Lee said since the status of the land is Country Lease (CL), they can fell the existing timber on the property and also plant specific tree seedlings. He said two sawn timber mills would be constructed within the property where 150 employment opportunities would be created for the people in the locality. Lee said the land earmarked for the tree-planting project is located outside the common boundary bordering the Banggi Forest Reserve adding that Sabah was chosen for the project because of...

Symptoms: One of the key symptoms of Verticillium wilt is dieback on one side of the tree that later spreads to the remaining parts of the plant. The last two years, a few limbs appeared to be dead on one side and now the whole tree seems dead. When certain plants are wounded or under prolonged stress, they can become more susceptible to this disease. You noted that one side of the tree started to show dieback symptoms over the past several years. Other symptoms may include marginal leaf...

Excessive grazing, frequent incidents of fire, and deforestation are the causes of an imminent ecological disaster in this forest-rich area of Uttar Pradesh. The remaining demand for timber is met from Malaysian or an exotic saal, which is of substandard quality as compared to the timber supplied from the Terai region. Forest Department sources said the department had enough funds for regeneration of saal forests, but it was not being properly utilised, as there was no action plan. The...

The science and the economics of climate change has come closer as a result of the overwhelming scientific evidence in the studies of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Sir Nicholas Stern's report for the UK government on the costs of action and inaction. Two years ago, the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, promised to advance a clean development agenda and mobilize financial support for greener growth in the key emerging market economies. The science and the...

According to market manager Jimmy Simms, all of the carpenters who helped build the 152-foot-long, timber-framed structure have also been invited to the event. At an expense of about $650,000, Cullman s open-air farmers market is the largest timber-framed structure in the state, possibly the largest in the Southeast, according to Simms. The thought is that if we can get people to come to the market, they may also visit the museum, the depot, the warehouse district and some downtown shops....