Greif, Inc., Subsidiary Soterra LLC Achieves SFI Certification.
DELAWARE, Ohio, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Greif, Inc. announced today that its Soterra LLC timberland subsidiary has achieved Sustainable Forestry Initiative(R) (SFI) certification. Soterra manages approximately 228,000 acres of timberland in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, and provides wildlife, recreational land use and forestry management services. SFI certification...

Sino-Forest Increases Investment in Omnicorp Limited; Expanding foothold in South American tropical forest.
TORONTO, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sino-Forest Corporation ("Sino-Forest" or the "Company") (TSX: TRE), a leading commercial forestry plantation operator in China, is pleased to announced that it has acquired 55 million ordinary shares in the capital of Omnicorp Limited ("Omnicorp") (HKSE:0094), a Hong Kong listed company, and Omnicorp 4%...

WFPA Hosts Its 98th Annual Meeting - Advancing Sustainable Forestry.
SHELTON, Wash., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Forest Protection Association (WFPA) will host its 98th Annual Meeting on November 9, 2006 in Shelton, WA at the Little Creek Casino Event Center from 8 a.m.-3:15 p.m. This year's meeting, "Advancing Sustainable Forestry" will highlight the statewide habitat conservation plan,...

Valassis Earns Triple Chain of Custody Certification.
Certification Represents Globally Accepted Sign of Sustainability LIVONIA, Mich., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valassis , one of the nation's leading media and marketing services companies, announced today that it has received triple chain of custody certification. Valassis is now certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); Sustainable...

Smurfit-Stone Receives Delisting Notice From Nasdaq.
CREVE COEUR, Mo. and CHICAGO, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation today announced that it received a "Staff Determination" notification from Nasdaq that its equity securities will be delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market. The decision was based upon Nasdaq's Marketplace Rules 4300, 4450(f) and IM-4300, and was...

Smurfit-Stone Receives Court Approval for Critical First Day Motions.
CREVE COEUR, Mo. and CHICAGO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smurfit- Stone today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware has granted the relief the Company requested in its "First Day Motions" filed in conjunction with its voluntary filing for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy...

Unisource Relaunches Unisourcegreen.com Paper Web Site Offering Green Knowledge and Expertise.
NORCROSS, Ga., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisource Worldwide, Inc. one of the leading distributors of paper, packaging and facility supplies in North America, has relaunched its newly designed, customer-focused unisourcegreen.com paper Web site, offering the graphic arts industry the latest Green knowledge, resources and access to environmentally-friendly products and...

NewPage Anthem(R) and Fortune(R) Now FSC Chain-of-Custody Certified.
MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- NewPage Corporation announced today that Anthem(R) and Fortune(R) sheetfed products are now Forest Stewardship Council(R) (FSC) chain-of-custody certified (BV-COC-953662). FSC is an international, nonprofit organization that develops standards for responsible forest management, and accredits independent third-party organizations to certify forest managers and forest...

Quabbin project completed; Protected land in four towns creates a wildlife corridor.
Byline: George Barnes ATHOL - When Leigh Youngblood stood on the top of a fire tower on Prospect Hill in Phillipston, she was able to look over vast, mostly unspoiled acreage between where she was standing and the Quabbin Reservoir. Today, 1,865 of those acres...

Project Learning Tree secondary school module.
Secondary-level students can learn how they are connected to forest ecosystems around the world through a new curriculum module developed by Project Learning Tree, the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, in partnership with the World Forestry Center, a nonprofit organization committed to promoting sustainable forestry through...