Press review Bear-problems in Romania: who is to blame?
By Nick Huisman on August 8, 2017 - wilderness-society.org - Romania is home to the largest number of brown bears in Europe, approximately 6,600 individuals.
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Press review Poland storms kill six, destroy tens of thousands of trees
17 August 2017 - bbc.com Tens of thousands of trees have been brought down by storms that wreaked havoc across northern and western Poland, the forestry service says.
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Opinion: First Nations and forestry: A growing collaboration
Corby Lamb - June 20, 2017 - vancouversun.com While forestry remains solidly one of British Columbia’s most important industries, real change continues.
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Payments to rural communities offer a new opportunity to restore China's native forests
August 3, 2017 - sciencedaily.com Study says compensation schemes could help regrowth of biodiverse forests on collectively owned land Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations.
News Communications Coordinator wanted!
The International Council for Game and Widlife Conservation (CIC) and the German Hunters Association (Deutscher Jagdverband – DJV) is seeking a German native speaker with strong English language skills to fulfill a two-year project contract in Berlin from 01.10.2017 as a Coordinator for international hunting and conservation issues
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Free training available on new risk assessments and tools for EU Timber Regulation due diligence
31 July 2017 - nepcon.org Meeting the due diligence legality requirements of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) can be a challenge.
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Europeans Importing More Timber From Conflict Zones
19 July 2017 - Jade Saunders and Marigold Norman - ecosystemmarketplace.com War-torn countries need money, but illegal timber purchases often end up fueling warlords and accelerating conflict.
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YPEF 2017 International Final in Hungary
Sopron „Hungary has been waiting for you!” - Young People in European Forests
Press room IUFRO Anniversary Congress Spotlight
The 125th Anniversary Congress on 18-22 September 2017 in Freiburg, Germany, will offer a wide selection of scientific sessions highlighting innovative research and interdisciplinary research approaches of relevance to forests, and focus on the transfer of scientific knowledge on critical global forest-related challenges to national and international political agendas.
Press room Our work (iucn.org)
14-07-2017 - Gender and Climate Change
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What are the differences between National Parks and National Forests?
14-07-2017 - nationalforests.org - by Hannah Ettema At first glance, our nation’s National Parks and National Forests may appear to be just about the same thing, with both as public lands.
News Canada wood prices to rise as western wildfire interrupts logging
By Ethan Lou - July 11, 2017 - ca.reuters.com CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Rapidly spreading wildfires in British Columbia are set to tighten the supply of wood products and raise prices as they disrupt timber operations during the year's peak building season, industry and analysts said on Tuesday.
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The Forest Concessions Initiative (fao.org)
06-07-2017 - When the owner of a forest agrees to give another entity the right to manage a forest area for production or other uses, the resulting agreement is known as a forest concession.
News Art contest
06-07-2017 - What do Europe’s forests mean to you?
News Drought-hit Ethiopia moves to protect its dwindling forests
By Elias Gebreselassie - reuters.com - Tue Jul 4, 2017 CHILIMO, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ethiopia is enlisting the cooperation of people in and around its forests to manage woodland better, hoping to protect the country from the effects of climate change while boosting development prospects for its population of 100 million.
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Active forest management is needed to prevent devastating forest fires (cepf-eu.org)
Pine forest Szardinia 04-07-2017 - The recent catastrophic forest fires in Portugal and Spain show the importance of forest fire management in Europe.
News ONF Seminar “Forest Fires, a growing risk due to Climate Change” (eustafor.eu)
04-07-2017 - The EUSTAFOR seminar on “Forest Fires, a growing risk due to Climate Change” organised by ONF was held on 26-27 April 2017 in France.
Press review Portugal wildfires: Why are they so deadly?
20 June 2017 – BBC "A level of human tragedy that we have never seen before."
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Malaysian palm oil industry to be sustainable by 2019, Minister says
http://timbernews.tumblr.com – 17-06-2017 All Malaysian palm oil will be produced in a sustainable manner by end of 2019, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Siew Keong revealed.
Sports European Tree Climbing Championship (ETCC)
19-06-2017 - Up there in the tree, a different set of rules applies.
News El Salvador makes case for strengthening its national restoration strategy at Bonn Challenge event
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 - iucn.org Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is recognised as a key strategy to not only restore ecological integrity, but also to generate local, national and global benefits.
Press review That’s no normal runner: Bear crosses through Colorado race
12-06-2017 - apnews.com COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Some runners didn’t expect to see a bear on their Colorado race route.
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Illegal logging was discussed by the national forestry monitoring authorities (ForestPress)
June 9, 2017 - On the initiative of Hungary, for the first time - with the participation of the authorities of five EU Member States - an expert consultation was held on the methods used in timber trade chain control and on test experiences in Budapest.
