Timber WorkSafe New Zealand says businesses must regularly review machine safety systems and guarding arrangements after the sentencing of Pukepine…
Two near-extinct Sumatran rhinos are pregnant at a sanctuary in Indonesia, offering a rare boost for a species that numbers only a few dozen in the wild. The pregnancies are the latest result of a decades-long captive-breeding effort aimed at helping the solitary animals reproduce as their wild populations become increasingly isolated. But the expected
Tree species Traditional rulers and community leaders in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State have received Otunba Olusina John…
Expand reach and flexibility in extreme conditions with John Deere’s new logging solutions A new shovel logger and directional felling head are designed with advanced planning technology and hardware suited to steep slopes By Heavy Equipment Guide Staff October 07, 2026 John Deere has expanded its shovel logger portfolio with the new 859ML and the
The lightweight excavator attachment cuts grass, brush and trees up to 4 inches in diameter and can handle slopes and tight spaces…
Timber wood My dad, Walt, is 71. He retired in 2022 after 38 years as a sawmill foreman, and that August he offered to drive my kids, Eli and Nora,…
Indonesia’s forestry ministry has posted a notice saying it will use a controversial internet law to prosecute anyone who downloads geospatial data without its written permission, threatening prison terms of up to nine years. A ministry official clarified it was restricting access only to data in the widely used shapefile format. Legal scholars say the
What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities? The reality is more interesting, as our new research on a long-forgotten experiment in Victoria’s mountain ash forests reveals.
The Ogun State Government has called on plank sellers and woodworkers in the state to engage in tree planting to boost afforestation, protect the environment and preserve the state’s forest reserves. State Commissioner for Forestry, Taiwo Oludotun, gave the charge at the 10th anniversary of the Irewolede Plank Sellers and Wood Workers Association in Ogun
Africa, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors’ Choice, Energy, Environment, Featured, Food Systems, Headlines, Human Rights, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Mohamed Abakar, Head of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition at the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) during the convening in Yaounde. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Sep