BEIJING (AFP/ForestPress)— Global environmental group Greenpeace accused a Singapore-based multinational pulp and paper company of illegal logging and rampant forest destruction in southwestern China's Yunnan province. Asia Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd (APP) was flouting China's forestry law and was preparing to sow destruction to Yunnan forests by replacing natural growth with eucalyptus tree plantations, Greenpeace China said in a report.
The sudden boost trillions of cicadas dying en masse give to North American forests is apparent from a new study published in Science magazine. The insects emerge from below ground and swarm over the landscape every 13 or 17 years to briefly sing and mate. Their decomposing carcasses will increase bacteria, fungi and nitrogen in forest soils, Louie Yang shows. This may explain why trees grow faster following cicada emergences, the University of California scientist says
California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar has vetoed proposed state legislation giving preferential treatment to Californian companies using environmentally sustainable forestry practices California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar has vetoed proposed state legislation giving preferential treatment to Californian companies using environmentally sustainable forestry practices that would have discriminated against New Zealand timber imports.
Under the name of Hungarian Foresters’ Association a new organisation is taking wing to safeguard the interests of the branch. The staturory meeting is called for December 17th, 10. am, in Citizens’ House, at 6 Visi Imre street, district VIII, Budapest.
BRASILIA - About half of Brazil's original Amazon rainforest has been occupied by man, deforested or used for industry like logging and its destruction is worse than government data shows, a leading environmental group said on Tuesday. The study using satellite photos shows that land occupation and deforestation covers some 47 percent of the world's largest jungle, an area bigger than the continental United States, the Brazilian non-government organization Imazon said.
Exchanging country’s experiences in the nfp processes on practical application of the MCPFE Approach to nfps in Europe 22-24 November 2004, Gdansk, Poland
JOHANNESBURG - Conservationists launched a three-year project on Tuesday to protect millions of migrating birds which are indiscriminately targeted by hunters in North Africa and the Middle East. "The number of migratory birds being killed has increased to an almost industrial scale in some countries ... Hunters kill millions of birds annually as they migrate through the Mediterranean region," British-based BirdLife International said in a statement.
Pressure group the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is targeting US-based bank JP Morgan Chase over its alleged lack of environmental policy. The group has launched an advertising campaign and website to highlight the projects the bank has invested in, which, the group says, are causing major environmental damage.
EXELAND, Wis., - A rural Wisconsin town was reeling Monday after five people were shot and killed and three others injured in a dispute over a deer hunting platform.
Chile's native forests, dominated by the globally rare Siempre Verde (forever green) forest type, include the world's second largest expanse of temperate rainforest, the Valdivian Rainforest. More than one-quarter of the world's remaining temperate rainforests are in Chile. After eons of biological isolation, these forests are home to the world’s oldest surviving tree species (araucaria araucana), the world’s smallest deer (pudu pudu) and the world famous Alerce tree, also known as the “Chilean redwood” (fitzroya cupressoides).
BANGKOK - More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists said on Wednesday. Despite efforts to slow or reverse the slide into oblivion of many species, one in three amphibians and almost half of all freshwater turtles are threatened, the IUCN World Conservation Union said at the unveiling of its 2004 species "Red List."
ANCHORAGE--U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, says he disagrees with a new scientific study's conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is a major factor in climate change. The study by the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was commissioned by an international commission with representatives from eight countries, including the United States, as well as six indigenous groups. Scientists who helped put together the report briefed members of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday.
135th Itinerary Meeting of (Hungarian) National Forestry Association is organised by Kisalföld Forestry Inc. in 2004. Programs will be held on July 2-3, on Rábaköz, Kapuvár, Göbösmajor territories of KAEG Inc. .
Technical University in Zvolen Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Constructions and Ameliorations INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 16th-17th September 2004 Aim of the conference: The aim of the conference is to formulate broader positive and negative influence of the forest constructions (forest roads, objects at forest roads, small forest constructions etc.) and ameliorisations (torrent control, avalanche barriers, ameliorations, erosion control etc.) on the natural but especially forest environment. For further information see: http://www.tuzvo.sk/klsm Or on Tel: ++421-45-5206 276 Fax:++421-45-5332 654 E-mail: zavacka@vsld.tuzvo.sk jusko@vsld.tuzvo.sk bohmer@vsld.tuzvo.sk
You are cordially invited to: "Bear Tales VII" The Appalachian Bear Center's 7th Annual Benefit Dinner Help save the lives of orphaned and injured black bear cubs from the Smokies! When: Thursday, September 23, 2004 - 6:00 pm Where: Calhoun's Banquet Hall - Gatlinburg, TN Cost: $50.00 per person Events: Cocktails/Dinner, Silent/Live Auctions, Guest Speaker, Door Prizes If you need more info or wish to purchase tickets, please call the Appalachian Bear Center at (865) 448-0143. We look forward to seeing you there!
Commission Joint Research Centre assesses Portugal's worst forest fire season (EU Press Releases, Brussels, 27 August 2003) Some 355 976 ha of land had been burnt in Portugal by 20 August 2003, 301 180 ha of which was forest, according to figures derived from satellite observations by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Five people died in a forest fire which ravaged north-eastern Spain and forced hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes, Catalan regional government sources said.
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