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Once an important hardwood timber tree, American Chestnut is highly susceptible to chestnut blight, caused by an Asian bark fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica, formerly Endothia parasitica) accidentally introduced to America on imported Asiatic chestnut trees.
U.S. home builders have offered to share American home building technology with their Russia counterparts and have encouraged the Russians to boost exports of softwood lumber and other wood products to America.
A new technique for measuring the state of the world's forests shows the future may not be as bad as previously feared An international team of researchers say its Forest Identity study suggests the world could be approaching a "turning point" from deforestation. The study measures timber volumes, biomass and captured carbon - not just land areas covered by trees. The findings are being published in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Can Europe's Forests Satisfy the Increasing Demand for Raw Material and Energy under Sustainable Forest Management? Workshop in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland on 11 - 12 January 2007 (Palais des Nations)
News The State Duma passed the new Forestry Code in the second reading on Wednesday.The new version of the code is a founding act in the field of forestry. It keeps all forests in Russia in federal ownership The Duma had approved the code’s concept a year and a half ago One of the key provisions in the code grants the right to give parts of forests to state and municipal research and educational institutions for indefinite use. A part of a forest in state or municipal ownership may also be leased for up to 49 years.
News PARIS, France, (ENS) - A haven for monarch butterflies in Mexico and prime dugong habitat in Vietnam are among 25 new sites that UNESCO has added to its Man and the Biosphere program, which places biosphere reserves under the stewardship of local communities.
News Swedish house owners use more pellets for heating than ever before. When oil and electricity prices have reached top levels many people take note of the fact that pellets provide a both cheap and environmental friendly alternative.
News By Deborah Zabarenko Washington - The United States Federal Communications Commission drew praise from a wildlife conservation group on Monday for considering a plan to make communications towers less deadly for migrating birds. The current lighting and support wires on some towers that carry broadcast and mobile phone signals kill up to 50-million migratory birds a year in the United States, said Darin Schroeder of the American Bird Conservancy.
News NAIROBI – Kenyan Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai on Wednesday launched a massive drive aimed at curbing global warming and related environmental damage by planting a billion new trees by the end of next year. On the sidelines of a key UN climate change conference here, Maathai announced the start in January of "The Billion Tree Campaign," to combat rampant deforestation, reverse desertification and reduce soil erosion.
The aims of subprogram: surveying the domestic forest fire damages, developing the basis of forest fire extinguishing technologies with special regard to prompt intervention equipments. We are committed to planning and developing this prompt intervention equipments and put it into practice what could result an effective appliance for the forest companies in extinguishment of forest fires.
News The federal government has accused the UN's climate body of misrepresenting Australia's greenhouse gas emissions situation. Environment Minister Ian Campbell said figures released this week by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had stated that Australia's emissions between 1990 and 2004 had increased by 25 per cent.
News In a special cabinet meeting on Sunday 5 November, the German government has defined the priorities for its EU Presidency, starting on 1 January 2007. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ministers confirmed their support for the EU draft Constitution in a special cabinet meeting on the upcoming EU Presidency. The German leader promised to try and revive the stalled ratification process and announced that on 25 March 2007 a "Berlin Declaration" will redefine the broad goals and values of the EU.
News Castanea dentata From Steve Nix, A New Breed! Advances in genetics have shown us where those early researchers went wrong in working with the chestnut. The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is confident that "we now know we can have this precious tree back." However, it still is a very complex process and will take years of work.Advances in genetics have shown us where those early researchers went wrong in working with the chestnut.
Gordon Hamilton British Columbia foresters are not exactly what you would consider American Idol-style celebrity material but, borrowing on the popularity of the vote-in show, their professional association wants the public to choose this province's all-time most influential forester. Between now and the last week of October, the Association of BC Forest Professionals is holding an e-mail voting contest to identify who, in British Columbia, has had the most influence on forestry.
News Raymond Lee Oyler By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES - A California car mechanic will be charged with setting a wildfire that killed five firefighters, destroyed 34 homes and charred an area nearly three times the size of Manhattan, authorities said on Thursday.
The abundant precipitation of heavy wet snow these last days has caused extensive forest damage, in particular in the Jämtland province in Northern Sweden. Individual forest owners have suffered damage to as much as 15 % of their forests.
WASHINGTON, - Agriculture Secretary Michael Johanns today will honor U.S. Department of Agriculture employees from across the nation for exemplary service and achievements in the 59th annual USDA Honor Awards Ceremony.
News It took a couple of weeks for the new Swedish Government to decide who shall take care of forestry matters. Mr Eskil Erlandsson, Minister for Agriculture, was appointed to this post. He is 49 years old and has been a member of the Swedish Parliament since 1994, representing the Centre Party as expert of defence matters.
News LISBON – Cork and oak trees are losing their leaves and drying up for unknown reasons at an alarming rate, a World Wildlife Fund official warned in a two-day conference held in Portugal. The problem is killing trees in Portugal, the world's biggest producer of cork, as well as in Mediterranean countries in southern Europe, said Luis Silva, the global conservation group's forest officer for Portugal.
A temporary ban on importing wild birds into the UK to prevent the spread of bird flu should remain in place, conservationists have said. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) claims the ban has saved hundreds of thousands of exotic birds from death or a life in captivity.
News The forest-based and related industries are among the most important sectors in the European Union, representing some 8% of the EU's manufacturing industries. Forest-based industries (F-BI) are present in all EU Member States, offering direct employment to some 3 million people from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula.
News By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON - Cutting down tropical forests often makes people poorer, hurts endangered species and emits greenhouse gases, so perhaps rich countries could pay to help keep trees standing, the World Bank said on Monday. The global carbon markets, set up in response to the Kyoto Protocol and other carbon-limiting arrangements, could offer the way.
By William Kates NEWFIELD, N.Y. — It sits on the eastern fringe of New York's Finger Lakes region and is bounded on three sides by 8,000 acres of protected forests: the perfectly natural place to spend an eternity. The 93-acre Greensprings Natural Cemetery is the first of its kind in New York and one of just a handful in the United States, where interest in "green" burial is just taking root.
News Stuttgart – When Pellets 2006 came to a close last Friday in Stuttgart, around 5,000 industry experts had the opportunity to find out about the latest trends and developments in the industry at Germany’s largest pellet technology trade fair from 11th to 13th October. This is a slight increase of 7.7 percent compared with the previous year.
