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News Brexit and what it means for Hunting and Conservation (ForestPress)
21 July 2016 - On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) voted by a 3.8% majority to leave the European Union (EU).
News Union list on Invasive Alien Species adopted by Commission (ForestPress)
18-07-2016 - On 13 July the European Commission adopted the very first Union list of Invasive Alien Species (IAS).
News EU forest owners and managers today welcome the World Forest Week (ForestPress)
18-07-2016 - CEPF, COPA and COGECA, ELO, EUSTAFOR and USSE today welcomed the World Forest Week and the opportunity to discuss how to unlock the full potential of forests in tackling climate change and meeting commitments made under the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
News Australia’s illegal logging regulation recognizes PEFC (ForestPress)
Jul 07 2016 - PEFC-certified companies are now recognized as automatically meeting the due diligence requirements in Australia’s illegal logging regulation.
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NÉBIH available on the website of the Hungarian first systematic forest inventory results (ForestPress)
06/29/2016. - The website - http://erdoleltar.nebih.gov.hu - illustrating the history of the Forest inventory, current methodology and vision of the progress of the nation-wide data collection, data processing, and information and definitions can be found in the most important is the correct interpretation of the results.
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Investments in wood processing and forestry
Following the success of last year's edition, herby we inform you that Croatian Wood Cluster organizes the 2nd conference in Brussels on the subject:
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Design and Implementation of an Interactive Web-Based Near Real-Time Forest Monitoring System (cifor.org)
27-06-2016 - This paper describes an interactive web-based near real-time (NRT) forest monitoring system using four levels of geographic information services:
News Wyoming: Douglas Fire southwest of Sundance (wildfiretoday.com)
Photo by Bill Gabbert June 23, 2016 - The Incident Management Team on the Douglas Fire 10 mile southwest of Sundance, Wyoming reported Thursday evening that the fire grew from 257 acres the day before to 1,400 acres.
News Holzindustrie Schweighofer’s FSC Certificate Suspended (eia-global.org)
June 23, 2016 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) today announced that the FSC chain of custody (CoC) certificate issued to Austrian-based timber company Holzindustrie Schweighofer (Schweighofer) has been suspended.
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About 1,200 people are waiting for a World Water Summit in Budapest (MTI)
Budapest, 2016, June 11 - About 1,200 people are waiting for many of the world countries in November between 28 and 30 in Budapest organized World Water Summit - said Stephen Joo, the Danube Region Strategy implementation and the 2016 World Summit for preparing responsible ministerial commissioner of MTI -with.
Press review Jackal comes out of hiding near Prague (radio.cz)
07-06-2016 - Ruth Fraňková- photo: Artemy Voikhansky A photographer has for the first time taken a photo of a golden jackal on Czech soil.
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6 Things Every Forest Owner Should Know About Carbon Markets (pfla.bc.ca)
02-06-2016 - In anticipation of his presentation at PFLA’s 2016 conference in June, we asked carbon market expert Matt Walsh to help us put together a short post highlighting some key points for Canadian forest owners to know about carbon markets.
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Back in Celje After 10 Years - EFUF 2016 Day Two Recap
EFUF 2016 in Celje (Photos: Urban Ušeničnik) 11-06-2016 - After a decade EFUF returned to the city of Celje for a brief visit! Find out what we've been up to on the second conference day below!
Press review In Nicaragua, a staggering diversity and density of trees on farms
by Cathy Watson · May 23, 2016 - worldagroforestry.org Nicaragua is making progress.
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Kenya Forest Service to plant 39 million trees in North Rift
31-05-2016 - researchinkenya.com The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has rolled out plans to plant 39 million tree seedlings in government gazetted forests and farms during this year’s rainy season in North Rift region.
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Volunteers with crossbows embark on Madrid wild boar cull (theguardian.com)
30-05-2016 - Fifty-five hunters aim to rid suburbs of thriving nuisance but animal rights groups say their method is inhumane
Press review Norway commits to zero deforestation (mongabay.com)
26th May 2016 / Mike Gaworecki The Norwegian parliament pledged today that the government’s public procurement policy will go deforestation-free.
News Senegal's southern forests may disappear by 2018: ecologist (phys.org)
May 26, 2016 - Senegal's heavily forested southern region of Casamance will have no tree cover left by 2018 if illegal logging driven by Chinese demand is not addressed, a Senegalese ecologist warned Thursday.
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Why we love hunting in Africa (Fieldsports Channel)
29-05-2016 - The terror rained down on a Minnesota dentist after he shot a lion would not have happened if more people understood the benefits of hunting.
News Forest Certification for 12 forest timber licences in Sarawak by 2017 (timbernews.org)
14-05-2016 - A total of 12 forest timber licences within the Heart of Borneo (HoB) areas are now progressing towards Forest Certification by 2017 as a result of a policy direction set by Chief Minister Adenan.
Press review Vietnam, EU agree on timber export regulations (thejakartapost.com)
14-05-2016 - Vietnam and the European Union have agreed that the Timber Legality Assurance System of Vietnam ( VNTLAS ) will be applied to wood and wood products exported to the EU, and also to other countries, as well as the domestic market.
Press review Alberta Wildfires Raise Concerns About Climate Change (wnyc.org)
May 09 – 2016 - In the past week, fast-spreading wildfires have burned over 350,000 acres of Fort McMurray, a boom town in the center for Canada’s oil sands region in Alberta.
