The Form Ghana story is a West African example of how an innovative public-private partnership (PPP) that extends to community agroforestry creates an FSC-certified sustainable win-win relationship. Find out how Form Ghana’s community-driven inter-cropping silviculture…
The value of forestry in a greening economy’ is the Focus on Forestry conference & expo theme at the Karkloof Country Club in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands from 7-9 November 2023. The conference is organised by…
AFGRI Equipment Construction and Forestry is excited to announce the opening of its Tzaneen branch in Limpopo, South Africa. The new branch offers a full range of John Deere Equipment, including construction, forestry, agriculture, residential…
Sawmilling South Africa’s (SSA’s) Talking Timber webinar series aims to overcome misconceptions about wood as a structural material by informing architects, engineers, insurance companies, regulatory authorities, academics, and developers about engineered timber products, innovative mass…
One of South Africa’s leading forestry companies is taking its mechanised harvesting machine operator training programmes to the next level by investing in a cutting-edge Ponsse Full Simulator training system. The virtual training environment is…
South Africa has deployed 400 firefighters and 28 managers to Canada to combat what officials believe to be the worst wildfires in Canadian history. The first group of 200 left on 3 June and the…
The York Timbers sponsored “Timber in Context” competition challenges designers to explore new structural and ecological possibilities of timber construction through innovation in contemporary and traditional wooden materials in designing a Biodiversity Skills Centre that…
The STIHL MS 500i chainsaw is the world’s first chainsaw featuring STIHL injection technology that replaces the carburettor with fuel injection, dramatically improving the startup (no choke), fuel consumption, efficiency, and the machine’s acceleration. It…
Recently, reports of root and collar rot in Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa have been increasing. A research paper published earlier this year entitled “Hybrid vigour in Eucalyptus increases resistance against Phytophthora root rot” found…
University of Stellenbosch MSc graduate Gerald Taziwa recently successfully defended his MSc thesis exploring the topic of calibrating rotation age for eucalyptus species to optimise economic returns for transmission pole and plywood production from greenfield plantations…
