The EU Member States have made a commitment to stop not later than by 2010 the loss of biodiversity. Forests play a key role in improving biodiversity. Tax payers will get maximum biodiversity for their money by introducing licensing arrangements: the Government asks forest owners to offer projects at a fixed price and then selects those projects that seem to provide most biodiversity for that price.
By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON—Smokey Bear was unfair. The Forest Service said Tuesday it has canceled a public service ad in which the iconic bear warned that sparks from off-road vehicles could start a wildfire.
NICOSIA - Authorities in Cyprus are investigating the destruction by poisoning of hundreds of trees on the Mediterranean island. The forestry department called in police after finding evidence that pine trees lining two key motorways had been deliberately killed.
ST. PAUL - Minnesota wildlife officials tried for six days to capture a bear that had a plastic jug stuck over its head, but ended up killing the animal after it wandered into a city during a festival.
Esther Tola and Christina Scott The 'Great Green Wall' will involve several stretches of trees from Mauritania in the west to Djibouti in the east Three years after it was first proposed, preparations for an African 'wall of trees' to slow down the southwards spread of the Sahara desert are finally getting underway.
COP 14 /CMP 4 (the fourteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the fourth Session of the Parties. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the "supreme body" of the Convention
Forestry Commission Wales at the Royal Welsh Show * http://www.rwas.co.uk/en/welsh-show/the-royal-welsh-show The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society was formed in 1904, and the first Event was held in Aberystwyth in the same year. Wales & the Society have come a long way since those early days, and now the annual Royal Welsh Show is one of the biggest events in Wales' Calendar.
(Recasts with forest fires) By Daniel Flynn ATHENS, July 25 - Greek firefighters and soldiers backed by aircraft from other European countries fought a four-day-old forest fire on the holiday island of Rhodes on Friday but bad weather was hampering their efforts.
MTI Hungarian News Agency Corp. has published a newscast on the meeting of Imre Szabó, Minister of Environment and Water and Sándor Fülöp, parliamentary commissioner of the future generation.
The Union of the Croatian Forest Owner Associations was established on the 7th of June. At its Foundation Assembly on the 7th of June, the Union of Croatian Forest Owner Associations was established in order to gather forest owners at the national level and to represent their interest in Croatia and abroad.
The right of asset-management of the forests located in the area of national parks should be the right of the national parks instead of the forestry sector – proposed Imre Szabó, Minister of Environment and Water on the press conference on Monday, after having met Sándor Fülöp, parliamentary commissioner of the future generation.
Call for organization of national or local in-country events Dear Heads of Delegation of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission,
The dangerous bark beetle is swarming in Southern Sweden earlier than normally. There is also a great risk of a second generation swarming later in the summer.
Kampala - BENEFITS from the commercial forestry industry ave not been fully realised, Paul Jacovelli, the chief technical advisor of the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme has said, writes Winfred Kagwe.
Oslo - Norwegian MCPFE Secretariat starts work with new working programme and new visual profile Climate, energy and water will be the focus areas of Europe's key forest co-operation and collaboration process, which Norway is going to chair for the next four years.
Pat Bell Gordon Hamilton Pat Bell's portfolio faces collapsing markets, layoffs and closures It can't be said that new Forests Minister Pat Bell doesn't know the issues that afflict his portfolio.
CEPF was asked by the Forest Policy Education and Research (FOPER) project, led by the European Forest Institute, to host a “Train the Trainers” workshop on the Establishment of Private Forest Owner Associations in the Balkans.
Running in the forest – slowly or quickly whisking amidst the hanging leaves of the foliage, enjoying the daytime freshness of the shadows; the fresh, cool air pouring into our lungs and circulation; the changing features of the ground, and the flexibility of forest paths unlike the asphalt of the city roads – is a special experience for any kind of amateur and professional sportsmen.
The UNFF Secretariat is currently hosting a webforum on "Forests and Climate Change". You are invited to participate in this online discussion and share your experiences, lessons learnt or any other element useful for a better understanding of this important issue.
The programs of the event are free; This year sport events are also organised „Mátra Art Days” (Mátrai Művészeti Napok) has been organised for the 5th time this year.
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