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By SHANNON DININNY Farmer Jim Lott uses an aplomado falcon, Chase, to scare away starlings in his Burbank, Wash., blueberry patch. BURBANK, WASH. — Farmer Jim Lott needs to get rid of the starlings and sparrows feasting on the ripe fruit in his blueberry patch, and a grinning scarecrow wearing grandpa's old overalls just doesn't cut it anymore.
UNFCCC COP 14 Parallel Event Poznan, 6 December 2008 Forests are now at the very centre of the climate change debate: Let’s get it right! 17 days left to get your Side Event submission in! The deadline for abstract submissions - September 20, 2008 - is fast approaching. All those ideas that you’ve been thinking about doing, and talking about doing, get them down on paper. We only need a few hundred words. The topic must address issues related to forests and climate change and align with the general objectives of Forest Day 2.
http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/subsite/nfw/2008-poster This year’s National Forest Week poster features a picturesque scene from Amiskowan Lake, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. Photo: J. David Andrews, from the collection “The Forests of Canada” by Ken Farr (Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service/Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2003)
Dear Colleagues, The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is pleased to announce that we are recruiting for the post of Senior Researcher in Forestry and Land Use. We are looking for an inspiring forestry leader to develop and manage a programme of research and partnership building to improve the sustainability and local livelihood benefits of forestry. If you believe that forestry involves multiple goods, services and stakeholders and that locally-owned decision-making and international support are vital to improve forest investment and stakeholders empowerment, by joining the team you will be able to directly influence the setting up of a global forest partnership initiative.
The report "Europeans and Wood: What do Europeans Think about Wood and its Uses? A review of Consumer and Business Surveys in Europe" by Ewald Rametsteiner, Roland Oberwimmer and Ingwald Gschwandtl, has recently been published by the MCPFE (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe - former Liason Unit Warsaw) and the UN-FAO/ECE Forest Communicators Network (FCN).
News By Juliet Rowan A Rotorua company is using technology to produce radiata pine able to capture up to double the amount of carbon of existing trees. Forest Genetics is also able to produce the trees more quickly than conventional methods, giving the forestry industry an opportunity to rapidly expand plantations of sustainable trees.
Australian senators opposed to the new scheme of tax breaks for forests have warned investors not to invest money, even though the law has been passed. The scheme gives a tax deduction for new forests, referred to as carbon sinks which are intended to draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
Sweden has the greatest share of renewable energy in all EU-countries, i.e. 43,3 %. Industry and electricity production are the biggest contributors to the share of renewable energy, followed by district heating production and the housing sector. The transport sector represents only 1 % of that 43.3 % share. This is the conclusion of the annual follow-up made by the Swedish Energy Agency in its report Energy Indicators 2008.
News Family forest owners in the United States, who own nearly two-thirds of the country's forest lands, today cheered the endorsement of the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC). This step that will open the door to new green markets for wood that is sustainably produced on their land.
PARIS: Rich nations will come under pressure at climate talks in Africa this week to get specific about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, said the UN climate chief. The expert-level gathering in Accra, Ghana kicks off Thursday, and will lay the technical groundwork for a major UN meeting in Poznan, Poland at the end of the year.
18-20 September 2008, Orvieto, Italy FOCUS ON THE ADAPTION OF FOREST LANDSCAPE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
April 2008 - The UKforest industries sector has grown steadily in recent decades with mills capturing market share against imports and continued investment providing a platform forfuture growth. A report from the UK Confederation of Forest Industries (ConFor)
More than 90 experts representing 55 del-egations convened to the 1" Expert Level Meeting (ELM) of the MCPFE after the Warsaw Summit in May 7-8, 2008. The ELM, hosted by the Liaison Unit Oslo, discussed the Draft Work Programme of General Coordinating Committee (CCC), based on the high-level political commit-ments made ín Warsaw.
MOST OF us would either squash it to pulp or scream in fear the moment we see a spider in our homes. Few are aware that these spindly invertebrates are being studied closely across the globe as they are very good indicators of the health of eco-systems that we inhabit.
Paraguay - MOBILIZING THE BANKING SYSTEM TO FINANCE FOREST-BASED BUSINESSES Sectors: Forest, Rural Development, and Private Sector Development CONSULTING SERVICES: Mobilizing the Banking System to Finance Forest-Based Businesses TC No./Trust Fund: PR-T1077. TC - General Cooperation Fund for Spain. Project ID No. Expressions of interest
Darren Bernhardt If a tree falls in Saskatoon's urban forest, someone's going to pay. In a bid to protect its trees from developers who consider them nuisances, the city is assigning a monetary value to every tree in its 100,000-plus urban forest.
Criminals are smuggling illegally-logged pinewood through Da Nang’s Hai Van Pass by loading the contraband onto public trains.
Abdominal arguments for forest conservation I must admit the multinational green organization communicates ingeniously.
News By Craig Borley Competition winner Mikhail Zlatovsky Fighting their battle with pencils, not pistols, more than 100 environmentally minded cartoonists have lent their skills to raising climate-change awareness.
News By Cui Xiaohuo Having a "green lung" in the center of Beijing was difficult to imagine a few years ago. But the opening of the huge Olympic Forest Park just north of the Bird's Nest stadium after the Games will be just that.
By David Derbyshire Ambitious plans to plant England's biggest continuous native forest were unveiled by conservationists yesterday. When complete, the broadleaf woodland will cover around 850 acres - rivalling Sherwood Forest - and include 600,000 trees.
A MARIKINA City councilor has filed an ordinance prohibiting the release of balloons into the atmosphere, underscoring the serious threat to animal and marine life which the act poses. In an ordinance authored by Coun. Roberto Ponce, he warned that balloons falling back to land and sea can be mistaken for prey and eaten by animals.
Atlas pages are to be downloaded individually (128 pages in total), either in PDF format (higher quality) or JPEG format . There are 20 plates in the Atlas that cover 2 pages; these plates are offered as 2-page PDF files or a couple of JPEG’s. The user can navigate the Atlas by using the Navigation Buttons and/or selecting a section from the Contents Menu. There are 108 files for download, covering 128 pages.
The rush to protect forests as a way to tackle global warming could see billions of pounds handed over to corrupt politicians, criminals and polluting industries, experts have warned.
