengthening lumber prices, West Fraser Timber Co, the largest softwood producer in North America, was able to report a profit for the first quarter of this year on Friday. [more]

According to the US Department of Energy, demand in the US alone for forest carbon offsets could increase 100-fold by 2020. [more]

It has been reported that a plan to cut the number of deer in Ireland is vital due to the serious level of damage the animals are doing to woodland in the country. [more]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lumber future prices surged to their highest level in almost three years on Friday following a rise in cash lumber prices and an unexpected increase in activity in the US construction industry. [more]

There was good news this week for anyone investing in forestry. The price of paper pulp has increased by a massive 25 per cent in the past few months, from US$800 (£520) per metric tonne to US$1,000. [more]

The forestry ministry in Indonesia has announced that it is dropping plans to classify oil plantations as forests. This is following protests from environmental campaigners who feared that a re-designation would encourage deforestation. [more]

Due to a steep rise in lumber prices on Friday, lumber tax in Canada will be cut from 15 per cent to 10 per cent from May 1, under the Softwood Lumber Agreement. [more]

A London analyst has reported that US projects to convert bare land into forest and keep current woodland healthy could provide 60 per cent of available offsets for a US cap and trade plan on greenhouse gas emissions. [more]