Specifically, the legislation would allow taxpayers to deduct from gross income up to 60 percent of timber gains from the sale or exchange of timber held for more than one year. Davis, in his third term representing parts of Birmingham and most of west Alabama, has won the political backing of the timber industry, according to campaign finance reports. The timber tax changes were considered in previous years when Republicans had the majority on Capitol Hill, but despite broad bipartisan...

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But Schmidt, scientists and commercial tree farmers fear that's just the beginning. A recent aerial survey over the neighboring Oconee National Forest and adjoining counties identified dozens of other infested locales. While the Southeast remains prime hunting ground, the beetles venture into New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Mexico. Forestry officials in the Alberta province of Canada have declared a beetle emergency, tallying 1.5 million diseased trees in the past year. The Piedmont...

Len Talif said Malaysia was the first country willing to engage in such negotiations concerning the legality of its timber sources, showing that the country subscribed to a policy of sustainable forestry management and was serious about eradicating illegal logging. Malaysia And EU To Continue Timber Legality Talks :: Bernama.com Bernama.com Business. Malaysia And EU To Continue Timber Legality Talks :: Bernama.com Bernama.com Business. However, he declined to elaborate on the "tiny...

Russia s Sustainable Forestry Revolution Publicado - Published: 07/07/2007 By Julia Cass Russia has the world s largest remaining tracts of old growth forests. When the post-Soviet Russian government began privatizing its timber industry in the early 1990s, WWF, the global conservation organization, jumped on the opportunity to help shape the emerging free market Russian forestry sector into a more environmentally responsible model. Russia s Sustainable Forestry Revolution Publicado -...