Timber bosses want logging ban lifted with koala numbers four times higher than first thought

New CSIRO data revealing koala numbers in eastern Australia are up to four times higher than previously thought has sparked ...
Yahoo

Tree DNA helps solve case of illegal tree harvesting: 'Another great tool ... to combat the theft of natural resources'

Using DNA to solve a crime is not a new concept — but using tree DNA certainly is. The United States Department of Agriculture's Forest Service just used tree DNA to solve a federal timber poaching ...
TreeHugger

Primary Timber Products Harvested When Selling Trees

The value of the timber you ultimately sell at harvest time is linked to the value of the products these trees can make. Normally, as the size of individual trees in a timber stand increase in height ...
Mongabay

Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Pedro Brancalion is used to the roar of chainsaws. For years, he’s heard loggers tearing down rainforest giants in the Brazilian Amazon, and ...