Wood Fiber Costs Declined for both Softwood and Hardwood Pulp Producers in 2019 and early 2020

Wood fiber costs fell for many hardwood pulp-producing countries worldwide in the 1Q/20. The biggest declines (in US dollar terms) were seen in the US South, Russia, and Latin America, where hardwood pulplog prices were down between 5 and 10 percent from the 4Q/19.
Scientists’ warning on invasive alien species

Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the rise in human population size.






