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Sappi is now the world’s largest producer of dissolving wood pulp‚ which is used to manufacture viscose staple fibre‚ which is in turn used in textiles and pharmaceutical products‚ among other applications.
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Sappi cracks it back into JSE top 40 index

Andries Mahlangu 5 Dec 2016

FAO launches enhanced database for easy access to food and agriculture data

FAO launches enhanced database for easy access to food and agriculture data

28 Nov 2016

Joachim Huber via

Protecting and developing African agriculture in the face of climate change

Patrick Dupoux and Younes Zrikem 28 Nov 2016

Forest Enterprise Simulator app to assist emerging forestry entrepreneurs

Forest Enterprise Simulator app to assist emerging forestry entrepreneurs

23 Nov 2016

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

#NatureRemix at SA launch of Strongbow Apple Ciders

#NatureRemix at SA launch of Strongbow Apple Ciders

20 Sep 2016

Antoinetorrens via - Gishwati hills, Rwanda

New policy for Rwanda urban forestry

Athan Tashobya 5 Sep 2016

Venecia Janse with MEC Themba Mthembu, DG Mike Mlengana, HOD Dr. Siphiwe Mkhize and Myr Cllr Maureen Magubane

Recognising female entrepreneurs and their role in agriculture

29 Aug 2016

David Hathorn.
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Packaging portfolio helps grow Mondi profit

Mark Allix 8 Aug 2016

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

25 Jul 2016

By Annabel Symington - The road to Timbuktu, Mali, CC BY 2.0,

Snapshot on forests, land use in drylands to date

20 Jul 2016

David Hathorn.
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Mondi to buy Russian packaging company

11 Jul 2016

Eastern Cape forestry commercialisation drive to grow small businesses

Eastern Cape forestry commercialisation drive to grow small businesses

9 May 2016

Budget cuts agriculture cannot afford

29 Apr 2016

Can we feed the world and stop deforestation? Depends what's for dinner

Can we feed the world and stop deforestation? Depends what's for dinner

Laura Kehoe 22 Apr 2016

Vergelegen homestead with camphor tree in foreground

View Vergelegen's big five on International Earth Day

21 Apr 2016

Reliance Nursery - Image courtesy of Reliance Compost

New nursery makes use of latest Rootmakers technology

19 Apr 2016

Consumption decline saps paper producers

Consumption decline saps paper producers

Mark Allix 11 Mar 2016

Resurgence in global wood production

22 Dec 2015

Dr Andrew Venter, CEO of Wildlands and Peter Cowan, chairman of Unilever South Africa.

Unilever calls for support in reforestation

10 Dec 2015

Nicolas Raymond via

Good news for big brands and the world's forests

4 Dec 2015

Policy statement on climate change released

3 Dec 2015

Farmers request inclusion of agriculture in COP 21

30 Nov 2015

Oct PPI for final manufactured goods 4.2% y/y vs Sept 3.6% y/y

Oct PPI for final manufactured goods 4.2% y/y vs Sept 3.6% y/y

27 Nov 2015

ECRDA CEO, Thozi Gwanya

ECRDA 2014/15 annual results: investments in agri developments

20 Nov 2015

'Tree-preneurs' set to fight climate war

16 Sep 2015

tracyhammond via

Sustainable use of natural resources in emerging markets

15 Sep 2015

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

14 Sep 2015

Forest loss cut in half worldwide

8 Sep 2015

RyanMcGuire via

UN report: government subsidies may exacerbate deforestation

4 Sep 2015

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Sappi is now the world’s largest producer of dissolving wood pulp‚ which is used to manufacture viscose staple fibre‚ which is in turn used in textiles and pharmaceutical products‚ among other applications.
Picture:

Sappi cracks it back into JSE top 40 index

Andries Mahlangu 5 Dec 2016

FAO launches enhanced database for easy access to food and agriculture data

FAO launches enhanced database for easy access to food and agriculture data

28 Nov 2016

Joachim Huber via

Protecting and developing African agriculture in the face of climate change

Patrick Dupoux and Younes Zrikem 28 Nov 2016

Forest Enterprise Simulator app to assist emerging forestry entrepreneurs

Forest Enterprise Simulator app to assist emerging forestry entrepreneurs

23 Nov 2016

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

#NatureRemix at SA launch of Strongbow Apple Ciders

#NatureRemix at SA launch of Strongbow Apple Ciders

20 Sep 2016

Antoinetorrens via - Gishwati hills, Rwanda

New policy for Rwanda urban forestry

Athan Tashobya 5 Sep 2016

Venecia Janse with MEC Themba Mthembu, DG Mike Mlengana, HOD Dr. Siphiwe Mkhize and Myr Cllr Maureen Magubane

Recognising female entrepreneurs and their role in agriculture

29 Aug 2016

David Hathorn.
Picture:

Packaging portfolio helps grow Mondi profit

Mark Allix 8 Aug 2016

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

25 Jul 2016

By Annabel Symington - The road to Timbuktu, Mali, CC BY 2.0,

Snapshot on forests, land use in drylands to date

20 Jul 2016

David Hathorn.
Picture:

Mondi to buy Russian packaging company

11 Jul 2016

Eastern Cape forestry commercialisation drive to grow small businesses

Eastern Cape forestry commercialisation drive to grow small businesses

9 May 2016

Budget cuts agriculture cannot afford

29 Apr 2016

Can we feed the world and stop deforestation? Depends what's for dinner

Can we feed the world and stop deforestation? Depends what's for dinner

Laura Kehoe 22 Apr 2016

Vergelegen homestead with camphor tree in foreground

View Vergelegen's big five on International Earth Day

21 Apr 2016

Reliance Nursery - Image courtesy of Reliance Compost

New nursery makes use of latest Rootmakers technology

19 Apr 2016

Consumption decline saps paper producers

Consumption decline saps paper producers

Mark Allix 11 Mar 2016

Resurgence in global wood production

22 Dec 2015

Dr Andrew Venter, CEO of Wildlands and Peter Cowan, chairman of Unilever South Africa.

Unilever calls for support in reforestation

10 Dec 2015

Nicolas Raymond via

Good news for big brands and the world's forests

4 Dec 2015

Policy statement on climate change released

3 Dec 2015

Farmers request inclusion of agriculture in COP 21

30 Nov 2015

Oct PPI for final manufactured goods 4.2% y/y vs Sept 3.6% y/y

Oct PPI for final manufactured goods 4.2% y/y vs Sept 3.6% y/y

27 Nov 2015

ECRDA CEO, Thozi Gwanya

ECRDA 2014/15 annual results: investments in agri developments

20 Nov 2015

'Tree-preneurs' set to fight climate war

16 Sep 2015

tracyhammond via

Sustainable use of natural resources in emerging markets

15 Sep 2015

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

14 Sep 2015

Forest loss cut in half worldwide

8 Sep 2015

RyanMcGuire via

UN report: government subsidies may exacerbate deforestation

4 Sep 2015

Durban to host XIV World Forestry Congress

3 Sep 2015

John Vachon via

Sappi expects FY earnings to be substantially better

11 Aug 2015

More than half of the continent’s population relies directly or indirectly on forests for livelihood

Africa to debate the sustainable future of forests

3 Aug 2015

World's forestry sector to gather in Durban

15 Jul 2015

Climate change to be a game-changer

11 Jun 2015

SA ready to host World Forestry Congress

By More Matshediso 2 Jun 2015

DoL confirms that forestry wages apply to 9-hour day

DoL confirms that forestry wages apply to 9-hour day

Lloyd Phillips 20 May 2015

SU most influential institution for agriscience in SA - QS Rankings

SU most influential institution for agriscience in SA - QS Rankings

20 May 2015

Mondi surges more than 8% as Q1 profit lifts

Mondi surges more than 8% as Q1 profit lifts

Mark Allix 14 May 2015

Workers stand beside storage towers at Sappi’s Ngodwana wood mill in Mpumalanga in July.
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Sappi selected as preferred bidder of Ngodwana biomass project

Mark Allix 24 Apr 2015

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