Environmentalists are pushing to allow countries and companies to offset their emissions by paying to preserve forests elsewhere, such as in Latin America and the Caribbean. TARAPOTO, Peru -- Brown, denuded hillsides dot the landscape, cleared by poor farmers to grow coca or food crops where dense jungle once stood in subtropical north-central Peru. These calls come amid the release of an annual report published last month by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization showing...

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If they get made into plastic lumber, that lumber will degrade faster than the consumer wants. I wanted to be sure you know that during that 50+ years we have been a big user of recycled plastic and this industry has been one of the major users of recycled plastic long before it became the thing to do. When the recycle symbols were created, we had to choose what resin to stick with so that it would be accurate, even if at times it meant using more virgin plastic. We made degradable pots...

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Blenkhorn said the industry is concerned with the market being depressed, a reduction in the U. The region s industry is also embattled, having lost some 8,000 jobs in the past two years alone. Saw mills are closing and it s threatening rural communities. It doesn t mean harvesting more trees, it means sustaining existing volumes of production, Blenkhorn said. What made most of last year s 1st cut forage so bad? It all came down to accelerated May growth (40% more heat units than normal)...

WASHINGTON Pacific Lumber co., saying its available cash is likely to dwindle to just $123,000 next month, has reached a deal to borrow $75 million from a prebankruptcy lender. Without the new financing, Pacific Lumber said it "will not have adequate funds to continue (its) ongoing business operations. According to court papers, Marathon has agreed to provide the company with a $75 million bankruptcy loan on the condition that Pacific Lumber repays $40 million owed on a prebankruptcy...