The Department of Finance has confirmed that it is to resume funding for forestry planting projects in Ireland. As a result, the Irish Department of Agriculture is to resume approving forestry planting grant applications. [more]

France-based energy firm Areva is joining forces with Duke Energy to develop wood biomass power plants across the US. [more]

According to the Nebraska Forest Service (NFS), a recent study has found that the state has sufficient wood supply to support woody biomass-based production enterprises. [more]

An ambitious plan has been announced by the Welsh government, to generate 20% of its energy from biomass sources by 2020, in order to reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. [more]

Farmers in New Zealand have reportedly caught on to the investment potential held in forestry and are increasingly using their land to plant trees. [more]

In a move that is intended to boost the forestry industry in Canada’s British Columbia, investments are being made into a value-added wood products centre. Investment in marketing in China is also being increased. [more]

We are pleased to reveal advanced negotiations with US-based Verdant Energy Solutions over a deal to provide eucalyptus feedstock for its new Bio-Coal project. [more]

The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) says it had hoped for more recognition, in the Senate-passed economic stimulus plan, for the part forestry has to play in creating green jobs and strengthening the economy. [more]

An executive from Finnish forestry and paper company, UPM-Kymmenesaid, has suggested that among the first of the new generation of biofuels to come into production will be those made from forestry waste. [more]

British scientists have discovered that the Amazon rainforest may not be as vulnerable to global warming as once expected. [more]