About 25 acres of forest and overgrown land in northeast Cape Coral were charred during a brush fire that started Sunday afternoon. The fire did jump to the east side of Del Prado Boulevard a few times under steady winds, but firefighters were able to quickly extinguish those small burns. It took fire crews nearly three hours to contain the blaze, which broke out at about 5:30 p. The state Division of Forestry is expected to have an airplane fly over the scene this morning to get a view of...

Today one of Australia's largest timber importers has revealed that it's using world-first DNA technology to reduce the amount of illegal timber it imports. Each tree has its own code or its own DNA, so what we effectively do is we take a sample of the tree at the concession time, the logs are then transported through to our facility where we take another sample. PAUL ELSMORE: We are hopeful that by the end of this year, the close of 2007, that up to 80 per cent we will have moved through...

The announcement comes just in time - the area was likely to be felled and replaced by plantations for timber or oil palm production. The area will become a refuge for many of Sumatras threatened birds: at least 267 bird species have been surveyed in the forest, with more surveys planned. However the Harapan Rainforest initiative, and the Indonesian governments support for it, could mark a turning point for the countrys forests, a new hope for their conservation. Following a major change...

As the US Forest Service makes court-ordered revisions to its development plans for the Tongass National Forest, the Wilderness Society has issued an analysis that counters the agencys rosier projections for the value of lumber culled from the 17-million acre expanse in Southeast Alaska. As the US Forest Service makes court-ordered revisions to its development plans for the Tongass National Forest, the Wilderness Society has issued an analysis that counters the agencys rosier projections...

The nation's 504 million acres of timberland, home to wildlife and the source of everything from deck frames to copy paper, have been the focus of a massive multi-year auction, the outcome of which is set to change the rules for wood companies and conservationists alike. The nation's 504 million acres of timberland, home to wildlife and the source of everything from deck frames to copy paper, have been the focus of a massive multi-year auction, the outcome of which is set to change the...