<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Forestry News — Kostas Katsarakis</title><link>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/</link><description>Weekly news on tree-planting companies, timber markets and forest carbon, with sources.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Forestry News, 1 Nov 2026: a Swedish forest spin-off, softer Nordic timber prices, and fake timber certificates in Ukraine</title><link>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-11-01</link><guid>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-11-01</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><description>Stora Enso plans to list 1.2m ha of Swedish forest. Nordic timber prices ease. Ukraine finds 657 false timber certificates. Weyerhaeuser sells forests.</description></item><item><title>Forestry News, 25 Oct 2026: a merbau seizure, satellites over the Congo Basin, and Austria&#x27;s wood market</title><link>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-10-25</link><guid>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-10-25</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><description>Indonesia holds 23 containers of suspect merbau. Satellites sharpen forest carbon checks in the Congo Basin. Austria: fibrewood firm, sawlogs subdued.</description></item><item><title>Forestry News, 18 Oct 2026: Amazon clearing at a record low, and an FSC audit in Romania</title><link>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-10-18</link><guid>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-10-18</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>Brazil&#x27;s Amazon clearing falls to the lowest level since 1988. FSC opens an audit of a Romanian harvest linked to an IKEA supplier.</description></item><item><title>Forestry News, 14 Oct 2026: Who owns Australia&#x27;s plantations, and insuring forest carbon</title><link>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-10-14</link><guid>https://katsarakis-trees.com/blog/tree-investment-news-2026-10-14</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>Long-term institutional investors now own 70% of Australia&#x27;s plantations. A new insurance product covers forest carbon reversal risk under Verra&#x27;s pilot.</description></item></channel></rss>
