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Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Budakeszi Wildlife Park (Forest Press)
March 25 Annunciation Day.
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What type of environmentalist are you? (grist.org)
By Samantha Larson on 4 Jul 2014 Quizzes are all the rage today.
Press review
Healthy Forests Mean a Healthy Future for All of Us (huffingtonpost.com)
03/22/2015 – In observance of March 21, the United Nations' International Day of Forests, let's commit to doing more to advance practical, results-oriented solutions that will ensure healthy forests for future generations while supporting the people and communities who depend on them today.
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FAO and Eurasian Economic Commission develop their cooperation (ForestPress)
26 March 2015, Budapest, Hungary – The Eurasian Economic Commission and FAO are developing their cooperation, with special emphasis on crop production and plant protection, natural and biotechnology resources for food production, food and nutrition policy, and animal production and health – according to an exchange of letters and action plan adopted today in Budapest.
News Completed the Deseda Forest Adventure (ForestPress)
SEFAG experiences for our natural surroundings of the Deseda March 24, 2015, one of the new attractions this expanded regional tourist attraction center.
Press review
What Roads Have Wrought (newyorker.com)
March 20, 2015 - By Michelle Nijhuis A new study looks at the worldwide effects of habitat fragmentation. Photograph by Georg Gerster / Panos
Press review
Climate modellers take tropical approach (nature.com)
Jeff Tollefson - Ten-year US-led project seeks to plug gaps in global-warming simulations.
Research Farms that save space for flowers give bees a boost (treehugger.com)
Margaret Badore (@mbadore) March 24, 2015 - For over a decade, bee populations have been declining dramatically all over the world.
Press review Dwindling Forest Habitats Threatening World's Ecosystems Says Study (Tech Times)
By Anu Passary, March 23, 2015 - As concerns pertaining to environmental change grow by the day, a new study reveals that the world's forest cover is dwindling at an alarming rate and poses a major threat to the global ecosystem.
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EUSTAFOR’s New President and Executive Committee Appointed (ForestPress)
Brussels, 6 March 2015 - Sveaskog’s CEO Per-Olof Wedin has been elected as the new Chairman of EUSTAFOR replacing Georg Erlacher Österreichische Bundesforste AG (Austria).
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NSP boiler consumed 50 truckloads of wood biomass a day in 2014 (CBC News/forestbusinessnetwork.com)
By Jennifer Henderson, Mar 19, 2015 Power company imported one quarter of woody biomass used by plant in first full year of operation
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Hungarian enterprises are mainly public forestry tree (MTI)
Zalalövö, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 - First performance of the domestic enterprises with sufficient quality and quantity of raw material serves timber traffic control state forestry enterprises have recently introduced - said Wednesday Zalalövő secretary of state for public lands for the Ministry of Agriculture.
News Chile firefighters contain blaze near Valparaiso (bbc.com)
16 March 2015 - Firefighters in Chile say they have managed to control a huge forest fire around the port cities of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar.
News Sandor Farago honored (Forest Press)
15 March 2015 - President of the Republic Hungary - the Prime Minister for tabling - National Day, March 15 on the occasion of Sandor Farago professional forester, Professor, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the University of West Hungary Rector
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At Least Four States Are Pushing Koch-Backed Legislation To Ban Funding EPA’s Climate Rule (thinkprogress.org)
by Emily Atkin - March 13, 2015 Lawmakers from at least four states have introduced model legislation from the right-wing group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) seeking to prohibit state funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to fight climate change.
Press review Forest tree seeds arrive at Svalbard's 'Doomsday vault' (bbc.com)
By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News 13 March 2015 - The Svalbard "doomsday" vault - widely known for protecting global food crop seeds - has accepted its first delivery of forest tree species seeds.
Tourists 10 Things You Didn't Know About Our National Forests (nationalforests.org)
13 March 2015 - Most Americans can name several National Parks.
Press review Project launched to up Gwynedd's red squirrel numbers (bbc.com)
13 March 2015 - Conservationists are working to boost red squirrel numbers in north Wales.
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First UK-farmed truffle harvested (bbc.com)
10 March 2015 - By Claire Marshall The first truffle to have been cultivated on UK soil has been harvested from a field in Leicestershire, according to a plant biologist.
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Lynx to be reintroduced into wild in Britain after a 1,300-year absence (independent.co.uk)
8 March 2015 - Ian Johnston - Lynx are to be reintroduced into the wild in Britain after a 1,300-year absence, under an ambitious “rewilding” plan drawn up by a conservation charity.
Research Special Project on World Forests, Society and Environment (IUFRO-WFSE)
10 March 2015 - Download Concept Note: "Shifting global development discourses: Implications for forests and livelihoods"
Research Meet EPA Scientist Cecilia Tan, Ph.D. (epa.gov)
10 Maech 2015 - Its Women Day - EPA scientist Cecilia Tan
Press review Spain: Rare Iberian lynx tracked in Madrid region (bbc.com)
10 March 2015 - The critically endangered Iberian lynx has returned to the Madrid region of Spain for the first time in decades, it's reported.
