TimberNews and information about the timber industry.Timber Industry 2000-2004 - Kommersant- September 12, 2008 However, by the end of 2002 it was clear that industry's growth was primarily the result of a favorable market situation and the effect of devaluation. In 2003, average growth in the industry was only 1.5% vs. 7% in the economy as a whole. For a long ...http://www.kommersant.com/t487624/r_3/n_43/Timber_Industry_2000-2004/ U.S. environmentalists sue over softwood settlement - Vancouver Sun- September 12, 2008 It was a major test for a then-young Conservative government, a controversial softwood lumber settlement with the U.S. that could have forced Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call an election two years ago - after the Liberals and NDP rejected the ...http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=19955239-b061-4fa9-ad7f-5399a9a3ebeb U.S. environmentalists sue over distribution of softwood settlement - Vancouver Sun- September 11, 2008 It was a major test for a then-young Conservative government, a controversial softwood lumber settlement with the U.S. that could have forced Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call an election two years ago - after the Liberals and NDP rejected the ...http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=d35c0817-9e45-4daa-8f1a-5b19f13d39b7 |