Six months ago a storm knocked down more than 40 million trees in Germany. Most of them were spruce in huge monocultures. Environmentally savvy foresters, according to a report in Der Spiegel, had warned that large spruce plantations were a disaster waiting to happen. So, given an opportunity to replant after the storm and make use of natural tree diversity, including broadleaves, what are most tree farmers doing? Planting pure spruce again. And they are doing so with the help of large state subsidies.
Another microlivestock resource
More on microlivestock, from what looks a fascinating site.
Kapok disjunction
Viet Nam discusses forest products
Brief report on the first day of a conference on non-timber forest products in Viet Nam.
Norwegian wood
Guitar makers and Greenpeace get together to save rare woods.