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24th March 2025

The Ponsse Cobra takes steep slope harvesting in SA to the next level

Winch-assisted steep slope harvesting has come to South Africa for the first time, with two Ponsse Cobra wheeled harvesters doing

17th March 2025

14th Annual Wood Conference inspired local built environment professionals

The Kuratle Group's 14th annual Wood Conference, held on 25 February 2025 at the CTICC in Cape Town, convened a

19th February 2025

Timber gains traction in sub-Saharan Africa as CLT demand rises

By Joy Crane The African construction sector is witnessing a significant shift toward sustainable building materials, with cross-laminated timber (CLT)

18th February 2025

Young Eucxylo researcher wins local Blue Sky Award

Christopher Erasmus, completing a master’s in electrical and electronic engineering, has developed an award-winning solar-powered wireless dendrometer and environmental sensing

18th February 2025

FSC makes several appointments in Africa 

Annah Agasha: Deputy Director Africa  Annah Agasha brings 20 years of experience in forestry, natural resource management, and local development

28th December 2024

Hefty fines for shipbuilders using "blood" teak from Myanmar

Oceanco violated the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) and reached a €150,000 settlement with the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service. Meanwhile, Sunseeker

03rd December 2024

Forest Pavilion at COP29 unites science and business for climate action

he UN Climate Change COP (Conference of the Parties) 29 gathering in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November featured its first-ever Forest

22nd November 2024

Thinking “buite die blikkie”

Clinton Fielies was born in the Garcia forestry village 39 years ago. He grew up in one of the classic wooden bosbou (forestry) houses around the corner from where he lives today with his wife and children. After working for MTO as a chainsaw operator in the Western Cape for many years, he says he decided to think “buite die blikkie” (outside the box).

20th November 2024

Back to basics focus for KZN wattle growers

NCT Forestry organised an informative field day in October for its members and farmers in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Midlands region. Terry Wolhuter of Elands Spruit Farm in New Hanover hosted the event.

18th November 2024

Wattle: Champion trees, when properly managed

In the right hands, wattle trees are true champion trees, giving commercial and small-scale growers multiple product options. Unmanaged, these prolific seeders can spread far and wide across the hills and valleys, negatively impacting biodiversity and using up scarce water resources.

11th November 2024

The SA forestry and forest products sector marks 15 years of transformation

The Forest Sector Charter Council (FSCC) marks a decade and a half of overseeing and reporting the forestry and forest products sector's progress in achieving its Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes of good practice targets.

23rd October 2024

Weston Agricultural College wins the Forest Rehabilitation Challenge

Husqvarna recently teamed up with a conservation NGO and two prominent KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) schools to host a Forest Rehabilitation Challenge in the Ferncliffe natural forest on the edge of Pietermaritzburg.

22nd October 2024

Profit pointers for wattle growers

A recent wattle field day organised by NCT Forestry provided an ideal opportunity for local tree farmers to pick up some pointers from the wattle “experts” who have been working with wattle for decades.

21st October 2024

Eastern Cape tree farmers cash in on wattle bark sales

NCT members in the Eastern Cape have seized the opportunity created by the current demand for wattle bark to utilise their timber resources more effectively.

15th October 2024

Nwabisa Mpompo bags another silviculture contract

MTO Forestry has awarded Nwabisa Mpompo, owner and director of Bamanye Construction Services, the silviculture contract for its Southern Cape Knysna plantation.

09th October 2024

Vergelegen plants trees for tomorrow

Vergelegen Wine Estate, a Western Cape heritage site in Somerset West, is renowned for multiple sustainability initiatives, and during Arbor Week, staff from all divisions, from pastry chefs to vineyard workers, gathered to plant 200 trees.

13th February 2024

Forestry at the heart of Malawi community project

Small African Community Based Organisations struggle with creating a sustainable financial base. Here is how Tafika Youth Organisation of Malawi

30th March 2023

Eswatini contractor relies on Bell Loggers and a Skogger

A cash loan from a friend enabled Cedusizi Dlamini to start his own forestry harvesting business, which he has built

09th January 2023

Military approach to fire prevention at Montigny

How the Montigny team keep unwanted fire out of their Eswatini plantations … A return to sound forestry practices of

26th May 2022

Using science to verify the origin of wood products

The fight to stop illegal logging has received a major boost from an international organisation that uses scientific analysis to

31st March 2022

Gabon pushing for certified timber

Gabon Advanced Wood Sarl (GAW) is a company in Gabon which holds a timber concession. It recently obtained a new

28th February 2022

Integrating wildlife management and forestry in Zambia

Mbizi Farm in Eastern Zambia is one of those rare businesses that successfully integrates wildlife management with commercial forestry management

16th February 2022

Massive mangrove restoration project launched in Mozambique

Around 100 million mangrove trees to be planted; total project area 185,000 ha; 200,000 tons of CO2 to be offset

15th March 2021

Forestry past, present and future

The International Day of Forests 2021 will be celebrated around the world on 19 March. The theme for 2021 is

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