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Wood fibre cost fall
Wood fibre costs for the global pulp industry fell in the 2Q/10 after having increased for 18 months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
The global pulp industry benefited from lower wood fibre costs and higher product prices in the 2Q/10. Wood chip and pulpwood prices fell the most in the US, Sweden, Finland, Australia and Eastern Canada. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell for the first time since early 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
 
Safferys spokesperson on renewables
The Landed Estates & Rural Business Group of Chartered Accountants, Saffery Champness, has appointed Shirley Mathieson as a press spokesperson on environmental and green issues. Shirley joins a group of partners who have a wealth of experience in advising large rural estates and who provide advice to the press on all aspects of tax and rural business management. A partner at the Inverness office, Shirley provides specialist accounts and tax advice to private clients, landed estates and commercial organisations.
 
West Midlands rural regeneration conference

Advantage West Midlands-backed Rural Regeneration Zone (RRZ) Annual Conference will focus on working together to deliver rural regeneration in a new era.  The high profile event, which is being held at Ludlow Racecourse on Friday 2nd July, will provide a unique opportunity to look at ways in which the Zone is helping drive forward the area’s emergence from the downturn and the opportunities/challenges that will no doubt arise from a new political landscape. A new announcement on broadband provision will headline the Conference and there will be a host of keynote speakers on hand to debate present and future issues, including Chairman of Advantage West Midlands Sir Roy McNulty, Jon Dover from Care Farming West Midlands and the possibility of a Minister from the new coalition Government.

 

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CLA offers satellite broadband PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alistair Macgregor   
Friday, 08 May 2009 09:02

CLA members can log on more cheaply in remote areas

The CLA has launched a new member service to help those in rural areas with poor or no broadband. It has teamed up with Eurosat to provide members with CLA Rural Broadband.

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Forestry conference round-up PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alistair Macgregor   
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 08:45

More than 130 forestry and arboricultural professionals from across the UK gathered in Cardiff on 22-23 April for the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ national conference entitled “Timber, Mutton or Fuel?”.

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Natural England acts on orchards PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alistair Macgregor   
Monday, 04 May 2009 17:31
View of the Orchard & Elizabethan Tower in the background at Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent

With more than 60% of traditional orchards in England vanished since the 1950s, Natural England has launched a project to halt the loss of traditional orchards across England and help revive their fortunes. Funding from Natural England's Countdown 2010 Biodiversity Action fund has already enabled the National Trust to recruit an 'orchard officer', Kate Merry, to champion the cause of traditional orchards on behalf of the Habitat Action Plan group.

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Conservation and angling bodies launch river action campaign PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alf Maxwell   
Monday, 04 May 2009 17:21

Waterfall in forest, RSPB Lake Vyrnwy reserve

The largest river action campaign ever seen in the UK has been launched. The Our Rivers campaign is an initiative by WWF, RSPB, Angling Trust and the Association of Rivers Trusts and is calling on the Government to be more ambitious if it is to deliver the positive change needed to protect Britain's rivers.

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Bidwells wins EG East of England award PDF Print E-mail
Written by Charlie Jacoby   
Monday, 27 April 2009 06:32

 Happy: Bidwells senior partner James Buxton

Bidwells has won the Estates Gazette Property Adviser of the Year 2009 in the East of England award.

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