Bell Equipment has developed a mulcher which meets the needs of the forestry industry and has been specially designed for
Stellenbosch University’s Prof Michael Samways has penned a new 600-page book that provides both academic insights and practical guidelines on
A new lumber preserving process being developed by Georgia Tech researchers could offer advantages over pressure treating... Pressure treating, which
Sawmilling South Africa (SSA) and the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA) have offered the South African Government their
In the last ten years, 153 576 hectares of plantation forest have been damaged by fire. This figure would have
Following their re-structuring in 2018, and the appointment of a new Board and CEO, the Institute for Commercial Forestry Research
AfrEquip was established in South Africa in 2005 by Allen Rutherfoord in partnership with Latin Equipment, a leading South American
Colony Collapse Disorder is killing bees in the Northern Hemisphere, but here in South Africa it is illegal use of
By Chris Chapman How the SA Forestry Sector survives through lockdown and an uncertain future … The Forestry South Africa
By Lize Joubert-van der Merwe and Palesa Natasha Mothapo, Stellenbosch University Alien and invasive species are those organisms that occur
NCT has established a new road-to-rail transhipment depot at Vryheid that provides significant logistical cost benefits to timber suppliers to
‘We want our land back, jobs and economic opportunities’ … a case of timber gone missing at Richmond Municipality. By
With the Coronavirus arriving on SA shores, we've decided to save you the trip to the postbox to pick up
The locally developed timber winch designed to extract harvested timber from steep compartments is being tested in different conditions with
Amandla Emvelo CPA, a community owned and managed tree farming enterprise based in Hermannsburg, KZN, has recently upgraded its forestry
Wood-based panel manufacturer Sonae Arauco has invested R220 million in upgrading its White River, Mpumalanga facility to include an integrated
Clearing encroaching bush in Namibia to restore a healthy balance between grassland and trees is playing a key role in
The national Minimum Wage for farm workers – including forestry workers – has been increased to R18.68 per hour, which
Sappi Southern Africa has released its 2019 Corporate Citizen Report, which highlights the progress the company has made to ensure
TimberPro’s new generation D-series harvesters and forwarders have landed in South Africa and are hard at work in KwaZulu-Natal. The
By Deon van Wyk, ABSA Regional AgriBusiness Manager (email: deonvw@absa.co.za) It has for a long time been recognised that the
A Ponsse Ergo wheeled harvester equipped with a C44+ crane and H7 Euca head has been working in a steep
Drastic action is required to prevent future destructive wildlfires in the southern Cape, writes Neels de Ronde in his recently
The potential for forestry to bring sustainable jobs and economic development to remote rural areas of the Eastern Cape (former
