Press review Mountain pine beetle outbreak subsides, but dead trees remain (trib.com)
10-05- 2016 - CHEYENNE – The mountain pine beetle outbreak that spanned almost two decades is all but over locally, but dead and dying trees remain.
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News Belgium hosts the CIC 63rd General Assembly in Brussels – Highlights from the Opening Ceremony (ForestPress)
23 April 2016 - Belgium was hosting the 63rd General Assembly of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation under the motto of “Hunting is Conservation”, from 22 April to 23 April 2016, where 400 participants from 36 countries attended from around the world, among them high ranking representatives from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, representatives from the European Commission and European Parliament, as well as from international organizations, government delegations, hunting organizations and scientists.
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Burning ivory won’t help saving elephants (ForestPress)
5 May 2016 - Contribution by Dr. Wolf Krug “The burning of ivory is an extremely expensive PR exercise with little impact on conservation.”
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Insect outbreaks reduce wildfire severity (phys.org)
April 28, 2016 - Forest scientists have found an unexpected 'silver lining' to the insect outbreaks that have ravaged millions of trees across western North America.
News Happy Birthday Selous (ForestPress)
6 May 2015 - CIC State Member Tanzania celebrates 120th Anniversary of Africa’s Oldest protected Area CIC President George Aman congratulated Tanzania’s Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Prof. Jumanne Maghembe MP, at the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Selous Game Reserve.
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Why forests will make or break the climate fight (eco-business.com)
07-05-2016 - By Vaidehi Shah - Forests are huge carbon sinks that can help fight climate change, but are rapidly being cleared due to economic and social pressures for land and agricultural commodities.
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Wildlife Loss In Tropical Forests Is Bad News For Everyone
By Jorge Ahumada | May 5th 2016 I had drinks with an old college friend last week.
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Hurricanes Boost Carbon Storage in Southeastern Forests (climatecentral.org)
Published: May 5th, 2016 By Bobby Magill Hurricanes hitting the Southeast coast can supercharge the region’s forests, spurring them to store more than 100 times the carbon released annually by all vehicles in the U.S., Duke University researchers have found.
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India To Spend $6 Billion To Create New Forests
6 May 2016, 10:03 am EDT By Rhodi Lee - Tech Times India plans to spend an equivalent of $6.2 billion to increase the country's green cover.
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European Forum on Urban Forestry 2016
The Slovenian Forestry Institute, the City of Ljubljana (European Green Capital 2016) and the Slovenia Forest Service are hosting the 19th European Forum on Urban Forestry conference with the lead theme "Urban forests for resilient cities".
News Fear Canada fire could double in size
Michel Comte, Julien Besset - yahoo.com May 7, 2016 - Fort McMurray (Canada) (AFP) - A ferocious wildfire wreaking havoc in Canada could double in size Saturday, authorities warned, as a risky convoy operation to bring thousands to safety through the burning town of Fort McMurray entered a second day.
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News Austrian Minister Welcomes IUFRO President (ForestPress)
On 18 April 2016 IUFRO President Mike Wingfield met with the Austrian Minister responsible for forests, Mr Andrä Rupprechter, to discuss the collaboration between Austria and IUFRO.
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Understanding Trees
04-22-2016 - sustain.ubc.ca As a university, we advance our understanding of climate change and how it impacts people and the planet, including among many other research areas, forests, trees, and communities.
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26th Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Meeting
Thursday 16 - Friday 17 June | 08:30 - 17:00
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EU plans to restrict hunting trophy imports contradict wildlife conservation
18 April 2016 - The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) and the Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) representing 7 million hunters in Europe and 30 million worldwide, have addressed the CITES Management Authorities in all European member states.
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Could timber plantations boost forest conservation? (cifor.org)
09-04-2016 - The benefits may extend well beyond increased production. Romain Pirard
News Talk about the concept of the Forest Act (MTI)
Budapest, April 16 2016 - Debate on the new forest law has emerged the concept of Parliament Committee for Sustainable Development session.
News The protected forests in Hungary today, half of logging going on (MTI)
Budapest, April 15 2016 - The Hungarian protected forest areas is still going on side of wood - says WWF Hungary.
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Press review How smartphones can help track illegal deforestation ( theguardian.com)
Edward Mitchard - 7 April 2016 - Deforestation in Cameroon has increased fourfold from 2006 to 2014, but the spread of cheap smartphones can be used to turn this tide
News center Confor publishes EU discussion paper
14/04/2016 - confor.org.uk Confor has published a discussion paper on the key issues the forestry sector needs to consider ahead of the EU referendum in June.
News Managing European Forests Responsibly - for People, Climate and Nature (ForestPress)
07-April -2016 - This week the European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) celebrated its 10th anniversary of cooperation among state forest organizations at European level with a conference, an exhibition, a forest food reception and a forest excursion under the common title “Managing European Forests Responsibly - for People, Climate and Nature.”
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The Hungarian wild game management and wildlife health current issues (Forest Press)
April 2016 8 - The migration of aquatic wildlife, ticks brought infections and conditions for the delivery of the trophy it was the Szent István University Faculty of Veterinary Science organized the conference.
