The days of applying pesticides to kill organisms destroying a newly planted crop, and inadvertently impacting the health of people, animals, soils and waterways are gone. In its place is a bewildering cliff of legislation,…
With total funding of nearly R20 million over five years (2024 – 2028), researchers at the Hans Merensky Chair in Advanced Modelling of Eucalypt Growth and Wood Formation (EucXylo) at Stellenbosch University (SU) are well…
South Africa’s state-owned forestry company, Safcol, has commenced its three-year management contract in the Msunduzi Municipality’s timber plantations adjacent to Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal. Read the full article written by Justin Nyakudanga – https://www.woodbizafrica.co.za/february-2024-issue-34/#february-2024-issue-34/40/
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) says this year’s UN International Day of Forests theme, “Forests and innovation: New solutions for a better world”, is highly pertinent. The FSC’s Africa certification manager, Nano Darko, and policy…
For foresters and farmers, the change of season is a clock with its hands constantly moving onto the next operation that needs to be completed before winter is in full swing. The shift from moist…
It takes intuition, 75 years of experience, up-to-the-minute market knowledge, dedicated farmers and NCT’s resilient decision-making team to survive in the highly competitive biomass supply chain. Although it took 12 days in October 2023 to…
The 26th IUFRO World Congress will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 23 – 29 June 2024. The theme is Forests and Society towards 2050.The congress is one of the largest forestry events, held every…
York Timbers wholly-owned subsidiary, Stadsrivier Vallei, has acquired Pine-Valley Farms from Sappi Southern Africa for R65.4 million. Pine-Valley is contiguous to York’s Rhenosterhoek plantations and the Stadsrivier Vallei’s agriculture complex. It comprises 1,193 hectares of…
Wood-Mizer’s association with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) goes back to 1987 when the first Wood-Mizer thin-kerf narrow-bandsaws were introduced as an alternative to more traditional wide-band and circular sawblade saws. Sawmillers benefit from…
It has been seven months since the Forestry and Agriculture Training Organisation (FATO), formerly SAFCA NPC, was established as an independent entity promoting excellence in developing and implementing training programmes for the forestry sector. FATO’s…
