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Seguin Moreau, the world's leading supplier of fine oak wine barrels, announced today at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium that it is now offering French Oak wood barrels certified to originate from environmentally-sustainable managed forests.

Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend.

Tropical timber exporters and importers on Friday struck a new 10-year pact to help promote the sustainable development of forests in the face of illegal clearances and logging. Global sales of timber average about $10 billion a year, and some 15 million hectares of forest -- an area nearly the size of Belgium -- disappear every year.

The proceeds from the auction of logs seized from illegal loggers will be used entirely for the rehabilitation of national forests which have been badly damaged, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said here Thursday.

The Timberland Company has announced a footwear packaging initiative aimed at reducing Timberland's environmental impact and provides consumers with new information to help guide them in the purchase process.

The next time you're in the market for a hardwood floor, butcher-block table or cutting board, keep the Janka scale in mind.

Nepal is rich in non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in terms of both variety of production and trading practices. The altitudinal and climatic variations in different pockets of Nepal have greatly contributed to this rich variety. More than 7,000 different types of herbs, including more than 700 types of medicinal herbs, are found in Nepal.